RD In a Flash Cards

RD Exam: "RD In a Flash" Flash Cards

6/1/2014

I have begun studying for the RD exam! A year ago I never thought I would get here. By my senior year of undergrad, I had solidified and mastered the study techniques that work for me, and I am happy to say they were successfully ingrained into my brain, because they have come back like clockwork to prep for "the biggest exam of my life".

My internship has a number of review materials available, including the Jean Inman and CDR practice exam. We also have a practice exam on the hospital library computers and QuizStar modules. Unfortunately they do not have any of these materials in the updated versions for the 2012 exam. I'll address what I've decided to do later on in the post. Note that the 2012 update was a major change from the 2007 exam. The most recent 2017 exam is organized almost identically to the 2012 update. The 2017 exam will be through 2021.

This is how I have approached studying for the RD exam:

I need to be aware of the breadth of the material included
I need to know the depth of that material required
I would like to know where to focus most of my attention
I need a quick study method to use on-the-go

About 3 weeks ago I sat down one evening and put together all of my materials into a master binder, plus a "to go binder" to bring to work. Check out how I did it, and free study materials in my blog post here. In addition to studying from the Jean Inman Review, I also purchased RD In a Flash flash cards.

If you look at the RD in a Flash website, here's what you see. I know, I know it's not the swankiest website but you know what? It was created by an RD, for future RDs and I think that's pretty awesome.

Also, they send your cards in Priority Mail (which is trackable) and they have great customer service - I had changed my address from my internship site back to my parent's house right before I ordered this, and Priority Mail doesn't seem to forward so it got "return to sender". The owner @ RD in a Flash responded very promptly and sincerely and helped me to get the cards!

RD In a Flash

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link	Per the website, these are example cards. I was interested to see what I would get in the mail. Were they laminated?? Was there color?? (I could see they were awesome and coded by domain and topic but a girl can dream right?) Did they come in a box? Scroll down to see what I got (I was happy!)

They are color coded by domain. I'll likely break them down later on as I identify the "problem areas" I need to focus on.

Priority mail shipping - a little banged up, but hey, it was sent around alot!

Flash cards - they come rubber-banded and two to a sheet with already perforated edges. I waited to tear them and sort so that I could take a picture and show you.

Then I tore them up and ordered them - they are numbered by domain, and topic (1.2, 1.123, 1.202 etc.) And then I color coded.

Answer sheet - There is an answer sheet for the calculations, which I think is great. How else would you know how to get the answer right?

So - I mentioned before what I needed to study for the RD exam.

I need to be aware of the breadth of the material included
I need to know the depth of that material required
I would like to know where to focus most of my attention
I need a quick study method to use on-the-go

And here is what I've decided to do in order to address each!

Jean Inman Review
Jean Inman Review plus RD in a Flash
Jean Inman Review highlighted by someone who listened to the audio CDs
RD in a Flash

Questions? - leave a comment!

-Bailey

9 Comments

Hilmarie

8/5/2014 02:01:02 pm

Hi!!
I just found your blog today. I'm just curious, did you pass your exam, or you are just studying now?
I loved all your material. To give you some information about me, I have take the exam so many times, and I don't know how or what else to study. I found that Inman's and the RD in a Flash are the closest to the exam material, but I get bored studying because I have been studying for this test since 2006 and haven't been able to pass. I also like to color code everything and to re-write and re-write everything, which my husband always says that that's how I lose time, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. Which I think that most of the nutritionists are. Thanks for everything on your blog!

Bailey link

8/7/2014 12:01:59 am

Hi! To answer some of your questions and concerns...
- I am scheduled to take my exam next week.
- It sounds like you may be struggling with the test format (standardized), not the material.

In high school I struggled with the SAT despite getting straight A's in all of my classes. The way to overcome that is to learn "how to take the test" by doing practice exams. Here are some resources for you that would be worth purchasing in order to utilize their practice exams:

http://www.adaprep.com/RD/order_tests.cfm
http://dietitianexam.net/

I myself am using the ADA Prep site this last week to finish up studying.

Let me know what else I can do for you!
Bailey

8/14/2014 01:18:28 pm

Good luck! Thanks!!

Rozal

12/28/2015 01:46:47 pm

Hi,
I wanted to ask you about the ADA prep site. I am familiar with other resources like visual veggies, dietitian exam.com but I have not heard of this site before. Since this is a ADA resource I am interested in purchasing. Do you think it's worth a purchase?
Thanks!

Mms

8/28/2014 08:19:31 pm

Hellohilmarie! I'm also studying email me would love to study with someone"" ! Mitzi_2003@yahoo.com

Rachel Turpin

10/6/2015 02:32:03 pm

Hi Bailey!

I just received my RD in a flash flashcards and I stumbled upon your website! Thank you for sharing your information! I was wondering if you could tell me how you divided them up. I have ordered them and separated them into the 4 domains, but I am curious how you made the additional piles from there in each domain. I'd really appreciate your help :) thanks so much!!

- Rachel