I am a complete failure at consistently posting on this blog. I'm sorry friends! By some stroke of luck, those of you that Google a phrase similar to "DTR study guide" may find yourself directed to a post of mine from December 2013 (yikes) when I wrote about how I passed my DTR test. I get lots of lovely emails from lovely people asking for this lovely resource. At least half of these correspondents sound a tad frantic and stressed. If you find yourself in any of these boats, fear not! Here is the famed study guide! I would like to make it clear that I did not make this because the author deserves all of the credit for selflessly making this fantastic FREE resource.
In addition to asking for the study guide, correspondents frequently ask how much time they should dedicate to studying. Unfortunately there is no magic number. My advice is to schedule your test as soon as you can. This immediately creates a date you can mark in your calendar and should scare you into studying sooner than if you lolly gagged on such scheduling. I am not assuming there are any lolly gaggers out there, I am mostly thinking of myself at the time! Note*, you can always change the date of your test up until 48 hours of your scheduled date so you might as well just schedule and pay for it!
Ballpark, I would recommend 1-3 months time to study. Time frame would be different depending on how much time you can dedicate to studying. I worked a frantic, awful, sporadic, sometimes miserable hospital schedule while I studied. Being too burnt out on 8+ hours of work based nutrition, I tended to study on my days off. The closer the test got, the more serious and meaningful my studying became. I did push my date about 4 weeks because I didn't feel 100% confidence. Looking back, I probably would have passed if I took the test earlier. However, pushing the test gave me peace of mind. After I pushed it though, I had to take it by a certain date since my work scheduled me as a DTR on a specific, looming date.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may have! Fingers my blogging will become more frequent! There have definitely been some professional updates recently :)
Glorious Study Guide Found HERE!
*Totally sound like Jean Inman right now. Those of you who don't get the reference, just wait until it's time to study for the RD exam. Trust me, you'll chuckle then!
