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Kirsti Dyer
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Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT, CWS is a respected physician, professional health educator, professor, lecturer and author. She is also an expert in life challenges, loss, grief and bereavement including traumatic and NICU losses. Dr. Dyer has been involved with providing health education over the internet for more than a decade. She is the Domain Designer for the Journey of Hearts ™ website, created in 1997 as the first and only physician based website devoted to educating people about the normal grief response. In 2007 we celebrated 10 years of serving the grieving online community.

My Stats:

Docs: 7

Profile Visits: 2616

Professional Information:

company: Columbia College
title: Nutrition Instructor, Biology Department
industry: Higher Education
web address: http://www.journeyofhearts.org

Address:

city: Columbia
zip: 95310
country: United States

Education:

undergraduate: California State University, Sacramento
degree: Biological Science, Chemistry - Double Major
year: 1984
graduate: University of California, Davis
degree: MD and MS
year: 1992

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Taking a Risk after Surviving a Loss to Bloom in the Spring

From: drdyer | Date: 4/7/2009 | Views: 355

"Taking a Risk after Surviving a Loss to Bloom in the Spring" was written for the Healthy Profits News, the newsletter for April 2009. The article is ... more>>

Tags: "Grief and Loss" "Surviving a Loss" "..., Loss, Wellness, Health Promotion, "Promoting Wellness" "Healthy Profits...

Categories: Health & Fitness > Other >

355 views language: English

We're All Winners

From: drdyer | Date: 5/28/2008 | Views: 439

This lecture was developed to help explain We're All Winners, an educational activity, a day created to build self esteem, promote healthy eating and ... more>>

Tags: We're All Winners, I'm a Winner, Preschool education, empowering children, promoting fitness, healthy eating, fun child event, non-race activity

Categories: Education >

439 views language: English

How to Live a Healthy Life

From: drdyer | Date: 5/27/2008 | Views: 12295

This guest lecture was developed for HHP 300, Fitness Maintenance course at Columbia College to teach life-long learners how healthy lifestyle... ... more>>

Tags: Healthy Life, Lifestyle choices, Food Pyramids, Healthy Foods, Stress Management, Exercise, Activity, Lifestyle choices

Categories: Medicine > Other >

12,295 views 2 likes language: English

Identifying, Understanding and Working with Grieving Parents in the NICU

From: drdyer | Date: 5/2/2008 | Views: 1847

This lecture was prepared and given at the First Annual Perinatal Conference held by the March of Dimes Valley Division in Modesto California in... ... more>>

Tags: NICU, NICU Parents, MOD, March of Dimes, Perinatology, Perinatal Conference, Grief in the NICU

Categories: Medicine > Other >

1,847 views language: English

Introducing Scientific Journal Writing in the Undergraduate Setting

From: drdyer | Date: 5/2/2008 | Views: 2659

The lecture was delivered at the First Annual Northern California Science Education Symposium held at the University of California Davis in May 2006. ... more>>

Tags: Scientific Writing, Journal Writing, Journal Publication, Undergraduate, Teaching Writing

Categories: Education > College >

2,659 views language: English

Supercourse: Ethical Challenges of the Medical and Healthcare Internet

From: drdyer | Date: 5/2/2008 | Views: 544

From the Supercourse, a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. This lecture... ... more>>

Tags: Medical, Internet, Ethics, Supercourse, Medical Ethics

Categories: Medicine > Other >

544 views language: English

Ethical Challenges of the Medical Healthcare Internet - JMIR

From: drdyer | Date: 5/2/2008 | Views: 634

PowerPoint Presentation prepared by Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer for MedInfo 2001 based on the longer paper more>>

Tags: Medical, Internet, Ethics, JMIR, Medical Ethics

Categories: Medicine > Other >

634 views language: English