Dietetic Internship Learning Experiences

We have a unique partnership with a variety of medical centers that provide you with outstanding learning experiences. Your internship will include rotations in basic clinical, food service administration, and clinical specialties as well as unique educational opportunities.

Basic clinical rotations

Your basic clinical rotation is five days per week for ten weeks. You will experience multi-disciplinary team rounds or conferences, charting, nutritional assessments, case studies, nutrition care planning, counseling, group and individual education, professional education, discharge planning, educational materials development, quality management, nutrition support, use of the computer, consulting and home health care. Your rotations will emphasize:

• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Diabetes
• Critical care
• Weight management
• Cardiology
• Renal
• General medicine
  

Clinical specialties

Your clinical specialties are five days per week for two, three-week rotations. You will develop specialized skills in more advance areas of dietetic practice. Your rotations will emphasize:

• Advanced diabetes
  
• Renal
• Pediatrics
• Long-term care
• Cardiovascular
• Oncology
• Private practice
• Weight management
• School nutrition
  

Clinical staff responsibility

Your rotation is five days a week for three weeks. You will work independently, assuming day-to-day responsibilities of a staff clinical dietitian.

Public health

Your rotation is five days a week for three weeks. You will experience life span nutrition, group and individual education, professional education, nutrition promotion in the media, newsletter writing, and staff training.

Hospital food service management

Your rotation is five days a week for five weeks. You will work independently assuming responsibilities of a dietician in food service management. You will experience menu planning, catering, inventory, food and supply procurement, cost control, employee scheduling and supervision, employee education, quality management, foodservice system layout and design, use of the computer and equipment selection, use and maintenance.

Classes

You will attend conferences, seminars, projects lectures, workshops, and field trips two afternoons per month.

Orientation

Orientation occurs during the first week of the internship (five days per week). It will include staff introductions, facility tours, intern presentations, program policies and procedures, evaluation process, introductory skills in dietetic practice.