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JJane Simmons, MS, RD, LD Dietetic Internship Director

dietetic.internship@wku.edu

Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY

https://www.wku.edu/ahs/dieteticinternship/

DIETETIC INTERNSHIP

JANE SIMMONS, MS, RD, LD PROGRAM DIRECTOR

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

INTERNSHIP INFO •August-May •Rotations are at various worksites such as hospitals (clinical and food service), health departments, long-term care facilities, etc.

ROTATION SITES

• Location tracks include: • Louisville Area: 120 miles • Elizabethtown Area: 70 miles • Glasgow Area: 36 miles • Bowling Green Area: 5 miles • Owensboro Area: 76 miles • Leitchfield/Grayson Co.

Area: 62 miles

DIETETIC INTERNS ON AND OFF CAMPUS

DIETETIC INTERNS ON AND OFF CAMPUS

KKaren Byrd, PhD, RD, LD Dietetic Internship Director

kbyrd2@murraystate.edu

Murray State University Murray, KY

https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/nursing-and-health-

professions/AHS/NutritionDieteticsandFoodManagement/DieteticInternshipProgram/index.aspx

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

MURRAY, KENTUCKY

Located in Western Kentucky

Named “Friendliest Small Town”

LOCATED NEAR: Larger Cities:

Paducah – 45 minutes Nashville – 2 hours Lexington – 4 hours Louisville – 31/2 hours St. Louis – 31/2 hours

Land Between The Lakes Large Recreation Area:

Camping Boating Hiking Kayaking/Canoeing Horse Back Riding Biking Hunting/Fishing

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

Ranked in the Top 25 for value by US News & World Report for last 27 years

11,000+ students Home of the Racers Men’s Basketball

Team

ROTATIONS & LENGTH

Summer, Fall & Spring semester (11 months)

Concentration is Medical Nutrition Therapy

On Campus three times during the 11 months

Six rotations Community – 5 weeks Management (FS) – 5 weeks MNT I & II – 15 weeks Long Term Care – 4 weeks Advanced Practice (Staff Relief) – 4 weeks

INTERNSHIP SITES

Located throughout the state of Kentucky and into West Tennessee

Urban Areas Louisville, Lexington, & Jackson, TN

SUBURBAN AREAS

Bowling Green, Owensboro, & Paducah

RURAL AREAS

Hopkinsville, Madisonville, & Murray

OPTIONAL MASTER’S DEGREE

Receive 22 hours of graduate credit (4 hours/summer & 9 hours per semester)

Must pass RD exam

6 hours of additional coursework Counseling Stats

8 hours of a research project

APPLICATION PROCESS

DICAS – Spring Match only Requirements for Consideration:

GPA – minimum 3.0 GRE – 145 on Quantitative and Verbal

4 on Writing Work/Volunteer – minimum

400 hours with half of those in the MNT field

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Conduct Skype interviews with potential candidates

Accept 10 -12 students per year

Committee Reviews: GPA – 15% GRE – 15% Experience – 15% Interview – 15% Recommendations – 15% Personal Statement – 10%

Goals , Expectations & DICAS questions addressed Committee Ranking – 10% Leadership – 5%

CONTACT INFORMATION

Karen Byrd, PhD, RD, LD

kbyrd2@murraystate.edu

Lori Crouch, MS, RD, LD

lcrouch1@murraystate.edu

We look forward to hearing from you!!!

AAaron Schwartz, MS, RDN, LD Dietetic Internship Director

aschwartz113@uky.edu

The University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY https://dhn-hes.ca.uky.edu/dietetic-internship

University of Kentucky Dietetic Internship

Overview

• Spring Match • 7 months – January - August

• Accept 8 interns • Competition: – 2015: 26 applicants – 2016: 54 applicants – 2017: 32 applicants

Rotations

• Food Service Systems Management, 10 weeks – Hospital, School, or LTC foodservice

• Clinical Nutrition, 10 weeks – Hospitals, Clinics, or LTC facilities

• Community Nutrition 7 weeks – Extension Agencies, Health Departments, or

Outpatient Clinics

Rotations and Housing

AHEC provides housing for interns who are placed outside of the cities of Lexington and Louisville.

Application

• Personal Statement • Work/Volunteer Experience • GPA (overall > 3.0) – DPD Professional – DPD Science

• Letters of Recommendation • Professional involvement • Graduate work

Other Qualities

• Self-directed • Motivated • Flexible • Leadership skills • Works both independently and as a

member of a high-functioning team

WWhitney Duddey, MHA, RD, LD Dietetic Internship Director

wmsand2@uky.edu

The University of Kentucky HealthCare

Lexington, KY http://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/dietetics/

Lexington, Kentucky

• UK HealthCare Nutrition Services in partnership with Lexington VA Medical Center

• Program Concentration: Clinical Nutrition• Accredited since 1969

– 5 year first-time pass rate: 100%– Historical first-time pass rate: 97%

• Accepts 6 interns each year during Spring match

~$5300• Paid biweekly with taxes deducted from the total.• Amount varies by location – Larger portion provided

by the Lexington VA Medical Center• Subject to change based on approval by each facility

• Length of Program: 10 months (August to May)• UKHC Food Service: 3 weeks• Fayette Co. Public Schools: 1 week *new*• Lexington VA Medical Center: 13-15 weeks• UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital: 14-16 weeks• Staff Relief: 3 weeks• Community: 4 weeks

• Open Houses:Dec. 15th & Jan. 12th

10am - 12noon• Introductions to Key

Program Contacts• Description of Experiences• Tour of Chandler Hospital• Q&A with Current Interns

Whitney Duddey, MHA, RD, LDManager, Clinical NutritionDirector, Dietetic Internship

UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital800 Rose Street, H036

Lexington, KY 40536-0293Phone: 859-323-5154

Email: wmsand2@uky.eduhttp://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/dietetics/internship-program

KKaren Spears, PhD, RD Dietetic Internship Director

kspears@GeorgiaSouthern.edu

Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA

http://chhs.georgiasouthern.edu/hk/graduate/dietetic-internship/

Mission

program prepares students to become:successful entry-level registered dietitians who embrace the values of integrity, collaboration, commitment to lifelong learning, wellness, and social responsibility

One year: May – May 20 interns Full-time Graduate School (Summer & Fall)Supervised Practice Experiences (Fall & Spring)

schedule

School Nutrition Administration

emphasis

12 wk Clinical 6 wk Community 12 wk Schools & Food Systems Admin

12 wk Clinical 12 wk Community 6 wk Schools & Food Systems Admin

12 wk Clinical 6 wk Community12 wk Schools & Food Systems Admin

12 wk Clinical12 wk Community 6 wk Schools & Food Systems Admin

Community Nutrition

where?

Statesboro Savannah Outlining counties

Due February 15th

4 websites:

GSU internship & Graduate School

DICAS and D & D Digital Matching

admission

DI Application Packet Personal statement Resume Letters of recommendation (3) – can be loaded on DICAS DPD Letter of Intent Completion – can be loaded on DICAS Results of criminal background check – can be loaded on DICAS DPD, Math and Science coursework – can be loaded on DICAS

JJudith Anglin, PhD, RD, LD Dietetic Internship Director

janglin@augusta.edu

Augusta University Dietetic Internship

Augusta, GA http://www.augusta.edu/alliedhealth/aadi/

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• Pass rate within 12 months (over 5 years) ≈ 97%

• 5 years 1st attempt pass rate ≈ 85%

•Most recent 1st attempt pass rate ≈ 89% (trending up)

• 2016 and 2017 graduates – 100%

–6 months report

• Employment rate of program graduates 100%

•Completion rate 100%

•Adequately prepared for clinical entry-level jobs 100%

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Maximum enrollment – 16

• Current enrollment – 13

• 21 months MS-DI)

• 5 academic semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall and Spring)

• 1224 supervised practice hours

• Monday weekly classes

• Concentration: Medical nutrition therapy – nutrition focused physical examination

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

MS CORE COURSES • Advanced Nutrition – Macronutrients

• Advanced Nutrition – Micronutrients

• Advanced Nutritional Status Assessment Techniques Lab

• Nutrition for Older Adults

• Maternal, Infant, and Child Nutrition

• Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy

• Obesity: Prevention, Treatment, and Management

• Nutritional Genomics

• Food, Culture, and Sustainability

• Nutrition Independent Study

• Special Topics in Nutrition

ROTATIONS • Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)

– MNT 1

– MNT 2

– MNT Concentration

– Staff Relief

– Outpatient

• Institutional Management

• Patient Food Services

• Public Health – Community Nutrition

– Health Promotion

– Child Nutrition

• Enrichments

FACILITIES

• Hospitals (adults and pediatrics)

• Bariatric clinics

• Benign hematological clinic

• Dialysis centers

• School nutrition programs

• Public health departments

• Long term care

• Neonatal intensive care units

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Academic Requirements 3.0 GPA (Overall & DPD) DPD verification statement/Declaration of Intent 5 yrs recency of education

Applying to program DICAS D&D Digital Audio visual interviews

Ranking Academic performance Work and volunteer experience Interview Personal statement References

PPatty Poe, EdD, RD, LDN Dietetic Internship Director

ppoe@nhccare.com

National HealthCare Corporation

Murfreesboro, TN https://nhccare.com/NHCdieteticinternship.cfm

TTerezie Mosby, EdD, RD, FAND, CSP, IBCLC Dietetic Internship Director

terezie.mosby@msstate.edu

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS http://www.fsnhp.msstate.edu/dietetic/index.asp

Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion

Mississippi State University

Dietetic Internship & Graduate Studies Program

Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion

Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion

MSU Dietetic Internship/Graduate Studies Program

Dr. Marion W. Evans, Jr. (Dept. Head)

Terezie Mosby, EdD, MS, RD, FAND (Director) Nutrition Faculty:

Marie Allsopp, PhD, RD, LD Brent Fountain, PhD, RD, LD Diane Tidwell, PhD, RD, LD When-Hsing Cheng, PhD

Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion

Focus

Education, Global Nutrition, Sports Nutrition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnpxVAJQKzo

11 month long program (July-May) Master and PhD in Nutrition available ACEND accredited program providing 1200 practice hours, and 9 credit graduate hours

Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion

Program Description Required Course Work Summer: Advanced Clinical Nutrition 3 credit hours (online) Fall: Supervised practice experience 6 credit hours Graduate course of your choice 3 credit hours Spring: Supervised practice experience 6 credit hours Graduate course of your choice 3 credit hours (Maternal, Infant and Child Nutrition) Supervised Practice Experience (Rotations): Total of 1200 hours Monday – Thursday (8 hours per day)

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Highlights of the Program

Diverse experience in clinical and community settings Sports Nutrition International clinical rotation available (Thailand, Mexico) MSc in Nutrition or Health Promotion available and

PhD in Nutrition available

DDonna Burnett, PhD, RD Director of Graduate Clinical Education Programs

dob0002@auburn.edu

Auburn University ISPP Auburn, AL

http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/ispp/

EElizabeth Robinson, MEd, RD, LDN Dietetic Internship Director elizabeth.w.robinson@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/dieteticinternship

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UPCOMING INTERNSHIP OPEN HOUSE DATES

JJanuary 8th at 2 p.m. central time

January 15th at 2 p.m. central time

RSVP: Via the program website or by calling Kristin Smith at 615-343-6696