Nutritional Sciences
Dietetic Internship, CertificateProgram DescriptionPlease visit this website: http://www.ah.ouhsc.edu/ns/dinternship.asp for complete program information for the dietetic internship (directions for applying, forms, etc.)
The Internship is a post-baccalaureate supervised practice experience designed to assist the student in meeting performance competencies necessary for registration with the American Dietetic Association. The mission of the Program is to produce entry-level generalist dietitians with enhanced skills in community dietetics.
General Characteristics:
A generalist experience with an emphasis in community dietetics;
Thirty-one weeks in length;
Entire experience consists of 1,128 clock hours of scheduled supervised practice and didactic activity and 4 holidays;
Students complete three modules of rotations (foodservice management, clinical, and community);
Sites of each rotation vary and include locations all over the state of Oklahoma;
Students are assigned to rotation sites based on application ranking, student preference, and sometimes facility interviews; and
Begins January and June of each year.
Basic Rotations:
Approximately 9 weeks foodservice/management rotation;
Approximately 9 weeks community rotation (experiences in wellness, intervention project at local agency, development disabilities, public schools, WIC, home health, long term care, political advocacy, etc.); and
Approximately 9 weeks clinical rotation.
The first week of the Internship is spent in orientation on-site at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City;
There are 6 designated class days (2 days within each rotation) in which didactic work is completed independently through Blackboard Learning Activities;
Students who are accepted must enroll in NS 7426 (Dietetic Internship)
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Contact Information
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Peggy Turner, MS, RD/LD
Internship Director & Assistant Professor
PO Box 26901, AHB 3057
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190
Phone: 405-271-2113
Fax: 405-271-1560
Email: peggy-turner@ouhsc.edu
Website: http://www.ah.ouhsc.edu/ns/dinternship.asp Office of Academic and Student Services
Phone: 405 271-6588
Fax: 405 271-3120
Email: alliedhealth-info@ouhsc.edu
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