United States
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Dietetic Internship
 

Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dietetic Internship Program

Curriculum - The Coordinated Dietetic Internship/Master's Degree Program is 16 months in length with the first 11 months devoted to completing the accredited Dietetic Internship Program and 14 hours of graduate school coursework. Click this link for Program Calendar 2008-2009.

Dietetic interns are schedule in Supervised Practice Experiences four days each week (32 hours), Tuesday through Friday, in the fall and spring. During the summer months, May - July) they complete experiences Monday through Friday (40 hours). The dietetic internship includes 1588 hours of supervised practice and approximately 180 hours of classroom instruction including graduate courses.

Classes for dietetic interns are offered at CWRU on Mondays, morning and afternoon in the fall, and on Monday morning and two evenings each week in the spring. In the final semester of the graduate program, students enroll for at least 13 hours of graduate credit and take a written comprehensive examination in order to complete requirements for the Master's degree.

Program Completion:

Dietetic Interns are required to satisfactorily complete all supervised practice rotations and to remain in a satisfactory academic status throughout the internship. A satisfactory level of performance is defined as an overall rating of five or more on the Evaluation of Supervised Practice and at least a 2.75 grade point average in graduate courses.

Accreditation

The program is currently granted continued Accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association (CADE).

Address:

Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association
120 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
Telephone: (312) 899-0040 or (800) 877-1600