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

SUPERVISED PRACTICE EXPERIENCES*

Orientation ...............................................2 Weeks
Clinical Rotations......................................16 Weeks
Community Rotations...............................12 Weeks
Foodservice Systems Management............8 Weeks
Clinical Management Rotation....................1 Week
Optional Rotation ......................................2 Weeks
Clinical Research Unit.................................1 Week
Pediatrics...................................................1 Week
Staff Experience.........................................3 Weeks

AREAS                                              Total No. of Weeks

Foodservice Systems Management ...........8

Clinical Rotations
Community Living Center (Nursing Home)..1
Medicine.....................................................5
Nutrition Support/Critical Care ..................3
Oncology................................................... 2
Renal..........................................................3
Spinal Cord Injury......................................1
Surgery......................................................1

Community Rotations
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic...................................2
Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).......................2
  One week at Lorain and one week at Painesville CBOC
Diabetes Self  Management Clinics......................................2
Home Based Primary Care (HBPC): Lorain or Painesville.....1
Home Based Primary Care (HBPC): Wade Park...................1
Nutrition clinic: Brecksville...................................................1
Nutrition clinic: Wade Park..................................................1
Primary Care/Specialty Clinics/Wellness/Women's Health..1

Clinical Management Rotation...................1

Clinical Research Unit................................1

Optional Rotation in Area of Choice..........2
         
Affiliations
Pediatrics..................................................1

Staff Experience........................................3

*There may be slight variations in the distribution of time due to assignments of staff.