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Nutrition Department
Dietetic Internship:
Practice Experiences
The Benedictine University Dietetic Internship is designed to meet
or exceed each of The American Dietetic Association
CADE Core and Community
Emphasis Performance
Requirements. This practice
experience provides at least 1000 hours of supervised field
placement in community education, health care, and management
organizations. The sites include both traditional and non-traditional
sites, located throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, including the Western suburbs.
Some examples include:
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Medical centers (e.g., hospitals and clinics) |
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Long-term care facilities |
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Retirement communities |
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Food and Nutrition Services Management facilities |
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Benedictine University
"Healthy Table" outpatient nutrition education facility | |
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Elementary, junior high, and secondary schools |
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Villa St. Benedict Activities of Daily Living Performance Enhancement Research Center
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County public health clinics and programs (e.g., Women Infant and
Children program) |
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Home Delivered and Congregate Meal program |
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Other community facilities (e.g., soup kitchens, food banks) |
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The Dietetic Internship Program Director will consider your professional
growth needs when making site assignments. Distance to the site from your
residence and Benedictine University may also be a consideration depending upon site
availability and needs, as determined by the Director.
This program will require you to travel in a car.
When you accept your position in this Dietetic Internship,
you accept the program's right to assign you to the sites.
The University has designated holidays and vacation days to which all
courses, except the Dietetic Internship, adhere.
However, the Dietetic Internship does adhere to the
Graduate School Christmas/Winter break and provides a summer break.
Do not assume that you have other holidays and weekends off,
as some rotations may require your participation at these times.
Following an orientation,
the dietetic intern works 4 days per week for approximately 41 weeks.
Additionally, Mondays are
generally reserved for meetings with the Dietetic Internship Director,
some daytime courses, and seminars.
To view a sample schedule for the dietetic internship program, visit: www.dimastersched.pdf.
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