Program Rotations
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| Rotation |
Length |
| Orientation | 1 week |
| Long Term Care | 2 weeks |
| Cardiology | 3 weeks |
| Medicine | 3 weeks |
| Oncology | 1 week |
| Renal | 2 weeks |
| Nutrition Support | 2 weeks |
| Outpatient Clinic | 2 weeks |
| Diabetes | 2 weeks |
| Weight Management | 2 weeks |
| Foodservice Management | 4 weeks |
| Informatics | 1 week |
| Home Based Primary Care | 2 weeks |
| Community | 2 weeks |
| Capstone | 4 weeks |
| Vacation | 1 week |
| Total Supervised Practice | 34 weeks |
Clinical and Community: 23 weeks
Lexington VA Dietetic Internship has a strong concentration in clinical skills. Dietetic interns have opportunities to develop their analytical skills, utilize the nutrition care process and get an in-depth education on managing patients with complicated medical histories.
Our dietetic interns will work in Acute Care, Long-term Care and Outpatient settings. They will be provided the opportunity to learn counseling skills in a variety of settings including clinics specializing in Oncology, Dialysis, Diabetes and Weight Management. They will also work in our Home-Based Primary Care program as well as the Lexington Health Department.
Food Service: 5 weeks
The Food Service management rotation is planned to give the intern experience in a variety of food service and management situations. In-depth experience involving food service production, informatics, staff training, quality assurance and financial management are incorporated into the rotation.
Capstone: 4 weeks
The final component of the dietetic internship is the capstone rotation, where the dietetic intern assumes the role of the registered dietitian. Each intern is allowed to choose two fields of interest to focus on during this 4-week rotation. This experience is designed to allow the intern to utilize the counseling, assessment and communication skills they have acquired during the internship while developing their leadership and time management skills. Our goal is that every intern that graduates from our internship is fully prepared and ready to assume the responsibilities and challenges of a Registered Dietitian
Weekly classes and homework assignments will be provided to supplement learning on a variety of topics.
Schedule
The intern will be onsite 40 hours per week with the exclusion of federal holidays. The program begins in August and ends in April for a total of 34 weeks.
This program does not require interns to locate their own supervised practice sites or preceptors. There are no distance education components, all rotations will occur in our facility or local affiliate sites. No credit will be given for prior learning experiences or classwork.
