Orlando VA Dietetic Internship
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Program Rotations
Clinical Rotations (23 weeks)
- Acute Care Medicine, Surgery, and Critical Care (7 weeks)
- Nutrition Support (2 weeks)
- Mental Health (1 week)
- Outpatient Primary Care (3 weeks)
- Oncology (2 weeks)
- Community Living Center (2 weeks)
- Home Based Primary Care (1 week)
- Whole Health/Integrated Wellness Clinic (1 week)
- Cardiology (1 week)
- Bariatric/MOVE (1 week)
- Diabetes (1 week)
- Dialysis (1 week)
Food Service and Administrative (6 weeks)
- Health Technicians and Quality Monitoring (1 week)
- Food Service Administration and Purchasing (2 weeks)
- Menu Planning (1 week)
- Leadership and Clinical Management (2 weeks)
Community Rotations (3 weeks)
- Performance Nutrition (1 week)
- Women, Infants and Children Nutrition (1 week)
- Community Nutrition (1 week)
Other:
- Orientation (2 weeks)
- Vacation (Christmas break) (1 week)
- Staff Relief (4 weeks)
- Elective (2 weeks)
In addition to the assignments and daily work from the rotations, there are several projects that must be completed.
Projects and other learning activities:
- Research Study
- In-depth Clinical Case Study
- Clinical Seminars
- Healthy Teaching Kitchen Cooking demonstration
- National Nutrition Month
Requirements for Program Completion:
- Complete the scheduled weeks and supervised practice hours.
- Complete all supervised practice rotations.
- Minimum passing grade of 80% is required for the following;
- Performance rotations evaluations
- Projects, tests, case studies and assignments
- Staff relief experience
This program learning experiences qualifies the individual as an entry-level dietitian.
Upon successful completion of the internship, the Dietetic Internship Director will provide to the dietetic intern with a copy of the Verification Statement. Graduates are eligible to take the registration examination for dietitians. Completing an accredited dietetic internship at VA Medical Center, the dietetic interns are eligible for a dietitian position grade GS-9 within the VA System.
