Supervised Practice Internship (14 credits)
In year two, students will participate in supervised practice internships totaling 1000 hours. The primary goal of supervised practice is to provide hands-on learning experiences.
The supervised practice experience begins with the community rotation (160 hours). The settings for community practice include Purdue Extension offices, public health departments, commodity groups, specialized community health projects, community outreach programs, WIC programs, food banks, and ambulatory care clinics.
The next experience covers food service systems management, which occurs at the conclusion of the community nutrition rotation in the fall semester (320 hours). This rotation is completed at Purdue University Dining & Culinary facilities, hospitals, school food service sites, Athletic dining facilities or long-term care facilities.
The Medical Nutrition Therapy rotation begins at the start of the spring semester; interns are usually placed at one hospital, but additional experiences may be needed at other hospitals or medical clinics in order to broaden the intern’s learning experiences and meet competencies and other ACEND requirements. The rotation is 400 hours.
The last rotation is the engagement rotation. The MSD program director provides interns with choices of available tracks and locations they can rank based on their individual goals and interests for dietetics practice. Interns typically are placed in one of their top 3 choices. Examples of Engagement rotation settings include industry, specialized hospitals or clinics, research laboratories, Purdue Athletics, long term care facilities, school nutrition programs and community nutrition sites. The rotation includes 2 program specific competencies in addition to ACEND competencies and is scheduled for 128 hours.
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