The mission of the OUHSC Dietetic Internship program is to provide the best possible supervised practice experience for our students to become competent entry-level registered dietitian nutritionists and future healthcare leaders. The program prepares students through excellence in teaching, research, service and appropriate supervised practice sites which foster creative activity and innovative lifelong learning to therefore provide exceptional patient care to the public.
Goals and desired outcome measures are to:
- Prepare graduates to become competent entry-level registered dietitian nutritionists.
- At least 80% of program interns complete program/degree requirements within 12 months (150% of the program length).
- At least 80% of participants in the ISPP track complete program/degree requirements within 24 months (150% of the program length).
- Eighty percent of program graduates take the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists within 12 months of program completion.
- The program’s one-year pass rate (graduates who pass the registration exam within one year of first attempt) on the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists is at least 80%.
- At least 70% of interns will receive an overall score of ≥3 on the Evaluation of Nutrition Focused Outcomes.
- Eighty percent of program graduates will agree or strongly agree that the program prepared them to succeed in their dietetic career.
- Prepare competent graduates to obtain employment in dietetics-related positions.
- Of graduates who seek employment, at least 80% are employed in nutrition and dietetics or related fields within 12 months of graduation.
- At least 80% of employers responding to survey will answer “yes” that alumni were prepared for entry-level practice.
- At least 80% of alumni responding to survey will answer they were “satisfied” with the level of preparation the internship program provided in preparing them for entry-level practice.
Program outcomes data are available upon request.
