Opportunities for Dietetic Interns

• Well established internship program with over 475 graduates in over 35 years.
• Train in multiple facilities with a wide variety of preceptors.
• Close involvement of two full-time internship faculty members.
• Stipend.
• Obtain 12 hours of graduate credit.
• Administrative training in one of the largest VA Hospital Food and Nutrition Departments.
• Graduate hours are accepted in the UAMS Clinical Nutrition Master of Science Program.
• Training in three teaching hospitals.
• Resources of the several medical libraries including the state’s largest.
• Obtain 5 months of VA service credit.
• Community training including the Arkansas State Health Department,  UAMS Head Start and UA Cooperative Extension.
• Ability to attend wide range of medical rounds at an academic medical center.
• Training in counseling utilizing standardized patients in the UAMS Clinical Skills Center.
• Non-competitive career-conditional or career appointments of student trainees who have successfully completed an affiliated clinical education training program in a VA health care facility.
• Exposure to clinical specialty training including pediatrics, bone marrow transplant, diabetes management programs, and geriatrics ambulatory care.
• Training in the VA paperless medical record using state-of-the art computer technology for patient care and administrative activities.
• Ability to train with students in other health care professions.

• Possible debt reduction of student loans available at some VA facilities upon employment.     
  
  Some Graduates' Comments from their Exit Survey:

“Faculty very interested in us receiving quality education.”  

“Very well rounded, many different experiences, great faculty, instill desire to excel.” 

“Introduction to a wide variety of areas helped develop a broad range of entry level skills.”

“Instilling professionalism in students.”
 

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