Dietetic Internship/Combined Masters Goals and Target Outcomes

Program Goal I: 

Enroll high caliber students, support them through faculty counseling, and continually challenge them toward success.

·         Over five year period of time, fill a minimum 80% of five positions per year and all students to have a 3.0 GPA and GRE scores competitive to other applicants in the School of Allied Medical Professions.

·         Over five years, 100% of interns who enter the program will complete it within 150% of the time planned for completion.

·         Over five years, 80% of interns who enter the program will complete it within the class timeline they begin.

·         Preceptors (100%) indicate on surveys a rating of 4-5 on the overall quality of students with whom they worked this year.

·         Students indicate on surveys a rating of 4-5 on academic advising

·         Students indicate on surveys a rating of 4-5 on support to completion of program by faculty and preceptor.

·         Students who do not meet academic criteria for continuing within their class timeframe are given a plan to continue within one week of the following quarter.

Program Goal II:

The program will prepare graduates to be competent entry-level dietitians.

·         Alumni achieve over a 5-year period a first-time pass rate of at least 80% on the RD exam.

·         Within 3 months of completing the program, 70% or more of DI graduates/alumni who sought employment in dietetics will be employed

·         Students achieve a satisfactory rating for all the entry-level competencies.

·         All students achieve an overall rating of competent for entry-level practice at the end of the culminating experience by both the preceptor and faculty member.

·         All students respond that they feel prepared to accept a position with primary responsibility being medical nutrition therapy/clinical

·         One year post graduation, alumni who accepted a position in which medical nutrition therapy was the primary responsibility report that they were competent to begin their job.

·         One year post graduation, employers of alumni who accepted a position in which medical nutrition therapy was the primary responsibility, report that the alumni were competent to begin their job.

·         Annually, program evaluators report curriculum up-to-date.

Program GoaI III:

The program will prepare graduates to demonstrate a commitment to evidence based practice in the area of medical nutrition therapy. 

·         Within 12 months of completing the program, a minimum of 50% of graduates/alumni will indicate on the alumni survey that they work in an area of medical nutrition therapy. 

·         Alumni report using evidence based practice one year post graduation.

·         Students will show evidence of using evidence based knowledge throughout program.

·         All students complete an evidence based audit of one disease state and present to fellow students in the culminating experience.

·         Within 12 months of completing the program, a minimum of 50% of  graduates/alumni will indicate on the alumni survey that they published research that they completed in graduate school.

·         Alumni report understanding of the research process and the ability to use this process in the practice setting.

·         Students will show evidence of growth in research process throughout program.

·         All students complete a thesis.

·         Each year, 50% of students select at least one advanced practicum experience within the research field of dietetics.

·         Within five year period, a minimum of 25% of graduates will work in area of dietetics research.