The University of Illinois Dietetic Internship Program has established relationships with a number of local health providers, community programs, and foodservice facilities in order to provide our interns with a rich and diverse supervised practice experience.
Danville VA Medical Center
- 6 weeks clinical, 6 weeks administrative
- 422 beds, including 193 long-term care beds
- Cook-Chill foodservice
- Multi-disciplinary healthcare
- Electronic charting
- Geriatric medicine, obesity, DM, renal failure, CVD, substance abuse, nutrition support, liver disease, cancer
Carle Foundation Hospital
- 2 weeks general clinical
- 2 weeks nutrition support
- Acute care facility (295 beds)
- Trauma, CVD, post-surgical nutrition, cancer, diabetes, acute renal failure, pediatric nutrition
Carle Clinic Association
- 2 weeks outpatient counseling
- Type I and Type II diabetes, gestational diabetes, weight management, CVD
McKinley Health Center
- 1 week outpatient counseling
- 1 week preparatory research inservice presentation
- Weight management, sports nutrition, irritable bowel syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, vegetarianism
University of Illinois Foodservice
- 2 weeks foodservice management in Bevier Cafe
- Cost analysis, product development, nutrition promotion, marketing, inventory, purchasing
EFNEP/WIC
- 2 weeks
- Development of educational materials, nutrition counseling,outreach and extension education
C-U Dialysis Center
- 1 weeks clinical/outpatient counseling
- Acute/chronic renal failure, renal diet, weight management, diabetes, labs assessment
Swann Special Care Center
- 1 week
- Home for children who are severely and profoundly multiply handicapped
- 112 beds
- Nutrition support, pediatric nutrition assessment, special needs fodservice
Elective Rotation
- 1 week
- Relates to student interests
- May be performed anywhere
- Possible elective topics: clinical staff relief, nutrition consulting, public policy, etc.