Dietetic Internship

Earn the credential, enter the industry

Complete our accredited post-baccalaureate supervised practice program to acquire sound entry-level career skills & the eligibility to sit for the Registered Dietitian credentialing examination.

How to Apply

About the Program

University of Nevada, Reno's Dietetic Internship Program is a post-baccalaureate supervised practice program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), the accrediting agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

ACEND
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL, 60606-6995
800-877-1600, ext. 5000
www.eatright.org/acend

The program is administratively housed at the University within the Department of Nutrition in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources (CABNR).

About the Internship

The program has a clinical focus with a concentration area of Medical Nutrition Therapy. It provides 1,200 hours of supervised practice experience in each of its full-time (40 hours per week), seven-month (30 weeks) rotations. Of the 1,200 hours, 760 are devoted to clinical experience, 240 to food service and administration and 200 to community activities.

The program accepts 18 interns per year: nine begin their rotations in January and nine in July. Individual internship and community rotation schedules designed by the internship director and site preceptors are distributed on the first day of the rotation.

In Reno, internship positions are available in the following facilities:

Renown Regional Medical Center,
St. Mary's Regional Center SMRMC combined with the (Please add the following for the hyperlink) Veterans Affairs (VA) Sierra Nevada Healthcare System VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System
An additional standalone rotation at Veterans Affairs (VA) Sierra Nevada Healthcare System VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System
Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare and DaVita Dialysis Center DaVita.
Northern Nevada Medical Center

In Las Vegas, internship positions are available.

Reno and Las Vegas internship facilities and community rotations are listed below. When applying to the program, applicants may state a city preference, and efforts are made to accommodate intern preferences.

Program Graduates

The program has trained and continues to train highly competent intern graduates.

Graduates of the internship program successfully complete the supervised practice experiences necessary to acquire the ACEND 2017 Core Competencies for the Registered Dietitian, are eligible to sit for the Registered Dietitian (RD) credentialing examination and are prepared to seek employment in the field with sound entry-level skills.

Program outcomes data are available on request.

Program Calendar

January Cycle Rotation Calendar

1/6/2020 – 7/31/2020
1/4/2021 – 7/30/2021
1/3/2022 – 7/29/2022

July Cycle Rotation Calendar

7/8/2019 – 1/31/2020
7/6/2020 – 1/ 29/2021
7/5/2021 – 1/28/2022
7/11/2022 – 2/3/2023

Run With the Pack

Apply today to join the Wolf Pack. As an intern and member of the Wolf Pack family, you'll receive the knowledge and skills to earn the Registered Dietitian credential and to enter the industry.

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