UCSF Medical Center Dietetic Internship
| Type of Experience / Rotation | Practice Hours | Classroom Hours |
| Orientation | 0 | 44.25 |
| Clinical Nutrition Core – Adult Inpatient | ||
| Obstetrics, Liver & Kidney Transplant Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cardiology, Neurology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Mount Zion Surgery (GI, Onc, Oral Head and Neck, Gyn Onc), Surgery (Plastics, GI, Bariatric, Thyroid). | 504-539 | 38 |
| Advanced Clinical Nutrition | ||
| Introduction to Pediatrics | 0 | 29.25 |
| Pediatrics clinical experience | 135-160 | 0 |
| Introduction to Critical Care | 0 | 8 |
| Critical care clinical experience | 135-160 | 0 |
| Management | 263-293 | 19 |
| Patient food services, production, cafeteria, human resources and project in food services and clinical management | ||
| Nutrition Counseling and Education | ||
| UCSF ambulatory care practices: Nutrition Counseling Clinic, Weight Management Program, Diabetes Clinics (Adult, Pediatric), Renal Pre-Transplant Evaluation Clinic, PCOS Clinic, UCSF Cancer Center | 120 | 0 |
| UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center Self-Management Workshop | 20 | 0 |
| Adult or Pediatrics Dialysis Clinics | 0-40 | 0 |
| Off-site community food/nutrition program of intern’s choice | 80 | 0 |
| Projects: Client Education Material; Community Lecture/Forum | Varies | 0 |
| Nutrition Counseling and Education Workshop: Includes Counseling Skills class with role playing, Counseling Perspectives presented by UCSF outpatient RDs, Community Nutrition speakers, Cultural and Ethnic Eating Habits class series, Developing Patient Education Materials, Finances and Medicare. | 4 | 27.5 |
| Elective Experience (varies) | 200 | 0 |
| Inpatient or outpatient adult specialties | ||
| Inpatient or outpatient pediatric specialties | ||
| UCSF Cancer Resource Center at Mount Zion | ||
| Additional community nutrition | ||
| Other offsite experience | ||
| Other Intern Classes/Activities | ||
| CAND Public Policy Workshop | 0-8 | 0 |
| Legislation and Politics, Professional Development/Careers, Research, and other classes and activities | 0 | 20 |
| Staff Experience (2 to 8 weeks) | 150 | 0 |
| Minimum 2 weeks experience in Inpatient Clinical Nutrition | ||
| Total Hours of Practice/Classes2 | ~1710 hours | 186 hours |
| ~ 43 weeks | ~ 5 weeks |
Updated 01.25.17
1. Each Intern’s schedule will vary.
2. Intern schedule includes 4 additional weeks of vacation, holidays, and earned days off.