Dietetic Internship Certificate Program

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Dietetic Internship Certificate Program

• Department of Nutrition Science
• Sage Graduate School
• The Sage Colleges

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The Mission of The Dietetic Internship Program

• to provide the practical experiences which will
  enable graduates of ADA didactic programs to
  become competent, entry level dietetic
  practitioners prepared for the challenges of a
  changing society and to impress on interns the
  importance of life long education and
  self-improvement

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An Integrative Approach

• Over 1,200 hours of supervised practice in and
  around the Capital District of Upstate New York
• A concentration in Food and Wellness
• Five Graduate Courses applicable to one of three
  Masters Degree Programs
• Full Time and Part Time options
• Opportunities to network with nutrition
  professionals via on-campus programs and State
  and Local Dietetic Association Meetings

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Location, Location, Location!

• Troy is in the heart of the Capital Region of New
  York
• State, which allows Sage Dietetic Interns to be
  placed in a
• variety of exceptional facilities such as
• (Clicking on a facility name will bring you to
  the facilitys website)
• Albany Medical Center
• Albany City School District
• Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Ellis Hospital
• Glens Falls Hospital
• New York State Department of Health, Division of
  Nutrition and WIC Programs
• Saratoga Springs School District
• Northeast Health
• Stratton VA Medical Center

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The Internship Experience

• Clinical Dietetics (13 weeks)
• Interns spend 10 weeks conducting supervised
  medical nutrition therapy rotating among
  Cardiology, Diabetes, Geriatrics, AIDS/HIV,
  Oncology, Renal Dialysis, and 3 weeks of
  Nutrition Support
• The final 3 weeks are Entry-Level Practice in
  which the Intern acts as a Generalist Dietitian
  responsible for an assigned unit or floor of the
  facility
• Food and Wellness Management (13 weeks)
• Rotation topics include, Menu Planning Food
  Procurement Production Sanitation Safety
  Recycling Merchandising Food Marketing
  Management Tools, Functions, Skills Project
  Management and Clinical Nutrition Management
• Community Nutrition (7 weeks)
• 1 week of Orientation WIC training
• 2 weeks of supervised practice with a High Risk
  Maternity/Pre-Natal Nutrition Program (WIC)
• 4 weeks of supervised practice in a Community
  Nutrition Education Program

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A Combined Internship Masters Program

• Required Dietetic Internship Masters Courses
• NTR 530 Practicum in Clinical Nutrition
• NTR 531 Practicum in Food Service Systems
  Management
• NTR 5XX Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy
• NTR 549 Nutrition and Disease Management for
  Pediatrics
• NTR 532 Practicum in Community Nutrition I
• Internship Masters Courses can be applied to the
  following Masters Degree Programs
• (click to link to Degree Program)
• Applied Nutrition
• Community Health Education
• Health Services Administration

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• Full Time
• Completed in 10 months
• Supervised practice five days per week (minimum
  of 40 hours)
• Two graduate courses during both Fall and Spring
  terms (classes held prior to beginning of Fall
  and Spring semesters)
• One course taken during Summer Session III
• Moodle online system used to supplement learning
• Part Time
• Must be completed within 2 years
• Approximately 24 hours of supervised practice per
  week
• One course is taken in the fall semester and
  continued in the spring semester of the first
  year
• One course is taken in Summer Session III of the
  first year
• Two courses are taken in the fall semester of the
  second year
• One course is taken in the spring semester of
  the second year

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Financial Aid Eligibility

• To qualify for either Federal and State Aid or
  the Stafford Student
• Loans, Interns must apply and be accepted into
  one of the Sage
• Graduate School Master's degree programs.
• Anyone accepted/matched to the Sage Graduate
  School Dietetic
• Internship Program automatically meets the MS
  in Applied Nutrition
• admission requirements. However, applicants
  must complete and
• submit the first page of the Application for
  Admission, of the Sage
• Graduate School Self-Managed Application with
  their DI Application packet.
• To be considered for financial aid, the
  application for Federal
• Student Aid (FAFSA) must be completed. Visit
  www.fafsa.ed.gov
• for more details.

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Credit for Prior Experience

• The ADA allows programs the flexibility to modify
  supervised
• experiences for individuals with extensive
  learning and professional
• competence acquired outside the academic setting.
• A maximum of 6 credits may be waived for
  professional competency.
• Waiver Process (for more information click
  here)
• Submit Sage Graduate School Dietetic Internship
  Application and submit SGS DI Practicum Course
  Waiver Application with corresponding
  Professional Competency Portfolio(s) (one
  portfolio for each practicum course to be
  waived).
• Oral presentation and interview, one session for
  each practicum course to be waived.
• Pass the course specific examination(s) with a
  grade of 70 or better, one exam for each course
  to be waived.
• Program Fee and Tuition are reduced based on
  number of credits waived.

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Professional Opportunities Networking

• New York State Dietetic Association Annual
  Meeting
• Hudson Valley Dietetic Association Meetings
• Sage Graduate School Research Symposium
• Nutrition Department Programs
• Fall Nutrition Seminar
• Annual Nutrition Networking Night

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Where Do Our Graduates Work?

• Clinical Dietetics
• Susan Indilicato has been a Registered Dietitian
  since September
• 2005. She completed her Dietetic Internship at
  Sage Graduate
• School, and was awarded New York State
  Outstanding Dietetic
• Intern Student of the Year for 2004-2005. Susan
  graduated in
• August 2008 with her Masters Degree in Applied
  Nutrition from
• Sage Graduate School. She is currently employed
  as a Clinical
• Dietitian at Albany Medical Center. Before
  becoming employed
• at Albany Medical Center (AMC), she worked at St.
  Peters
• hospital as a diet clerk and technician,
  assisting Dietitians.
• Susan currently provides medical nutritional
  therapy (MNT)
• to patients and participates in educating
  medical students
• residents at AMC. Ms. Indilicato is a hard
  working, highly
• motivated personwho loves working with people and
  educating others about
• nutrition.

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Where Do Our Graduates Work?

• Community Dietetics
• Danielle Quigley is a Registered Dietitian and
• New York State Certified Dietitian Nutritionist.
• She received a Bachelor of Science degree in
• Nutrition from Russell Sage College in 2001,
• graduating with Honors. She completed her
  dietetic internship in 2002 and was
• awarded a Master of Science degree in Health
  Services Administration from
• Sage Graduate School in 2003. Danielle has
  extensive experience with federal
• nutrition programs, working previously as a WIC
  Nutritionist in Indiana and as a
• Nutrition Consultant for the Just Say Yes to
  Fruits and Vegetables (JSY)
• program where she educated thousands of food
  stamp recipients in the largest
• geographic area of NY State. Danielle is
  currently employed as a Public Health
• Nutritionist for the NYS Department of Health and
  serves as the Contract
• Manager for a USDA Food Stamp Nutrition Education
  program. She oversees
• the nutrition, fiscal and food safety areas of
  this multi-million dollar initiative.

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Where Do Our Graduates Work?

• Community Dietetics
• Ellie Wilson is a registered dietitian and Senior
  Nutritionist for Price
• Chopper/Golub Corporation, located in
  Schenectady, NY. She holds a M.S. in
• Community Health Education and is certified in
  weight management for
• pediatrics, adolescents, and adults. Ms. Wilson
  attended
• Russell Sage College, where she obtained her B.S.
  in Nutrition
• Science. She then completed her Internship and
  Masters degree at
• Sage Graduate School. She has held clinical
  dietitian positions with
• Seton Health Systems, Albany Clinical Nutrition,
  and Capital
• Cardiology Associates worked as a consultant
  for. NYS Education
• Dept. with the School Meals Initiative Outreach
  Director for the Oley
• Foundation, a non-profit that serves individuals
  living on TPN or
• tube feeding and also had a private practice,
  Neighborhood
• Nutrition, LLC, offering MNT and corporate
  wellness programs. As
• Senior Nutritionist at Price Chopper, Ellie
  develops nutrition
• resources for the chains 116 stores. She is
  active professionally
• with the Hudson Valley and New York State
  Dietetic Associations.

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What Our Graduates Have to Say

• The program was both intense and challenging. I
  enjoyed
• it immensely and would highly recommend it to
  anyone
• seeking the skills necessary to become a
  successful dietitian
• and leader.
• Sage Graduate School was my first choice for
  the DI program because of the small class size,
  professors with professional nutrition experience
  and both an independent and team-based approach
  to learning.
• A degree from The Sage Colleges and completion
  of the
• DI program opened many doors for me. Within 3
  years at
• my current place of employment, I was promoted to
  lead a
• team of top nutrition professionals.

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Contact Information

• For any questions you may have concerning our
  dietetic internship or further details regarding
  the DI/MS option, please contact DI Director,
  Melodie Bell-Cavallino, MS, RD, CDN, FADA, at
  [phone] or via e-mail at bellcm_at_sage.edu.
• The Sage Colleges Dietetic Internship Program
  participates in the ADA Computer Matching Process