The Stony Brook University Dietetic Internship Program offers two tracks, On-site and Distance, and is sponsored by the School of Medicine. The program has an emphasis in clinical nutrition therapy.
The on-site track begins each September and includes 68 hours of orientation and seminars, 38 weeks of rotations/required program days, and 1 week of RD exam review. The distance track includes 37.5 hours of orientation, 1040.5 block rotations (nutrition therapy, food service, community nutrition, elective, renal), 28 hours longitudinal research module and 24 hours of Evaluation& Review Week. The Internship is 1215 hours in length. Orientation begins in July for the Distance track and early September for the On-site track. Rotations and seminar start immediately after Orientation. Seminars are held on Mondays and rotations are Tuesday through Fridayevery week. The internship year is scheduled to end in early May for the Distance track and early June for the On-site track. Upon successful completion of the Dietetic Internship Program, and attaintainment of a graduate degree, interns are eligible to sit for the registration examination. Upon passing the CDR exam and receiving RD designation through the CDR, students can then apply for state licensure.
Students may apply to the Master of Science degree in nutrition through the Graduate Nutrition Program concurrently.
Mission and Goals
The mission of the Dietetic Internship Program is to prepare entry level registered dietitian nutritionists to have a positive impact on health care delivery, health promotion, and the dietetics profession through the provision of high-quality medical nutrition therapy, the management of high quality food service systems, and/or the implementation of high quality health promotion programs.
The goals of the Stony Brook University Dietetic Internship Program are:
Goal 1: The program will prepare graduates to perform at entry-level through the completion of a variety of high-quality rotations, especially in clinical nutrition therapy, in a timely fashion.
Goal 2: Graduates will think critically and attain life-long learning skills so as to positively impact nutrition practices and the profession. (Examples include: precepting interns, disseminating evidence-based nutrition information to the public, serving in a professional organization, representing your department or institution on committees/task forces, etc.)
Objectives are provided on the program website.
Accreditation
The Dietetic Internship Program at Stony Brook Medicine, at State University of New York, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190,Chicago, IL 60606-6995,(800) 877-160 ext. 5400 (phone), ACEND@eatright.org (email), www.eatrightPRO.org/ACEND. The Dietetic Internship Program received full re-accreditation in 2018.
The program is accredited for up to 16 full-time students for the On-site track and up to 30 full-time students in the Distance track. The program is accredited for 2 part-time students in the On-site track and up to 5 part-time students in the Distance track. Refer to the program website for information on completion of the program on a part-time basis.
Admission Requirements
Applicants are required to have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, a preferred minimum grade point average of 3.0, and an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics verification statement of completion for a didactic program and a master’s Degree (any field)* - applicants without a master’s degree who match to Stony Brook University DI will be required to apply to the MS in Nutrition at Stony Brook University.
Refer to the program website for information on the application screening and interview process and additional admission requirements.
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