The dietetic Internship Program in dietetics (DI) at The University of Tennessee at Martin is a postbaccalaureate program, generalist and interdisciplinary in nature. The DI consists of 200 hours of didactic and 1080 hours of supervised practice experience divided into rotations in food systems management, clinical dietetics and community nutrition. The program is offered at the graduate level, with the option of combining the DI with a master of science degree in human environmental sciences.
The DI program at UT Martin is a cooperative program between the university and hospitals, health care facilities and food service institutions in West Tennessee and Kentucky from Memphis to Jackson, Tenn., to Paducah, Ky. Students in the program may choose two options: (1) work 20 hours per week for four demesters, fall and spring completing the program in two years or (2) work 40 hours per week for two semesters, fall and spring, completing the program in two semesters. Program requirements and duration are innovative and flexible to increase accessibility for persons with unique family, work or financial constraints.
Program graduates will be competent in the ADA performance requirements for entry-level dietitians and can successfully practice as clinical, community, or administrative dietitians.
If you are admitted to DI, you may also choose to complete a master's degree. As a DI student, you are required to enroll in the DI curriculum courses, totaling 12 semester hours, which may be applied toward a master's degree.
The Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, Dietetic Option, requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate work. Specific requirements include:
Family and Consumer Sciences Courses:
Food Systems
Management/Food Science
Nutrition
AP4 Research-Related Courses
FCS 791, Ed Eval 710
Supporting Courses
(Supervised Practice Component)
Food Systems Management 714
Nutrition 724, 734
Food Systems Management 744 and/or Nutrition 754
Thesis Research or Electives
Must be related to dietetics
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Hours:
6
6
6
12
6
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For more information and application
materials for the graduate program contact:
Director of Graduate Studies
309 Administration Building
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN 38328
(731) 881-7704
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For more detailed information about DI and application information contact:
Ms. Lori Littleton , M.S., R.D., Instructor & Director of Dietetic Internship
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
340 Gooch Hall
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
Phone: (731) 881-7100
loril@utm.edu
The following is a partial listing of affiliating agencies:
BioMedical Applic. Dialysis Clinic, Jackson, TN
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN
HCA Regional Hospital, Jackson, TN
Henry County Medical Center, Paris, TN
Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, KY
Methodist Hospital Systems, Memphis, TN
Newborn Center, Regional Med Center, Memphis, TN
Regional Medical Center, Memphis, TN
St. Francis Hospital, Memphis, TN
St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Veterans Administration Medical Ctr, Memphis, TN
Haywood County School Systems, Brownsville, TN
Health Plex Nutrition Center, Memphis, TN
Mead Johnson, Memphis, TN
McKenzie School District, McKenzie, TN
Tennessee Dept. of Public Health, Jackson, TN
Boling Center for Dev. Disabilities, Memphis, TN
Western Mental Health Institute, Bolivar, TN
West Tenn. Regional Health Office, Union City, TN |
