Program Information

 

The Diversify Dietetics Internship Program (DDIP) is housed under Diversify Dietetics, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established in 2018. Co-founded by a long-time dietetics’ educator and a passionate public health professional, Diversify Dietetics' mission is to increase the racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition by empowering nutrition leaders of color. 

DDIP Mission: To prepare graduates to be culturally-sensitive registered dietitian nutritionists with the competence and skills that will allow them to advance the science and practice of nutrition and dietetics equitably for all individuals and communities.

As part of a nonprofit organization, we raise funds to support our interns' tuition costs and offer scholarships for BIPOC applicants through our DDIP Preselect Application Scholarship. 

We are a distance internship, allowing our interns to complete their supervised practice rotations in their chosen geographic area, reducing relocation costs. Our preceptors are members of the Diversify Dietetics community who are passionate about diversifying the dietetics profession and who are committed to supporting diverse students and interns.

To fulfill the Commission on Dietetics Registration standards for graduate degree education, we have established a partnership with the University of Alabama’s Master of Science in Human Nutrition program, a 30-credit hour online graduate program and Georgia State University’s Master of Science in Nutrition program, a 36-credit hour online graduate program.

Our program has two degree options:

  • Non-degree option: 10-month full-time program. This option is available for interns who earned a graduate degree before beginning the supervised practice program.

  • MS/DI Option: 18-month program. This option is available for interns who have not earned a graduate degree before beginning the supervised practice program. Interns complete their graduate coursework at the University of Alabama’s online Master of Science in Human Nutrition program while completing their supervised practice experiences.

Our program has a distance or local option. Interns in the location option would complete their rotations in the Atlanta metro area.

Learn more about our program options here.

supervised practice rotations

Our program faculty assist interns with selecting and scheduling supervised practice experiences. Preceptors are recruited from members of the Diversify Dietetics community and work in various practice settings across the United States.

Rotation breakdown

  • Alternative Supervised Practice: 8 hours

  • Clinical: 320 hours

  • Community: 320 hours

  • Business/Management: 224 hours

  • Emphasis: 128 hours

Learn more about our supervised practice rotations here.

 

Program Mission

Technology Requirements

DDIP is a distance program and interns are required to maintain minimum technology requirements to complete program requirements.

  • Email account (Gmail, Yahoo, other)– It is not recommended to use a school account, due to limited access

  • Computer (laptop preferred) with at least 128MB RAM with up-to-date antivirus program and JAVA capable browser

  • Chromebook running Google’s Chrome OS is inadequate

  • High-speed Internet

  • Webcam, microphone, and speakers for Zoom meetings

  • Printer

  • Scanner (may be incorporated into printer or may use smartphone application such as Scannable, Tiny scan, or Genius Scan)

  • Microsoft Office 2010 or later (recommended)

  • PDF Pro 10 or Adobe Acrobat Pro (recommended)

Program Completion requirements

In order to graduate from the program, interns must successfully complete the minimum supervised practice hours, didactic learning experiences, and fulfill learning objectives in order to demonstrate competencies laid forth by ACEND and DDIP. Additionally, interns must have obtained a minimum of a master’s degree. For more information on the graduate program completion requirements, please visit the University of Alabama’s Master of Science in Nutrition website or the Georgia State University Master of Science website.

DDIP will provide a Verification Statement to interns upon completion of the program. The Program Director will submit names to the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as evidence that the interns are eligible to sit for the Registered Dietitian (RD) credentialing exam.