A Day in the Life of an Intern

California State University, Long BeachInternship Program in Nutrition & DieteticsCohort 4 (2015-2017)

CSULB IPND Cohort 4

Weekly Schedule

A typical week involves: Monday:

GLADIC or FCS 591B Class with Dr. Frank

Tuesday-Friday: Rotations (32 hrs/week)

Additional coursework throughout the week Planned Experiences (PEs), Thesis/Directed Project

GLADIC Greater Los Angeles Dietetic Internship Coalition

On some Mondays (typically ~8:00am-3:00pm)

Participating Internships: California State University, Long Beach (IPND) California State University, Long Beach (ISPP) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Northridge Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Patton State Hospital

Purpose: Provide participating dietetic interns with additional seminars on various

topics in the dietetics field Provide networking opportunities between fellow dietetic interns and

presenters

Rotations

Nutrition Therapy (9 weeks) Burns (1 week) Outpatient (1 week) Disordered Eating (1 week) Pediatrics (1 week) Community (4-6 weeks) Head Start (1 week) & Nutrition Education (3 weeks)

OR APLA Health (6 weeks) Food Service (6 weeks) School Nutrition Services (3 weeks) Business/Entrepreneurship (2 weeks) Nutrition Research (1 week) Leadership (1 week) Self-Select (2 weeks)

Rotation: School Nutrition ServicesDI: Christine Gilbert

Daily Schedule: I was fortunate to work with two other Interns during my rotation. Although each day was different, we normally went to a school in the district and conducted foodservice and meal observations.

Main Duties: Performed nutrient analysis on Nutrikids Developed menu ideas Standardized recipes Gave nutrition education lesson plans Performed taste tests.

Best part(s) about the rotation: Developing a chocolate zucchini muffin bread

recipe that ended up being implemented within the school district for breakfast!

We attended a school presentation promoting milk consumption. We were just as excited as the kids to see the cow!

Facility: Long Beach Unified School District

Rotation: Community/APLA DI: James Childers

Daily Schedule: 8-5pm T-Th.

Main Duties: Provide client education Work in the food pantry Counsel clients

Best part about the rotation: Counseling and exposure

to a diverse population

Facility: APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles) Health

Rotation: FoodserviceDI: Yi Min Teo

Daily Schedule: Event menu planning, attending safety committee meetings, helping with lunch trayline/ cafeteria

Main Duties: Helping out with food preparation and serving Developing and updating food and

nutrition-related protocols Performing monthly and annual food

service audits

Best part(s) about the rotation: The people!!! Everyone in the kitchen is so warm,

welcoming and give great hugs! Being creative and making healthy food! Learning skills needed to manage a kitchen

and incorporating nutrition at the same time

Facility: Little Company of Mary Medical Center

Rotation: Head StartDI: Caitlin Peterson

Daily Schedule: My day typically started at 8am. After arriving at the OCHS main office, I would check in with my supervisory RD, Isabel Simard. Next, I would get ready to head over to various school sites, where I would meet with parents of HS children, counseling them on nutritional issues. This would be followed by delivering “food experiments” to some of the classrooms, where kids would get to learn about a new fruit or vegetable and taste it.

Main Duties: Prepare & deliver a food experiment

activity for students Prepare nutrition education handouts Develop & deliver a nutrition workshop

for parents

Best part(s) about the rotation: Interacting with the Head Start students

through nutrition lessons and activities

Facility: Orange County Head Start

Rotation: PediatricsDI: Audri Atencio

Daily Schedule: I was normally at the hospital from 8-4:40 pm. I would begin each day by attending rounds, and then I would spend the rest of my day assisting the RDN with patient-related work.

Main Duties: Attending rounds Assisting with initial assessments and follow-ups Giving patient education to parents and children.

Best part(s) about the rotation: Attending presentations and workshops Being exposed to a wider variety of conditions Working with the pediatric population Spending my self-select rotation here in addition

to my pediatric rotation helped to solidify that pediatrics is where I want to work in the future!

Facility: Miller Children’s Hospital

Rotation: BurnsDI: Linh Le

Daily Schedule: 9am-5pm

Main Duties: Shadow RD Conduct patient

assessments Patient charting

Best part(s) about the rotation: Very unique population This facility is a specialized

burn center with many resources

Facility: UCI Medical Center

Rotation: Head StartDI: Joey Medestomas

Daily Schedule: Attend variousintra/interdepartmental meetings with Supervisory RD, Conduct site visits, Menu planning, Complete Planned Experiences

Main Duties: Work closely with SRD to gain a better

understanding of their role in Head Start Increase knowledge of CACFP guidelines Gain experience providing nutrition

services to the community served with consideration to cultural preferences or special diets

Best part(s) about the rotation: Safety and Sanitation Checks at different

Head Start locations Watching the kids enjoy their meals!

Facility: Long Beach Head Start

Rotation: Nutrition Therapy DI: Kelsey Kinnier

Daily Schedule: Arrived at UCIMC at 8:30-9:00 am and reviewed the days patients with the RD. With RD supervision and independently, I would see patients for an initial or follow-up nutrition assessment, proving appropriate nutrition education as needed. The RD would review my work each day and provide me with feedback. I would attend any meetings or luncheons with the clinical staff.

Main Duties:

Assist clinical nutrition team with patient list daily

Conduct initial and follow-up nutrition assessments

Provide nutrition education for various conditions

Staff relief for 1-week (working independently)

Attend meetings with clinical staff

Best part(s) about the rotation: Getting to learn from each RD, and then apply what I learned with supervision and during staff relief. I really enjoyed getting to work independently with patients, conducting interviews and assessments. I enjoyed working on my case study as well. I feel that I learned so much from this rotation and grew professionally.

Facility: UCI Medical Center

Rotation: Nutrition EducationDI: Megan La Rose

Daily Schedule: 8:30-5:00

Main Duties: Create lesson plans with food

samples and handouts Present educational materials

to children, parents, employees Visit school sites to observe

meal times, food safety practices, and talk to students

Develop recipes for new menu items

Best part(s) about the rotation: Watch students taste new

products!

Facility: Long Beach Unified School District

Rotation: OutpatientDI: Stephanie Detoya

Daily Schedule: 8:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m.

Main Duties: Observe & assist in counseling sessions Educate clients & practice MI techniques r/t:

Weight management Physical activity Pre- diabetes & diabetes management Nutrition-related chronic health diseases

Create diabetic meal plans Monitor labs, medications, glucose testing

Best part(s) about the rotation: Best part about the rotation was working with two

amazing dietitians, Jacqui and Kathleen, who are truly passionate about their job and make a difference in their clients’ lives. They are great nutrition educators to learn from.

PIH provides a lot of resources to use in preparation for the RD exam.

Facility: Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital - Whittier

Rotation: Community/WIC DI: Nicole Alai

Daily Schedule: 8:30am – 5:30pm (Two 15-min. breaks and One 1 hour lunch)

Main Duties: Counsel clients on breastfeeding, age

appropriate foods, pick eaters, recipes and serving sizes

Perform anthropometric measurements

Assist the lactation specialist with co-teaching lactation classes

Participate in team meetings

Best part(s) about the rotation: Clients really appreciate and are eager to

implement the nutrition advice.

Following up on a client and seeing that they applied the nutrition advice given to them from the previous session.

Learning different counseling techniques from the WNA’s and RD’s

Improve my Spanish speaking skills

Facility: Long Beach WIC

Rotation: Disordered Eating DI: Francis Dizon

Daily Schedule: varies, 8 hours total. Usually 9am-4:30pm

Main Duties: Observe Ds presenting bariatric class Provide discharge education to bariatric

patients Perorm chart reviews Discuss bariatric surgery with interdisciplinary

team Provide in-services on Glucerna

supplementation Observe bariatric surgeries

Best part(s) about the rotation: Lots of autonomy Watching bariatric surgeries Working with another CSULB DI, Audri Atencio

Facility: Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

Interns go to FNCE?!

FNCE 2016: Boston, MADI: Audri Atencio

Half of our internship class attended FNCE 2016 in Boston

Two interns had the opportunity to present research in the form of a professional poster

Those of us who went highly recommend attending FNCE during your internship to… Network with nutrition professionals

from across the country Attend and listen to presentations on

current topics in nutrition Discover new food products and see

what new research is out there