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roug

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year

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nee

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cess

to a

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tern

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five

days

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The

hou

rs v

ary

depe

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the

area

whe

re th

e in

tern

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wor

king

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sche

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licat

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edur

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leas

e fo

llow

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titia

ns o

f Can

ada

appl

icat

ion

proc

edur

es lo

cate

d on

the

D.C

w

ebsi

te.

Uni

vers

ity T

rans

crip

ts:

Min

imum

75%

(B+)

ave

rage

in fi

nal t

wo

year

s of

a n

utrit

ion

unde

rgra

duat

e pr

ogra

m.

Pers

onal

Let

ter:

Y

our l

ette

r mus

t be:

pro

fess

iona

l, no

long

er

than

one

pag

e, s

ingl

e-sp

aced

, in

12 fo

nt,

with

one

inch

mar

gins

. R

esum

e:

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r res

ume

mus

t be:

no

long

er th

an 2

pa

ges,

sin

gle-

spac

ed, i

n 12

font

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one

in

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argi

ns. I

nclu

de y

our e

duca

tion

and

expe

rienc

e in

reve

rse

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nolo

gica

l ord

er,

and

indi

cate

the

leng

th o

f eac

h ex

perie

nce.

C

onfid

entia

l rep

orts

A

n ac

adem

ic re

fere

nce

and

a R

egis

tere

d D

ietit

ian

refe

renc

e ar

e pr

efer

red.

A

refe

renc

e fro

m a

fam

ily m

embe

r will

not

be

acce

pted

. A

pplic

atio

n Fe

e P

leas

e su

bmit

$25

appl

icat

ion

fee

with

yo

ur a

pplic

atio

n pa

ckag

e; p

ayab

le to

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rand

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er H

ospi

tal b

y ch

eque

or m

oney

or

der (

no o

ther

pay

men

t opt

ions

ava

ilabl

e).

Inte

rvie

w p

roce

dure

Se

lect

ed a

pplic

ants

will

be a

sked

to

parti

cipa

te in

mul

tiple

min

i-int

ervi

ews

at th

e en

d of

Feb

ruar

y.

Die

tetic

In

tern

ship

P

rogr

am

Gra

nd R

iver

Hos

pita

l (G

RH

) G

RH

is a

600

+ be

d co

mm

unity

hos

pita

l tha

t pr

ovid

es fa

mily

-cen

tere

d ca

re to

mor

e th

an

470,

000

peop

le in

the

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erlo

o re

gion

. Mor

e th

an 3

500

prof

essi

onal

sta

ff of

fer a

co

mpr

ehen

sive

arr

ay o

f pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

incl

udin

g ac

ute

(KW

Site

) and

com

plex

co

ntin

uing

car

e (F

reep

ort S

ite).

O

ur m

issi

on is

to p

rovi

de e

xcep

tiona

l car

e th

roug

h in

spire

d pe

ople

. Thi

s ph

iloso

phy

is

inco

rpor

ated

into

eve

ryth

ing

from

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

that

mee

t the

com

mun

ity’s

gro

win

g ne

eds,

to

prov

idin

g st

aff w

ith th

e to

ols

and

faci

litie

s th

ey

need

to p

rovi

de e

xem

plar

y ca

re.

Die

tetic

Inte

rnsh

ip P

rogr

am

The

Gra

nd R

iver

Hos

pita

l gra

duat

e in

tern

ship

pr

ogra

m is

a c

ompe

tenc

y-ba

sed

prog

ram

with

fiv

e po

sitio

ns a

vaila

ble

each

yea

r. Th

e pr

ogra

m

begi

ns in

ear

ly O

ctob

er a

nd c

ontin

ues

for

appr

oxim

atel

y 44

wee

ks.

Inte

rns

will

spe

nd ti

me

in c

linic

al, c

omm

unity

an

d m

anag

emen

t rot

atio

ns a

s w

ell a

s pa

rtici

pate

in a

pra

ctic

e ba

sed

rese

arch

pro

ject

. C

linic

al ro

tatio

ns ta

ke p

lace

at t

he K

W a

nd

Free

port

site

s an

d ar

e w

here

nut

ritio

n ca

re

com

pete

ncie

s ar

e de

velo

ped.

Rot

atio

ns c

an

incl

ude:

onc

olog

y, m

edic

ine,

sur

gery

, IC

U,

pedi

atric

s, c

ompl

ex c

ontin

uing

car

e, m

enta

l he

alth

, dia

bete

s an

d re

nal.

Th

e M

anag

emen

t/Foo

d se

rvic

es ro

tatio

n ta

kes

plac

e at

the

KW

site

whe

re s

tude

nts

wor

k al

ongs

ide

the

nutri

tion

and

food

ser

vice

s te

am

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he m

anag

emen

t of a

ce

ntra

lized

, col

d pl

atin

g/re

ther

m s

yste

m th

at

deliv

ers

mea

ls to

bot

h si

tes.

Key

act

iviti

es fo

r com

pete

ncy

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

is ro

tatio

n in

clud

e ex

posu

re to

ser

vice

au

tom

atio

n, d

iet o

ffice

and

food

ser

vice

m

anag

emen

t, hu

man

reso

urce

and

labo

ur

man

agem

ent,

budg

etin

g, a

nd d

iet a

nd m

enu

deve

lopm

ent.

One

or m

ore

stud

ents

may

co

mpl

ete

thei

r foo

d se

rvic

e ro

tatio

n of

fsite

Po

pula

tion

and

Publ

ic H

ealth

rota

tions

av

aila

ble

thro

ugh

the

GR

H p

rogr

am in

clud

e:

publ

ic h

ealth

uni

t, co

mm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

s or

th

e lo

cal u

nive

rsiti

es. I

n ad

ditio

n to

this

pl

acem

ent,

diet

etic

inte

rns

colla

bora

te w

ith e

ach

othe

r on

a ho

spita

l wid

e nu

tritio

n pr

omot

ion

cam

paig

n du

ring

the

mon

th o

f Mar

ch.

Evid

ence

Bas

ed R

esea

rch

skill

s ar

e ac

quire

d th

roug

h th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

a re

sear

ch p

roje

ct.

The

proj

ect h

as 4

allo

cate

d w

eeks

but

will

re

quire

add

ition

al p

erso

nal t

ime.

W

hat g

radu

ates

say

abo

ut o

ur p

rogr

am:

• “A

stre

ngth

of t

his

prog

ram

is th

at th

e pr

ecep

tors

are

app

roac

habl

e an

d th

ey

crea

te a

n op

en a

nd p

ositi

ve le

arni

ng

envi

ronm

ent”

• “T

he d

ietit

ians

with

in G

RH

and

in e

xter

nal

rota

tions

wer

e so

unb

elie

vabl

y gr

eat.

I cou

ld

not g

et o

ver t

he le

vel o

f ded

icat

ion,

fe

edba

ck, a

nd ti

me

spen

t for

us

inte

rns”

•

“The

maj

or s

treng

th o

f thi

s pr

ogra

m is

the

posi

tive

and

enco

urag

ing

lear

ning

en

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

fost

ered

by

the

diet

itian

s at

GR

H.

Oth

er s

treng

ths

incl

ude

the

wid

e va

riety

of a

reas

in w

hich

we

are

able

to d

evel

op s

kills

and

the

man

y le

arni

ng

oppo

rtuni

ties

that

are

ava

ilabl

e to

us

(ie.

wor

ksho

ps, p

rese

ntat

ions

)”

Inte

rnsh

ip P

rogr

am O

utlin

e at

a g

lanc

e (s

ubje

ct to

cha

nge)

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NTA

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......

......

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eeks

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y ....

......

......

......

......

. 4 w

eeks

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dvan

ced .

......

......

......

......

......

. 4 w

eeks

N

utrit

ion

supp

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......

......

......

.. 4

wee

ks

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t Tw

o O

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ski

lls ...

......

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…8

wee

ks

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bete

s ....

......

......

......

......

......

4 w

eeks

O

ther

(ren

al, o

ncol

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.....

......

4 w

eeks

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nit T

hree

M

anag

emen

t/Foo

d Se

rvic

e ... 6

wee

ks

Uni

t Fou

r Po

pula

tion/

Publ

ic H

ealth

......

7 w

eeks

C

omm

unity

pla

cem

ent .

......

.....

5 w

eeks

N

utrit

ion

mon

th p

rom

otio

n ....

... 2

wee

ks

Uni

t Fiv

e A

dditi

onal

pra

ctic

e ar

eas

..... 8

wee

ks

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earc

h pr

ojec

t .....

......

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wee

ks

Pro

fess

iona

l rel

ief .

......

......

......

4 w

eeks

Va

catio

n ...

......

......

......

......

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eeks

To

tal p

rogr

am le

ngth

.....

..... 4

4 w

eeks