Dietetic Internships

Internship Tracks

Maricopa County's Dietetic Internship offers a public health focused supervised practice program with two tracks: (i) a full time track and (ii) a AZ WIC track for qualified Women, Infants and Children (WIC) employees working in an Arizona local agency. The AZ WIC track allows the AZ WIC staff to work toward completion of internship competencies while retaining their employment with their AZ WIC local agency.
Interns in both tracks will work with dietitians from a wide variety of disciplines and be exposed to a wide range of nutrition services from metropolitan and rural areas.

Duties

Interns interact with individuals and groups from multi-ethnic backgrounds representing all ages and levels of education. Clinical, food and nutrition management, community and specialty experiences challenge interns to integrate knowledge gained from dedicated study. Although the ability to speak Spanish is not a requirement, Spanish-speaking interns are highly valued by preceptors at our rotation sites due to the great diversity of Maricopa County residents.

Application

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health Dietetic Internship is accredited through the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. All applicants for both tracks will apply through the DICAS online system. The applicants to the full time track must participate in D&D Digital computer matching. WIC track applicants will not participate in the computer match.

Internship Track Details

Topic	Full Time Track	WIC Track
Number of Interns Accepted	5	6
Eligible Applicants	Graduate of an accredited university with DPD program requirements verified	Graduate from an accredited university with DPD program requirements verified. Must have worked full time for at least one year in any contracted Arizona WIC Local Agency prior to the internship application due date.
Required GPA	A minimum of 2.8
Program Concentration	Community and Public Health
Program Location	Primarily Maricopa County. Some rotations may require travel and lodging in another county.	Determined based on participant's geographic location. Some travel may be required.
Tuition (not including books)	$4,500	Not Applicable
Hours of Supervised Practice	1412	1248 (1128 plus 120 hours of pre-approved prior assessed learning)
Estimated Time Frame	Mid-August to early June	Mid-August to the first week of July
Upon Completion student receives	Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics verification statement of dietetic internship completion
Application Deadline	February 15	January 15

Checklist

All materials from this checklist must be submitted through Dietetic Internship Centralized Application Services (DICAS) between now and January 15th at 11:59 p.m. (Central) for the WIC track or February 15 at 11:59 p.m. (Central) for the full time track.

• Full Time Track Application Checklist (PDF)
• WIC Track Application Checklist (PDF)