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Contact Information

Ms. Shelly Gabel, MS, RD, CD
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Internship Director
2420 Nicolet Drive, LS 455
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2269
Fax: (920) 465-2769
Office: LS 457

Upon Acceptance into an ISPP

  1. Attend ISPP meeting (virtual meeting)
  2. Apply for Prior Assessed learning (PAL) (Link to PAL) by May 22. Download the Prior Assessed Learning (PAL) Policies & Procedures of the Dietetic Internship Program (PDF)
  3. Begin securing all potential rotations and placements for internship. A list of all preceptors and contact should be provided to DI Director by June 1 of internship year.
  4. Supervised practice components must include the following types of sites and commitment of supervised hours: NOTE: It may be possible to combine rotations at the same site.
Type of Experience/Rotation Supervised Practice Hours
Medical Nutrition Therapy
Hospital MNT 10 weeks (32 days) 320 hours
Renal 1 week (4 1/2 days) 36 hours
Community Hospital 2 weeks (8 days) 64 hours
Long-term Care 3 weeks (12 days) 96 hours
Diabetes MNT 2 weeks (8 days) 64 hours
Subtotal Medical Nutrition Therapy: 580 hours
Foodservice Systems
Hospital Procurement, Production and Distribution 4 weeks (16 days) 128 hours
School Foodservice 4 weeks (16 days) 128 hours
Subtotal Foodservice Systems Management: 256 hours
Community Nutrition
WIC Program 3 weeks (12 days) 96 hours
Community 4 weeks (16 days) 128 hours
Wellness 2 weeks (8 days) 64 hours
Subtotal Community Nutrition: 288 hours
Leadership Concentration: (Can be done in conjunction with traditional internship or independently)
Leadership Training (1/2 day) 4 hours
Interviewing Skills development (1 day) 8 hours
Team Building (1 day) 6 hours
Projects (Chair and teamwork):
Chair/project management
Open house-conducting/prep
Spring conference-conducting
Preceptor Training-conducting/prep
Grocery Store Tours-conducting/prep
Cooking Demonstration-conducting/prep
 
16 hours
8 hours
4 hours
4 hours
3 hours
20 hours
Monthly Manager-community on call 2 hours
Subtotal Leadership: 75 hours
Other (Can be done in conjunction with traditional internship or independently):
Journal club (1 day) 8 hours
Professional Conference attendance (2 day) 16 hours
Case-study Presentation (1 day) 8 hours
Portfolio Development (1/4 day) 2 hours
Subtotal Other: 34 hours
Total Supervised Practice Hours: 1,233 hours