Our goal is to educate and train future dietitians so they are excited about establishing and maintaining a lifelong profession, provide employment in areas they want to establish a career, and give back to our profession competent, enthused professionals.
Specifically, the Morrison Dietetic Internship goals are as follows:
Goal 1: Graduates will participate in supervised experiential learning to become competent for a variety of entry-level nutrition and dietetic careers.
Outcome Measures:
- At least 80% of program students complete program/degree requirements within 10.5 months if full-time and with a completed master’s degree; 13.5 months for students who have a partial master’s degree when starting the internship; and 27 months for students starting master’s program and the internship together (150% of the program length).
- 90% of program graduates take the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists within 12 months of program completion.
- The program’s one-year pass rate (graduates who pass the registration exam within one year of first attempt) on the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists is at least 80%.
- 90% of the program graduates will agree that the internship prepared them to perform as an entry-level registered dietitian.
Goal 2: Graduates will be competent nutrition and dietetic practitioners of diverse backgrounds and will be employed in the field of nutrition and dietetics.
Outcome Measures:
- Of graduates who seek employment, 90% are employed in nutrition and dietetics or related fields within 12 months of graduation
- 90% of employers of graduates 'agree' or 'strongly agree' they are very pleased with the graduates' overall job performance on the 1-year Employer Evaluation.
- At least 20% of accepted students will be of diverse cultures, ethnicity, and gender.
Data on objectives is available upon request.
