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Acceptance to the NYDDI internships occurs twice each year. One rotation begins in January and ends in August. A second set of rotations begins in May and ends in December. Orientations are scheduled days before rotations begin. Immediately following Orientation, you may begin your first rotation.
Interns are permitted up to a combined three days off as either religious holiday observance, personal, or sick days during the program. Requested days off should be made one week in advance with your preceptor. Interns are required to contact NYDDI and their preceptor when they will not be at their rotation. Time missed must to be made up, generally at the end of the rotation.
Note: Interns may be required to work on legal holidays, especially if working during shift coverage assignments. Arrangements must be made with your preceptor in advance of scheduling.
*Note: NYDDI builds into the 8-month program a one week vacation period during the last week of December and near July 4th. Other than the scheduled week interns may not take other time off. If an intern wants to swap the holiday vacation with another vacation, it must first be approved.
The intern schedule should model their preceptor’s schedule. The ideal rotation is Monday to Friday for 8 hours a day. We count 7.5 hours of work time and 30 minutes for lunch totaling an 8 hour day.
NYDDI is closed on legal holidays, therefore interns are not required to work on those days unless they choose.
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FSM-7 WEEKS TOTAL, COMMUNITY- 7 WEEKS TOTAL, CLINICAL- 7 WEEKS TOTAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION INFLUENCER 7 WEEKS TOTAL
(Preferable rotation order is: FSM, Community, Clinical, Health and Nutrition Influencer)
DATE ROTATION WILL TAKE PLACE
LOCATION
PRECEPTOR SUPERVISING &
CONTACT INFORMATION
ROTATION &
EXPERIENCE OBTAINED
Jan. 5 – Jan. 7, 2026
Orientation
Leslie Rosen, RDN
Program Orientation
7 weeks (250 hrs.)
Start date _____ End date ______
FSM
Preceptor______________
Phone_________________
Email_________________
FSM - Food Service Management
Hospital, school food service, LTC food service, Head Start, Home Delivered Meals programs, commissaries.
Management principles, budgeting, ordering, inventory, menu development, human resource management, food service production.
Community
Community Nutrition
Community based organizations, public and private health centers, WIC, YMCA or YMHA (preferably if they have disease prevention programs), senior centers, home delivered meals, farmers markets, SNAP education, community gardens.
Assessing needs of the population, creating community education programs, budgeting, counseling, program development and assessment.
CLINICAL
Clinical Nutrition
Hospital, long-term care w/ enteral feeding, cancer center, rehabilitation center, dialysis center, facilities providing nutrition support, pediatrics, subacute setting, diabetes center, bariatric center, eating disorder centers.
Interview, screen & monitor patients, nutrition focused physical exam, nutrition assessment & intervention, charting & medical records, individualized pt. menu, pt. counseling, apply nutrition care plan, research, case studies for common disease states, PES statements.
Nutrition Influencer
Elective
Rotation competencies and activities TBD by program director in collaboration with preceptor and intern.
TOTAL = 1000 hrs.
*32 weeks
*Rotations run for 28 weeks. Full term includes a three day orientation, 1 week vacation and RD prep totaling 32 weeks.
& NUMBER OF WEEKS
May 18 – May 20, 2026
May 28 – July 12
July 15 - August 30
WIC
Sept. 3 – Oct. 18
Oct. 21 – Dec. 6
