The mission of the UC Davis Medical Center Dietetic Internship is to offer comprehensive supervised practice learning experiences in a university tertiary health care center that:

  • Promote innovative, high quality patient-centered nutrition care
  • Foster a supportive, interdisciplinary educational environment
  • Use critical thinking and evidence-based practice as the foundation for solving complex problems and conducting performance improvement
  • Prepare graduates for entry-level practice and lifelong learning as registered dietitian nutritionists who demonstrate standards of professional performance and a commitment to the dietetics profession and community.