FW: RD Internship criteria

[Guest guest]

Just to clarify - this part was addressed to Pat by mistake - It should be

addressed to Pam -

" So please Pat [should be :Pam], be more careful when you state something like

" If you are precepting interns you should be familiar with what interns are

expected to know before they walk in the door (Foundation Knowledge) " . It just

doesn't come across well in an e-mail. Regardless - thanks for your help. "

My apologies to Pat.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

From: meravls@...

To: rd-usa

Subject: RE: RD Internship criteria

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:34:58 -0400

I wish I was such " affluent " ...I am a mia lebra and required to precept intern

and I actually knew the criteria only needed to know that I am not wrong and

that nothing have changed. Gladly not and this is the first intern in years that

I see who doesn't know the basic knowledge. I reported it and beyond this - I

can't control what will be done with her. So please Pat, be more careful when

you state something like " If you are precepting interns you should be familiar

with what interns are expected to know before they walk in the door (Foundation

Knowledge) " . It just doesn't come across well in an e-mail. Regardless - thanks

for your help.It seems to me that in this case I know what are the requirement

more then the one who runs the internship and the one who control acceptance.

Now I have it in writing, thanks to you.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

To: rd-usa

From: pcharney@...

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:13:01 -0700

Subject: Re: RD Internship criteria

Merav,

There are most definitely set requirements for acceptance to

internships. If you are precepting interns you should be familiar with

what interns are expected to know before they walk in the door

(Foundation Knowledge). Go to http://www.eatright.org/CADE/content.aspx?id=40

and peruse the site. There you can download the 2008 Foundation

Knowledge and Competencies. These documents describe what is expected

to be learned and experienced in order to be eligible to sit for the

registration examination. Programs do have some leeway in how they

meet the standards, though. If you have questions regarding a

particular program, simply contact the program director.

Pam Charney, PhD, RD

Affiliate Associate Professor

Pharmacy

MS Student

Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technology

School of Nursing

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

pcharney@...

http://www.linkedin.com/in/pamcharney

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> Thanks.

> This is what I thought, though its not " my internship criteria " but

> we accept interns for their clinical rotation. we don't run the

> program/internship or have any control of acceptance in any way or

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> Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

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> To: rd-usa

> From: hlbrewer@...

> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:23:56 -0700

> Subject: RE: RD Internship criteria

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> Holly Lee Brewer, MS RD CDE

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> Pediatric Dietitian, Diabetes Educator

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