Former Graduates' Experiences With the Corewell Health Dietetic Internship

I am honored to have completed the dietetic internship at Corewell Health a reputable and highly recommended health care system. Although knowledge is gathered in the classroom, the Corewell Health internship in an 1100+ bed hospital provides ample opportunity to learn and the hands on approach has been invaluable! I realized the importance of the internship before going into the ‘real world’ and am grateful for the opportunity! The clinical RD preceptors were wonderful as they all were respectful, filled with knowledge and truly aspired to provide the intern with the best learning experience they could. The Corewell Health dietetic internship program was an exceptional experience, providing an excellent foundation to begin my career confidently as a registered dietitian!

I highly recommend the Corewell Health dietetic internship. With the clinical focus of this program and being part of a large hospital system, I was able to gain exposure to a wide variety of clinical cases and really increase my knowledge and skillset. I was also able to learn from many amazing preceptors, each one an effective teacher offering unique experience and guidance, which greatly impacted my learning experience. My tips for prospective interns are to use effective time management and be flexible, the rest will come with time, practice, and asking good questions!

I received more knowledge, experience, and growth from this program than I originally thought I would. I feel I am a completely different person from start to finish. I have more self confidence, more clinical knowledge, and a new profound passion for this field.

I've had nothing but great things to say, each rotation has been such an incredible learning experience, honestly, each and every one. I was one of the two interns placed at Troy hospital for my clinical and had a wonderful experience, me and the dietitians here have built such a nice relationship, I will miss them once I'm gone. From entering this internship with minimal clinical background, I can now say feel 100% confident I can perform as a dietitian in the field.

My foodservice rotation was also phenomenal, Brendy and the rest of the nutritional service staff I worked with were so kind and knowledgeable, willing to help me with anything I needed so I could reach my goals, and I was presented with great opportunities to learn throughout the rotation. As far as my community rotation, I was placed at the National Kidney Foundation, at first I was a little skeptical because I never really thought ‘community nutrition’ was my niche, but Mary is such an inspiration to work with, she really made it exciting to come to work every day and pushed me to try new things and to be confident.

Overall, I do not have one negative comment to make about my internship experience. I'm lucky I was able to be involved in such a great program and meet some phenomenal people that have truly impacted my life so much.

My experience with the Corewell Health internship, it was great. The internship provided me with unique outpatient opportunities and clinical perspectives to enhance my readiness to become a registered dietitian.