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| Internship Fee | $7000 |
| Housing (per month rental) | $750-$800 |
| Transportation (personal automobile is strongly recommended but not mandatory; therefore no fee for automobile insurance is cited) | $75 |
Meals are not included at any rotation site. Ann Arbor, MI is a moderately priced mid-west city and food/meal costs are priced accordingly. Dietetic interns are provided medical professional liability coverage by the University of Michigan while acting within the scope of their duties for the University. This internship does not require any book purchases and a personalized white laboratory coat is provided to all admitted interns. Dietetic interns are not students at the University of Michigan and do not qualify for school-sponsored financial aid, health services, or counseling. Interns are strongly encouraged to seek outside scholarship opportunities; please contact the DI director for specific questions regarding loan deferment. Medical insurance is not provided by the UMSPH DI. Limited medical coverage is available through GradMed.
The UM SPH DI participates in the pre-select option to computer matching. To be selected via the pre-select process, applicants must be:
For those who plan to participate in the pre-select process, the following application packet must be submitted by January 13, 2012. Please include the following:
The applicant will be notified on or before January 31, 2012 confirming her/his acceptance or rejection into the program through this process. There is NO COST to the applicant in the pre-select process. Please note that applicants selected through this process do not participate in computer matching. If the applicant is not accepted through the pre-select process, he/she may apply to any other dietetic internship through the computer matching process. For more information about computer matching contact D&D Digital Systems at dnd@sigler.com or (515)292-0490.
For students who have completed a Didactic Program in Dietetics at the U-M SPH, a distance internship option, either full-time or part-time, is available. This track will use current technologies for information and communication. The application material is the same as the pre-select option application packet. Please add the title "DISTANCE APPLICANT" to the top page of the application.
At the time of acceptance into the internship, you will submit:
You are strongly advised to contact the director of the Dietetic Internship program before applying in order to receive any updated information.
The UMSPH DI will be participating in the 2012 DICAS match process.
For candidates outside the pre-select process, UMSPH DI is using the on-line centralized internship application, DICAS, which may be accessed at https://portal.dicas.org, e-mail DICASinfo@DICAS.org for further information. The on-line application must be completed for our program by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on February 15, 2012. The fee to use DICAS is $40 for the first application submitted and $20 for each additional application.
When completing the application form, applicants must include the name and contact information (specifically an e-mail address) for each reference. This will trigger an e-mail message requesting completion of a reference form. The form will be completed on-line. Students submitting more than one application will need to use the same individuals as references for each application.
Applicants who apply to internships using DICAS will be asked to complete a personal statement. Questions to be addressed in the personal statement include:
Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended should be sent to:
DICAS-Transcript Dept.
PO Box 9118
Watertown, MA 02472
Applicants must also register online for computer matching at www.dnddigital.com and select dietetic internship priority choices by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on February 15. There is a $50.00 computer matching fee.
A nonrefundable fee of $75 is required to apply to the UMSPH DI. This fee must be postmarked by the DICAS application deadline. Please send check or money order payable to the Unviersity of Michigan to the following address:
Kelsey Hargesheimer
Department of EHS, Program in Human Nutrition
UM School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
For further information about the UMSPH DI, please contact
Theresa Han-Markey, MS, RD
Dietetic Internship Director
Department of EHS, Program in Human Nutrition
UM School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
hanmark@umich.edu
For additional information on the application and computer matching processes, visit the American Dietetic Association web site. Click on Fact Sheets. Click on Computer Matching Policy and Procedures.
The next offering of the UMSPH Dietetics Internship
will be July 2012.

UM_SPH Dietetic Interns - Class of 2012