The MHS/RD coordinated program has been launched as a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) and the Dietetics Education Program at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC). This MHS option offers students interested in nutrition the opportunity to earn both the MHS degree in Human Nutrition and complete a 32-week dietetic practicum in public health nutrition in preparation for obtaining the RD credential. In the dietetics practicum, which follows completion of the MHS course work, students complete clinical, and food service rotations at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including the Johns Hopkins Burn Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center; community rotations at sites in the Baltimore area; and have a 10-week public health rotation with the USDA, or the WIC program, or an individualized rotation developed to suit the student's career interests (e.g., humanitarian assistance, international nutrition, nutrition communications, population research, clinical investigation). Following completion of the MHS/RD program at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, graduates are qualified to sit for the Registration Examination for Dietitians. For detailed information on prerequisites, application procedures and contact information, please visit the IH website at http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/degrees/mhs/MHS-RD.html. |
