Fiedler K M, Raguso A, Morgan G, Renker L
Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
J Am Diet Assoc. 1990 Apr;90(4):591-6.
The coordinated dietetic internship/master's degree program (CDI/MDP) was formed in 1965 as a consortium of three hospitals and a university combining a hospital internship and graduate degree program. As of 1984, there were 317 graduates. The purpose of this study was to determine the employment, professional activity, and further education profiles of graduates in a 20-year period. The critical path method (CPM) was used as the blueprint for the 6-month project in which 267 questionnaires were sent and 152 were returned. Findings on areas of practice of graduates of the CDI/MDP indicated that their employment generally follows the same rankings as those found in previous studies of internship, CUP, and Plan IV programs, except for greater frequency of employment in education. Activities in professional associations were notable, with many graduates serving as officers or committee members. Twenty-one percent of respondents have earned or are in the process of pursuing study beyond the master of science earned with the internship. This may indicate that students interested in completing an internship/master's program have a strong achievement orientation or that they have an unusually high regard for education. Our findings provide valuable data for understanding the career impact of advanced education combined with the internship.
联合饮食实习/硕士学位项目（CDI/MDP）成立于1965年，是由三家医院和一所大学组成的联盟，将医院实习和研究生学位项目结合在一起。截至1984年，该项目已有317名毕业生。本研究的目的是确定毕业生在20年期间的就业、专业活动和继续教育情况。关键路径法（CPM）被用作这个为期6个月项目的蓝图，在此项目中，共发放了267份问卷，回收了152份。对CDI/MDP毕业生实践领域的调查结果表明，他们的就业情况总体上与之前对实习、CUP和计划IV项目的研究结果排名相同，只是在教育领域的就业频率更高。在专业协会中的活动很显著，许多毕业生担任官员或委员会成员。21%的受访者已经获得或正在攻读除实习时获得的理学硕士学位之外的学位。这可能表明，对完成实习/硕士项目感兴趣的学生有很强的成就导向，或者他们对教育有着异常高的重视。我们的研究结果为理解高等教育与实习相结合对职业的影响提供了有价值的数据。
