preparing for internship
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Goals for Today
How to plan ahead
Types of internships
An overview of the application process
Norms for hours/reports when applying
Timeline•Year 1 – Do NOTHING (just track hours)•Year 2 – Do NOTHING (just track hours)•Year 3 – Start to think about what kind of clinical work you want to do•Year 4 – Choose a practicum that fits a need•Year 5 – Apply
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Year 2
Also don’t think about this!
If you come away with 50+ hours you’re golden
However, the hours from
foundations are enough
Year 3•You will start to get an idea of what kinds of therapy/assessment you:1. Enjoy2. Want to learn more about3. Really don’t enjoy
•Use this experience (good and bad) to guide what you see yourself doing going forward•Aim to have ~500 (+/- ~150) assessment/intervention hours at the end of yr.
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End of Year 3
Peek at some ideal internship sites
Check your hours and identify gaps
Pick Yr. 4 clinical training
opportunities that fill gaps
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Year 4
This is the final year to get your hours and reports
1At the end of your year aim to have 800 total contact hours (8+ reports)
2If not, do STP! You get tons of hours + could do intake reports
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Research
•Typically have 4-8 hours of dedicated research time•Matched with a mentor•Usually in a medical school•Usually have post-doc opportunities•Value research much more than most internships
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Example Sites for Research• UCLA Semel Institute• University of California, San
Francisco • Brown Clinical Psychology
Training Consortium • University of Illinois at
Chicago• University of Washington
School of Medicine
• Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School• Western Psychiatric Institute /
University of Pittsburgh • Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston Consortium • University of Mississippi
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Child Clinical•Focused on individual and family treatment for child mental health problems•Usually a broad range of problem areas•Multiple levels of intensity• Inpatient•Partial / day-treatment•Outpatient•School
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Pediatric / Behavioral Health•Pediatric psychology within a general medical setting•Children with co-occurring medical and psychological problems constitute the primary treatment population•Brief behavioral interventions constitute the primary therapeutic modalities
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Forensic / Juvenile Justice•Training emphasis is often on the integration of substance use and mental health treatment for youth who are justice-involved or at-risk for justice involvement•Family court and other similar settings•Juvenile detention center treatment
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Neuropsychology•Assessment and assessment and more assessment! •Necessary for becoming a neuropsychologist•Multidisciplinary assessments that integrate during laboratory, neuroimaging, neurologic, and genetic findings
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How do I Pick?
Post-doc opportunities (e.g., T32)
Specialty training opportunities
Research opportunities
Prestige
Match with my training
Location
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The Application Process•Report Hours•Four 1-page (500 word) Essays•Autobiographical Statement•Theoretical Orientation•Diversity Statement•Research Experience and Interests
•Cover letter for each site•Letters of recommendation
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Tracking Your HoursNeed the following•Client demographics• Intervention hours and type of intervention•Assessment hours by type of assessment•Psychodiagnostic or neuropsych
•Supervision hours by type•Group or individual
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Integrated Reports•The definition of an integrated psychological testing report is a report that includes a review of history, results of an interview, and at least two psychological tests from one or more of the following categories: • personality measures• intellectual tests• cognitive tests• neuropsychological tests
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Applying - Yr. 5
June
Identify internships (20+)
July–Aug.
Write essays
September
Finalize sites (10-15)
October
Write cover letters
October / November
Apply
Interviews
December
Early Interviews
January
Most Interviews
Early February
Final Interviews and ranking
Late February
Match
The Cost!•Application = $500•Travel for interviews = 1k-5k•Total cost: ~2-3k
• Internship salary ranges from 20k – 30k• Insurance usually comes out of this…
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APPIC Match
•97.4% match rate from accredited clinical programs•Average of 15 site applications (+/- 5) •Average of 7 interviews•86% of applicants match at one of their top 3 choices (51% at 1st choice)
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Doctoral Hours
APPIC 2017
•Doctoral Intervention:•Median = 598 (SD 294)
•Doctoral Assessment:•Median = 178
General Guidelines•Aim for ~800 contact hours •500+ Intervention & 100+ Assessment
•Reports required varies by type of internship•A good goal is 8-10 (*not for neuropsych)
• In general, a variety of patient populations, treatments, and treatment settings is helpful
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