Updated September 23, 2024
with the intern in team meetings, and scheduling individual face-to-face and perhaps some group supervision sessions.
Providing Supervision: All interns (both general and neuropsychology track) will also have the opportunity to provide supervision to practicum students and receive group supervision of this experience in the Supervision of Supervision Seminar (please see seminar section below). Interns are allotted three hours of protected time per week to provide this supervision experience.
Assessment
Interns are required to complete one comprehensive assessment case with integrated report during the internship year (this can include psychodiagnostic testing, neuropsychological testing, capacity testing, and/or various health psychology evaluations). For those interns on rotations in which testing is part of their clinical rotations, one of these cases will suffice for assessment seminar, and the intern will present on that case. For those interns on rotations in which no comprehensive assessments are conducted within the clinic, a case will be assigned through assessment seminar and supervised by Assessment Seminar facilitator(s). A second case may be assigned for interns who need additional assessment experience in order to meet the minimum levels of achievement required for the assessment competency items.
Seminars and Other Meetings
Intern Seminar (weekly): Presentations for this seminar are coordinated by the Internship Training Director. These presentations are designed to build upon the existing knowledge base of our interns. A combination of topics will be chosen that are relevant to the VA clinical setting, address innovations and trends in psychology, encourage development of intersectional multicultural competence, and foster professional development. Intervention - Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Seminar (weekly): This seminar is coordinated by a staff psychologist and includes many guest presentations by other staff and supervisors. Presentations will cover didactics on a wide range of EBPs offered throughout the VA as well as trainee and staff case presentations demonstrating application of these EBPs on clinical rotations. Interns are expected to consider cultural and diversity factors and how they may impact implementation of specific EBPs. Supervision of Supervision Seminar (weekly): This seminar is coordinated by staff psychologists. In this seminar, interns will be introduced to various theories and models of clinical supervision as they develop their own philosophy and approach to supervision, whether they go on to be a research and/or clinical supervisor. Following the supervision didactic series, this seminar will serve as group supervision for interns who will be providing supervision to advanced practicum students on general individual psychotherapy cases. Diversity Seminar (weekly): This seminar is coordinated by staff psychologists and will include didactic presentations, readings, experiential exercises, and case consultation covering a wide range of diversity issues. Please note that in addition to the diversity seminar, diversity-related topics are emphasized in ALL intern training experiences on a daily basis, including the other
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