Updated September 23, 2024
seminars, clinical rotations, supervision, and in national VA opportunities (e.g., participation on national VA diversity listserv, attendance at free webinars, national conversations on diversity and inclusion and current events, and opportunities to apply to serve in national VA diversity committee roles). Assessment (bimonthly): This seminar is coordinated by staff psychologists and/or neuropsychologists. In this seminar, interns will be introduced to a wide range of psychological assessments including, but not limited to, the assessment of moderate to severe psychopathology, personality issues, cognitive impairment, and health-related assessments. The seminar will focus on assessment didactics, including: basic interpretations of commonly used tests at the VA (e.g., MMPI -3, PAI, MCMI-IV, self-report measures, MoCA) as well as introduction to common assessments at the VA (e.g. organ transplant, bariatric surgery). The seminars will also involve case presentation/consultation for interns who are completing their comprehensive assessment batteries and integrated reports.
Additional Opportunities:
Long-term Psychotherapy Case: Interns are allowed to carry up to one long-term psychotherapy case throughout the training year. Supervision may be provided by either the original supervising psychologist from the first half of the year, or if agreed upon, by the supervisor of the inte rn’s clinical rotations in the second half of the year. Intern Project: Interns have the option to complete a project of their choice during the year-long internship training year. This project may vary depending upon the individual intern's training experiences and career goals and may be conducted independently or in collaboration with other trainees or staff. If interested in completing a research project, interns will need to find a project advisor to develop and conduct their project. The project advisor can be any VA Long Beach staff member. The goal of the optional project is for the intern to study or to develop some component of services that will be of utility to others in the field. This project may have a research focus (e.g., program utilization or effectiveness), an educational objective (e.g., training other staff, patients or their family members; developing a Continuing Education (CE) module), a program development aim (e.g., new peer-led service, or community reintegration program), or clinical service provision goal (e.g., development of new treatment modality, or application of treatment to an under-served population). Other creative ideas are welcome. All projects should be based on scientific literature and have some form of measurable evaluation of their effectiveness and impact. If opting to complete a project, interns will need to complete a written Intern Project Proposal at the beginning of the training year, detailing their plan for developing and implementing the project over the training year. Interns who opt to complete a project will also be required to develop a PowerPoint presentation and present the details and results of their completed Intern Project to the department at the end of the training year. Upon completion of the project, the project advisor will evaluate the internship project using the Intern Project Outcome Evaluation form to determine how well the project met the established minimum levels of achievement.
Chief Intern: Interns will have the opportunity to serve as “Chief Intern , ” selected at the beginning of the training year. This can also be a rotating responsibility of two or three interns
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