麻豆原创

for PhD students by year.

Year 1

A sequence of required courses is taken during the first year. Clinical practica are optional during the first year. It is anticipated that students will begin active participation in a research program with their advisor. The fourth quarter (summer) is typically devoted to research and applied courses designed to prepare students for second year clinical practica.

Year 2

A series of required general courses and track courses are offered during the second year. Students may begin to take electives as part of their schedule. Continuation of clinical practica and research participation occur during this year. Completion of a thesis, along with satisfactory course grades, qualifies the student for the M.S. degree. Students are required to submit their Master’s thesis for publication in a peer-reviewed journal as part of their specialty track requirements.

Qualifying Exams

The goal of the Qualifying Exam is to assure that a student has obtained and can communicate, in both written and oral formats, a scientist-practitioner skill set. It has two primary key components. First, it includes an assessment of the student’s ability to formulate a clinical case conceptualization, rooted in the empirical literature and based on evidence-based theory. Second, it assesses the ability of the student to both critically evaluate and conduct methodologically sound research that is relevant, timely and has important societal implications. Across these components, the student must be able to demonstrate that they can think critically, ask questions that have important clinical and research implications and have a strong understanding of important constructs within clinical psychology such as assessment, intervention and diagnosis that are informed by the literature.

The qualifying exam exists in two parts: a Clinical Science component and a Research component. Passing both components is required for the student to advance to candidacy. It is recommended that both components be passed by the end of the third year in the program. It is required that both components be passed by the end of the fourth year of the program.

The Clinical Science component is a case formulation that answers an important question generated by the student, in consultation with the student’s advisor, from one of the student’s cases. The formulation/answer to the question must be rooted in a conceptual framework that has a clear empirical basis and must include considerations of each of the following issues: ethical, cultural, etiological, diagnostic and interventional. This component will consist of a written outline that is approved by a faculty committee of three and an oral presentation to that committee. The Research component is a first author, submitted publication. The publication can derive from their Master’s Thesis work or from other work in which the student has been involved while enrolled in the PhD program at 麻豆原创. This component can take multiple forms, including an empirical paper, a review article, a meta-analysis or a grant proposal (e.g. NRSA).

Year 3 and Year 4

Required courses, electives, clinical practicum and research activities continue during these years. Upon satisfactory completion of the comprehensive examinations, students may develop their dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must be approved by August 15th, if the student is to be eligible to apply for internship the following year.

Additional didactic activities in which students may participate include: department sponsored colloquia; a Visiting Speaker Series and individual case conferences sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry; training conferences, special lectures and grand rounds sponsored by basic science and/or clinical departments, as well as the Psychology/Psychiatry Service of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center).

Internship

Students are required to complete a one-year, full-time, clinical internship, after having completed formal course work and a dissertation proposal. Students work with the Director of Clinical Training to ensure that they are applying to sites which reflect their career goals. Students are required to participate in the APPIC national match. The internship facility must comply with the American Psychological Association accreditation standards and must be approved by the Department of Psychology. Our students are typically accepted into APA-accredited, high quality internship programs all across the country. Over the last several years, our internship match rate has been 100%, which exceeds the national average.

Our students have matched at many APA-accredited internship sites around the country, including from the following list:

• Baylor College of Medicine/Department of Pediatrics
• Brown Alpert Medical School
• Children’s Hospital Boston
• James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Facility (VA)
• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
• Kennedy Krieger Institute/John Hopkins School of Medicine
• Lexington VA Medical Center
• Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
• Metrohealth Medical Center
• Milwaukee VA Medical Center
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Naval Medical Center, San Diego
• Northern California Psychology Internship Consortium
• Portland VA Medical Center
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/ University Behavioral Health
• Rush University Medical Center
• Southlake Community Mental Health/ Regional Mental Health Center
• Southwest Consortium Predoctoral Psychology Internship
• Springfield US Medical-Federal Prisoners
• St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
• Tulane University School of Medicine
• University of California-Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute
• University of California-San Diego/ Veterans Affairs
• University of Chicago Medical Center
• University of Florida Health Science Center
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center
• University of Michigan Human Adjustment
• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
• University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
• VA Chicago Health Care Center
• VA Connecticut Healthcare System
• VA Edward Hines, Jr.
• VA John D Dingell VA Medical Center
• VA Gulf Coast Veteran Healthcare System
• VA Maryland Healthcare System
• VA Medical Center, Milwaukee Mental Health Division
• VA Northern California Health Care System
• VA Palo Alto Healthcare System