Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program 2009-2010
- RESEARCH COMPONENT

In keeping with the scientist-practitioner training model, interns participate actively in research projects during the course of their year.  The goal of the research component of the internship is to develop the intern’s capacity to interpret, critique, and conduct research.  Interns become active participants in existing research groups or projects, with a time commitment of approximately one half day per week. The intern’s project will be conducted under the guidance of one of the internship supervisors, most likely a supervisor in the intern’s major track.  Supervisors integrate interns into research meetings early in the internship and present ongoing projects as well as new ideas.  Interns may elect to participate in a research project outside their major if agreed upon by the intern and a supervisor.  Alternatively, interns may generate their own project idea along with a supervisor.  By the end of the year, interns are expected to have a demonstrable product from their research activities, such as a conference or manuscript submission or presentation.