Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Program Disclosures

Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution's affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values.

           Yes

    X    No

Internship Program Admissions

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program's policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

Eligible applicants for the UMMC Psychology Internship Program are doctoral students in APA-accredited Clinical or Counseling Psychology programs. All coursework required for the doctoral degree must be completed prior to the start of internship, as well as any qualifying, comprehensive, or preliminary doctoral examinations. We prefer candidates whose doctoral dissertations will be completed, or at least well under way, before the beginning of the internship year. In addition, we are interested in applicants who desire to become licensed psychologists and seek employment in academic and other clinical research settings.

Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:

Yes

No

Amount: N/A

No

Amount: N/A

Though we do not require a minimum number of assessment or intervention hours we seek applicants who have accumulated at least 500 total hours of direct clinical contact supervised by psychologists, through a combination of therapy and assessment experience during their graduate training and which are verified by their Director of Clinical Training.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns

Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns

Program provides access to medical insurance for intern?

If access to medical insurance is provided:

Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)

Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave

In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave?

Other Benefits (please describe): 5 days available for professional development activities, 10 paid holidays. As UMMC employees, interns contribute at least 9% of their salary towards retirement and are given options to participate in state or other retirement plans. Interns may incur additional costs for elective health benefits coverage (e.g., lower deductible health insurance, dental, vision, etc.).

*Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table

Initial Post-Internship Positions

(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

2020-2023