Fellowship Education Program
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Primary Care Family Psychology Fellowship Program: Women’s Reproductive Health Track & Geropsychology Track
Program Overview
Director: Susan H. McDaniel, PhD
Associate Director: Patricia A. Bennett,
PhD
The Primary Care Family Psychology Fellowship Program is headquartered in the Department of Psychiatry, with placements in the Departments of Family Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, and Internal Medicine.
The goal of this fellowship is to train psychologists to fulfill clinical and academic roles in primary care medical settings through education in collaboration, systems theory and family psychology, health psychology, and medical family therapy. There are two tracks offered: Women’s Reproductive Health and Geropsychology.
Women’s Reproductive Health Track
Goal: To train psychologists to become collaborative practitioners who provide biopsychosocially-oriented care to patients in a primary care setting.
The biopsychosocial model is the basis for much of our training. This model was formed here at the University of Rochester by George Engel. The biopsychosocial model encompasses the whole person within a systems perspective. It takes into consideration the systems an individual is involved in from an organ level to a community level. The fellowship program is based on this model and serving the whole person – coordinating and integrating medical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
The Women’s Reproductive Health Track is an APA-accredited two-year fellowship that is designed to provide fellows with experience in the following areas:
- Primary Care Psychology – Fellows will spend 50% of their time working with the OB/GYN residents. Fellows gain experience in family systems medicine: collaborating with medical providers, consulting with residents, and providing brief medical family therapy. Fellows are also encouraged to engage in research.
- Family Therapy – Fellows will spend 50% of their time in a family therapy outpatient clinic, where they will receive supervision and gain experience in providing more traditional marital and family therapy. Interested fellows may have the opportunity to supervise MFT Master’s students.
Strong Family Therapy Services is an outpatient clinic based in the Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Psychiatry. It provides a systems approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, and families presenting for mental health services. The specific objectives of this site are to familiarize the fellow with major theoretical approaches to the treatment of couples and families, to develop treatment goals and strategies consistent with these theories, to become skilled in implementing these strategies, and to learn consultation and liaison techniques with referring health care professionals.
The fellow with a focus in Women’s Health will be conducting therapy primarily with the women and families referred by the Women’s Health physicians. This fellow will also collaborate extensively with the OB/GYN providers.
- Medical Family Therapy Training – Fellows receive training in marriage and family therapy, with credits working towards AAMFT Clinical Membership. Fellows receive this training through coursework and supervision throughout their fellowship.
Fellows will gain enough clinical hours for licensure and will participate in numerous educational opportunities such as:
- Professional Development Series
- Grand Rounds
- Multicultural Seminars
- Writing, Family Therapy, and Family Systems Medicine Seminars
Women’s Health (25 hours per week/year long)
At the Family Medicine Reproductive Health Clinic, physician fellows, psychology fellows, medical residents, and medical students learn about women’s health and pregnancy termination from a biopsychosocial perspective. Psychology fellows provide counseling, assessment, and post-termination services to the physician faculty and fellows and their patients as needed. Opportunities for research and education are also part of this grant-funded project.
Outpatient Family Therapy Clinic (25 hours per week/year long)
Strong Family Therapy Services is an outpatient clinic based in the Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Psychiatry. It provides a systems approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, and families presenting for mental health services. The specific objectives of this site are to familiarize the fellow with major theoretical approaches to the treatment of couples and families, to develop treatment goals and strategies consistent with these theories, to become skilled in implementing these strategies, and to learn consultation and liaison techniques with referring health care professionals.
The fellow with a focus in Women’s Health will be conducting therapy primarily with the women and families referred by the Women’s Health physicians. This fellow will also collaborate extensively with the OB/GYN providers.
Geropsychology Track
Goal: To train clinical geropsychologists to be leaders and innovators in the prevention and treatment of mental and cognitive disorders in underserved older adults.
The Geropsychology Track is funded by a grant from the Health Resources Services Administration HRSA).
Department of Psychiatry – Primary Care Family Psychology Track (link to the appropriate Psychiatry department fellowship pages)
Behavioral Fellowship Program Directors
Director: Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
Associate Director: Patricia A. Bennett, PhD
Faculty at the Family Medicine Center:
- Thomas Campbell, MD, Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
- Kevin Fiscella, MD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine
- Barbara Gawinski, PhD
- Susan Horwitz, PhD
- Peter le Roux d Littet, PhD
- Ellen Poleshuck, PhD
- David B. Seaburn, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
- William Watson, PhD
Stipend
Stipend support is commensurate with the previous training and experience of each fellow. Fellows receive malpractice and health insurance.
Eligibility
Candidates must have completed an APA-accredited
doctoral program in clinical, counseling, or health psychology, and an APA-approved
clinical internship.
Application Procedure
For further information, write or call:
Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, Director
Primary Care Family Psychology Fellowship
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
777 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620-2399 USA
Phone: (585) 279-4803
Fax: (585) 442-8319
Email: SusanH2_McDaniel@urmc.rochester.edu