Overview

Rochester Psychology Internship Consortium represents a cooperative endeavor between University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Strong Recovery, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Rochester Regional Health, Hillside Children’s Center, Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI), Rochester Psychological Assessment & Testing (RPAT), and Ontario County Mental Health (OCMH). URMC Strong Recovery functions as a hub for the internship faculty, didactic training, and administrative processes. 

This internship year is first and foremost a supervised, intensive, experiential learning opportunity focused on the delivery of psychological services. The program embraces a scientist-practitioner model in which theory and evidence routinely inform professional practice and each intern has protected the opportunity to pursue a scholarly activity that can center on research, program evaluation, clinical care, or education. The training is competency based. Each intern will have a year-long placement at one of the clinical sites. 

While in their clinical settings, interns provide supervised behavioral health intervention and assessment services to community members. 

Interns across clinical sites have the opportunity to gain experience working with and consulting across a variety of disciplines as a major component of their training program. Experiences may involve collaboration and consultation with various agencies and/or providers within multiple care disciplines and settings. 

Our training and education program is dedicated to developing the next generation of leaders in the field using innovative and advanced technologies (e.g, Telehealth and Technology Assisted Interactive Tools for Clients). All interns are provided with didactic and experiential training in the use of telehealth and interactive therapeutic technologies. 

A priority is placed on professional development, including assistance to interns in securing opportunities after internship such as post-doctoral fellowships and employment. Our clinical sites have an interest in hiring the next generation of leaders.

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