The 2009 APPIC Clearinghouse
Since 1976, APPIC has offered a professional psychology internship
placement "clearinghouse" that provides information about internship
positions that are available after APPIC Match Day.
This page provides a general overview of the APPIC Clearinghouse. Participants should first read
the information below, followed by a careful review of the detailed "Instructions for Applicants" or
"Instructions for Programs" pages, as applicable.
The 2009 APPIC Clearinghouse will open at 11:00 am EST on Monday,
February 23, 2009. Unmatched applicants who are searching for
unfilled internship positions will have two sources of information:
(1) a listing of unfilled positions from the Match, and (2) a
Clearinghouse e-mail list that Training Directors will use to
post information about available positions. An overview of each
of these services is provided below.
ELIGIBILITY AND FEES
Applicants: There is no fee for applicants to use the Clearinghouse. Furthermore, applicants do not register to use the Clearinghouse.
An applicant is eligible to use the APPIC Clearinghouse if he/she: (a) meets APPIC's "Intern Applicant Policy," (b) has not been placed by the APPIC Match, and (c) has not accepted or committed to any other internship positions. Applicants who meet these three criteria are eligible even if they did not register for the Match, registered but withdrew from the Match, or registered but did not submit a Rank Order List to the Match.
Applicants who have been matched
by the APPIC Match, or who have already accepted a position through the APPIC Clearinghouse, are contractually bound to attend the internship
program to which they have been matched and may not seek other
internship positions.
Programs: Internship programs (both APPIC members and non-members) that participated in the 2009 APPIC Match are eligible to use the Clearinghouse at no additional charge. For these programs, eligibility is automatic and no registration is required.
Non-member programs that did not participate in the Match may use the APPIC Clearinghouse e-mail list if they meet the criteria described in APPIC's policies regarding Match and Clearinghouse participation by non-members. Eligible non-member programs must register in advance by submitting a completed "Clearinghouse Agreement" along with the appropriate fee to APPIC. Please contact the APPIC Central Office in order to initiate the registration process.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO PROGRAMS: If an intern withdraws
or is terminated from a position at your site for any reason, either during the
internship year or prior to the start of the year, you must consult
with APPIC before announcing or filling this vacancy. Please contact Dr. Steve
McCutcheon, Chair, APPIC Board of Directors, at (206) 764-2895 or Stephen.McCutcheon@va.gov .
LISTING OF UNFILLED POSITIONS
A listing
of internship programs with positions available after the Match will be posted
on the National Matching
Services web site beginning at 11:00 am EST on Monday, February
23, 2009.
This list will include those internship sites with one or more positions that remain unfilled in the Match and that elect to publicize such vacancies in this manner.
This list will not be updated after the initial release of the
Match results, and will be removed from the NMS web site after ten
days (11:00 am EST on Thursday, March 5, 2009). After March 5, 2009, the Clearinghouse e-mail list (described below) becomes the only source of information from APPIC about unfilled positions.
CLEARINGHOUSE E-MAIL LIST
In addition to the listing of unfilled positions described above,
APPIC operates a free e-mail
list service that allows internship programs to distribute information about available positions. Programs may use this "Clearinghouse" e-mail list to provide additional information about a vacancy that is shown in the "Listing of Unfilled Positions," to announce a new position that has become available, or to inform applicants that a previously-vacant position has been filled.
Applicants (or other interested individuals) may subscribe to the Clearinghouse e-mail list to receive
notification of these available positions via e-mail. The Clearinghouse
e-mail list will begin distributing messages at 11:00 am EST on
Monday, February 23, 2009 and remain open through October 31,
2009 (participants may subscribe to the list at any time, but
will not begin receiving vacancy postings until 11:00 am EST on
February 23).
MORE INFORMATION
The following links provide
additional information about the Clearinghouse:
• Instructions
for Applicants
• Instructions for
Programs
• Clearinghouse
Statistics
• Clearinghouses Operated
by Other Organizations
Please feel free to contact the APPIC Clearinghouse Coordinator
if you have any questions about the Clearinghouse process.
Greg Keilin, Ph.D.
APPIC Clearinghouse Coordinator
E-mail: gkeilin@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 475-6949
11 January 2009
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