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VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, SAN FRANCISCO - QUALITY SCHOLARS PSYCHOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Description: The Quality Scholars (VAQS) Fellowship Program is a two-year postdoctoral psychology fellowship that emphasizes the development of specific skills and competencies in conducting research on quality improvement, focusing on interprofessional healthcare education and health services in integrated care/primary care settings. The development of research skills and competencies focuses on three general areas or research: (1) interprofessional healthcare education in primary/integrated care settings, (2) quality improvement, and (3) health services investigations. Interprofessional healthcare education research includes investigations of the impact of innovative approaches to interprofessional training on the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of clinical healthcare trainees as well as on systems factors associated with team-based care, and patient outcomes. Quality improvement research involves the investigation of systems-based theories and strategies designed to improve quality of care, utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods. Health services research focuses on the role of psychology in the team-based PACT model of primary care, telehealth advances, patient satisfaction with educational and psychological services, motivational interviewing for health behavior change, and adaptations of evidence-based psychological treatments in integrated care/primary care settings. The Psychology VAQS fellow works closely with other fellows and mentors from nursing, medicine, and geriatrics backgrounds.

Website: https://www.vaqs.org/san-francisco/

Accredation Status: Non Accredited

Location: CA, SAN FRANCISCO,

Duration: 24 Months

Stipend: $$55,565

Specialty:: interprofessional healthcare education and health services in integrated care/primary care settings.

Emphasis: Interprofessional Primary Care

APPIC Postdoctoral Member: No

Setting: Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Number of Openings: 1

Number of Supervisors: 5


Director Name: Juong (Terri) Huh, PhD

Director Phone: 415-919-9572

Director Email: joung.huh@va.gov


Start Date
07/01/2019

Date Added
11/08/2017

Last Modified
08/30/2018

Available until filled or:
02/06/2018


Submission Instructions

Eligibility Candidates MUST be graduates of APA-accredited doctoral programs in clinical or counseling psychology and MUST have completed an APA-accredited internship. All requirements for the doctoral degree must be completed prior to the start of the fellowship year. Persons with a Ph.D. in another area of psychology who meet the APA criteria for respecialization training in Clinical or Counseling Psychology are also eligible. The VA requires that applicants are US Citizens, men have registered for selective service, and all have had varicella infection (“chicken pox”) or vaccination for such prior to the start of the fellowship. Specific details related to eligibility: 1. U.S. citizenship. VA is unable to consider applications from anyone who is not currently a U.S. citizen. Verification of citizenship is required following selection. All interns and fellows must complete a Certification of Citizenship in the United States prior to beginning VA training. 2. Fellows are subject to fingerprinting and background checks. Match result and selection decisions are contingent on passing these screens. 3. VA conducts drug screening exams on randomly selected personnel as well as new employees. Interns and Fellows are not required to be tested prior to beginning work, but once on staff they are subject to random selection for testing as are other employees. 4. Have received a Doctorate from an APA-accredited graduate program in Clinical or Counseling Psychology. Persons with a doctorate in another area of psychology who meet the APA criteria for respecialization training in Clinical or Counseling Psychology are also eligible. 5. Have completed an internship program accredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation or have completed a VA- sponsored internship. Application Procedure To apply for the VAQS postdoctoral research fellowship, please send the following materials as PDF files to the following email address: Jennifer Manuel@va.gov 1. Letter of interest 2. Current Curriculum Vitae 3. Three letters of Recommendation The application deadline is 12/15/2018 and interviews and notifications will be conducted on a rolling basis.

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