University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship
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University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
Omaha, Nebraska
This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.
Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training
This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure.
Yes
This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
Yes
This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
Yes
This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience.
Yes
This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
Yes
This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities.
Yes
This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
Yes
This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
Yes
Fellows will receive substantial clinical training in general adult neuropsychology. Our patient population is diverse and is primarily outpatient focused. Patients present with a broad range of medical conditions treated in a tertiary care hospital. Specific emphases and specialty populations include: adult epilepsy (including pre-surgical assessment and Wada evaluation), memory disorders, movement disorders (including pre-surgical assessment for deep brain stimulation placement), multiple sclerosis, central nervous system tumor, stroke, brain injury, solid organ transplant, and psychiatric disorders.
Training is based on the Houston Conference guidelines for specialty training in clinical neuropsychology. Fellows will receive a minimum of two hours per week of individual face-to-face supervision with a clinical neuropsychologist. Fellows will attend and be expected to present relevant evaluation findings at multidisciplinary team meetings.
Our program is designed to fulfill the Nebraska state psychology licensure requirements and to ensure that trainees are prepared for future board certification in clinical neuropsychology. By the completion of the 24-month residency, fellows will be expected to be proficient in conducting neuropsychological assessments with a wide variety of patient populations, including conducting clinical interviews, selecting and administering neuropsychological test batteries appropriate to the referral question and population, and conducting feedback sessions to explain results to patients and family members. General knowledge of neurological and psychiatric disorders and associated neuropsychological assessment patterns is expected by completion of the training program, with administration of a practice written examination and mock fact-finding oral examination similar to those used for ABPP board certification at the completion of the program. The fellow is also expected to pass the EPPP by the completion of the 24-month fellowship. Professional practice evaluations are completed and reviewed with trainees every six months. Any identified training needs are incorporated into subsequent rotations.
Fellows will be expected to attend and participate in regular neuropsychology didactics, including neuropsychology seminar, journal club, and professional development discussions. Fellows will also present at neurology grand rounds once during their fellowship. There are opportunities for additional educational programming offered by UNMC, including neurology resident lecture series and brain cuttings. Opportunities can also be arranged for shadowing physicians to further the fellow’s knowledge regarding the neurological examination and differential diagnosis of relevant disorders. The program emphasizes clinical training with an opportunity for clinical research, with the expectation that the fellow will co-author at least one paper or poster during their two-year tenure.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Neuropsychology
- Other Emphasis
- Adults
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Pamela May-Weeks, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
- Contact Email
- pmay-weeks@unmc.edu
- Contact Phone
- 402-552-6094
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 4
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 16
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $61,000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Friday, July 1 2016
- Fringe Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance is available. Basic life and disability insurance are available. One day of sick leave is accrued each month. Each year, twelve days of paid vacation are accrued, and seven traditional holidays and five floating holidays are granted. Additionally, five days of leave with pay for professional or educational meetings are allowed annually and the fellow is given a $2,500 professional fund each year.
- Additional Comments
- More information about the program can be found on our website (https://www.unmc.edu/neurologicalsciences/education/fellowships/neuropsychology-fellowship.html), on our APPCN directory listing, and on our SCN directory listing.
- Application Instructions
- UNMC is a member of the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) and participates in the APPCN match. To be considered for the Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, applicants must have completed an APA/CPA-accredited doctoral program and an APA/CPA accredited internship. The following materials are required to be submitted no later than 12/15/2024:
1) A letter of application outlining specific training and eventual professional goals, as well as the status of your dissertation;
2) Curriculum vitae describing background training and experience, including a description of internship and other scholarly activities and research;
3) Two sample de-identified neuropsychological evaluation reports;
4) Three letters of recommendation, at least one from an internship supervisor;
5) Copies of graduate transcripts;
6) Verification of Completion of Doctorate (to be completed by Dissertation Chair or Director of Clinical Training).
**Please submit all materials through the U.S. mail or by email to:
Pamela May-Weeks, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Training Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship Program,
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Neuropsychology Division,
988425 Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, NE 68198-8425;
pmay-weeks@unmc.edu
This record was last updated on Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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