Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Advanced Fellowship at VA San Diego Healthcare System: Women's Health Clinical Psychology Research Program

VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, California

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

The overall goal of the Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health is to provide interdisciplinary training to Clinical Psychology Residents to prepare them for careers as independent women’s healthcare specialists. Through a combination of clinical, research, and teaching experiences, cross-disciplinary training opportunities, and supervision from women’s health specialists, Residents will be prepared for a career in the VASDHS that integrates clinical, research, and leadership activities related to women’s health. Specifically, the fellowship provides clinical and clinical research training that: 1) Prepares Residents to provide coordinated, comprehensive, and evidence-based clinical care for women Veterans; 2) Teaches Residents how to translate the scientific literature into sound, evidenced-based practice for women Veterans, 3) Instructs Residents in the evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based practices; and 4) Provides mentored teaching and leadership experiences to impart skills and knowledge that will allow the Residents to ultimately serve as advanced clinicians and clinical researchers, advocates, educators, and mentors in the field of women’s mental health within the VA system.

https://www.va.gov/san-diego-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-internship-and-fellowship-programs/

Additional Information

Agency Type: VA Medical Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: Yes
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Health Psychology
Other Emphasis: Clinical Research, Women's Health
Research Time: 51-75%
Training Director: Julie Kangas, PhD
Contact Email: julie.kangas@va.gov
Contact Phone: 619-400-5174
Virtual Interviews: Virtual Only
Duration in Months: 24
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 9
Number of Positions: 1
Applications recieved last year: 8
Stipend: $58,574
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Estimated offer date: Friday, December 22 2023
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: health dental and vision (after 90 days of employment)
Research opportunities: The primary goal is to train psychologists to become leading clinical researchers in high priority areas of mental health relevant to Veterans. Over the course of the two-year program, fellows are trained in clinical research and advanced clinical service delivery with state-of-the-art program administration and evaluation experiences in an interdisciplinary setting. At the end of the program, Residents are prepared for VA or university medical center careers that integrate research, clinical, training, and leadership activities.
Application Instructions: Each applicant is asked to submit the following materials via the APPA CAS portal: CV, cover letter, letters of recommendation. We will conduct a virtual informational meeting on November 3, 2023. An invitation will be sent to all emails entered into APPA CAS at that time. Materials should be submitted via the APPA CAS portal by 11:59 PM EST (8:59 PST) November 17, 2023. Interviews will be conducted virtually December 17, 2023.

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