Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD): Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Fellowship for Serious Mental Illness

VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego
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

Please see brochure on website

https://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: Yes
APA Accredited: Yes
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Serious Mental Illness
Other Emphasis: Psychosis; Psychosocial Rehabilitation; Veterans; Inpatient Psychiatry
Research Time: Less than 25%
Training Director: Natalie Castriotta, Ph.D.
Contact Email: Natalie.Castriotta@va.gov
Contact Phone: (858) 642-3883
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 6
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 9
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend: $59,672
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Created Date: Monday, August 20 2018
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: Residents accrue 4 hours of annual leave and 4 hours of sick leave per pay period for a total of 13 days annual leave (vacation) and 13 days sick leave. There are also 11 federal holidays and the possibility of authorized absence (paid time off, for non-mandatory training activities or VA job interviews).
Research opportunities: Residents have up to eight hours of protected time per week to complete a dissemination/research project of their choosing, in the area of psychosocial rehab for people with SMI. Please see program brochure for additional details.
Application Instructions: Please submit materials through the APPA CAS portal.

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