Cleveland Clinic Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
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.
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This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
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This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
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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.
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This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
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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.
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This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
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This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
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Trainees gain experiences through general and specialty clinics that expose fellows to a range of complex medical and neurological disorders over the course of their two-year fellowship. The Section of Neuropsychology also receives cross-cultural referrals for neuropsychological evaluations, utilizing certified interpreters, which offers a unique clinical training experience.
Fellows rotate through three 4-month rotations each academic year. The first year includes a combination of both general and specialty clinics. Fellows have the opportunity to specialize in their second year including clinical, research, teaching, supervision/mentorship of practicum students, and selected didactics. This is intended to meet the fellow’s specific interests and training needs and prepare trainees for their desired professional position. During the first weeks of each rotation, training concentrates on skill building and refinement in the areas of the clinical interview, test administration/scoring, test interpretation, report writing, and possibly feedback. For most fellows, supervision during this time is close, with direct observation of skills. This continues until the supervisor feels that the trainee can function with a graduated reduction in direct observation.
Education is a core mission of the fellowship; therefore, in addition to clinical and research experiences, fellows have a variety of didactic and education training opportunities.
Year 1: 70% Clinical, 10% Didactics, 20% Research ·
Year 2: Opportunity to move to 60% Clinical, 10% Didactics, 30% Research with prior approval from training committee.
The Section of Neuropsychology provides primarily outpatient consultation and evaluation services for the providers of the Cleveland Clinic and community referral sources. Currently, the Section of Neuropsychology receives the majority of its referrals from Adult and Pediatric Neurology, Burkhardt Brain Tumor Center, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, the Mellen Center (Multiple Sclerosis), Neurosurgery, the Center for Neurological Restoration (DBS), Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Pediatric Oncology/Hematology. We also receive some referrals from Adult and Child Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
Please see website for more details.
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
- Adult Neuropsychology
- Research Time
- 26-50%
- Training Director
- Pamela M. Dean, PhD, ABPP
- Contact Email
- deanp2@ccf.org
- Contact Phone
- 216-445-1637
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 13
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 25
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $63,457
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Tuesday, November 27 2018
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Fifteen days of vacation and five personal days of paid time away of provided each academic year. Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance (fellow and immediate family) at minimal cost to the fellow are among the benefits provided. Salary determination, grievance process, allotment of vacation and meeting time, and other institutional procedures occur in accordance with the General Policies for Graduate Medical Education.
- Research opportunities
- Please see website for details
- Application Instructions
- The Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency Program participates in the APPCN Resident Matching Program operated by National Matching Services (NMS; www.natmatch.com). The deadline for receipt of all application materials is Dec. 21 (or the next business day if the 21st falls on a weekend).
Applicants are encouraged to call or write for information or clarification of the program's description or opportunities. Applicants rights to make a free choice among residencies are recognized and Cleveland Clinic complies fully with the stipulations of the Match.
Application materials should be directed to:
Pamela M. Dean, PhD, ABPP-CN
Program Director, Neuropsychology Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave. (S3)
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.445.1637
Fax: 216.445.7013
Email: deanp2@ccf.org
Please provide:
A letter of interest describing relevant academic and training experiences, desired postdoctoral training objectives, perceived & fit with this program, and future professional goals
Current curriculum vitae
Three letters of reference, including at least two from individuals familiar with the applicants academic and clinical training in neuropsychology
A statement from the applicant's graduate school clinical training director indicating the applicant's status in the program and probability of completing the requirements for the doctorate prior to the fellowship year (waived for those already holding the doctorate). APPCN Verification of Doctoral Training Form (APPCN Doctorate Verification) is acceptable for this purpose.
An official copy of the applicant's graduate transcripts
Electronic submission of the above items by email in a Word or PDF file is acceptable. Please send email to:
deanp2@ccf.org
This record was last updated on Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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