MetroHealth Medical Center-Adult Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship
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MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio
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
This one-year fellowship takes place in a variety of specialty medical clinics within the MetroHealth system across the Cleveland area and provides opportunities for outpatient psychological evaluation and treatment services for a diverse patient population. There will be two core rotations in Sleep Medicine and Bariatrics and an opportunity to tailor clinical training based on experience and interests. Additional training options include pride, chronic pain, geriatrics, etc.
We also have a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion with a program that provides specialty training with the LGBTQi population. The Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellowship at MetroHealth focuses on expanding clinical knowledge, developing skills within an integrated care model, and creating a passion for serving the urban underserved. The hospital and faculty strive to create a supportive environment designed to further the professional growth of each fellow to prepare them to meet the mental health needs of a diverse, underserved and low-income community.
This program provides professional training following a scientist-practitioner model and is designed to promote specific areas of competence in professional psychology. Approximately ¾ of the time is devoted to delivering evidenced-based integrated behavioral health skills in a clinical health setting and the remaining ¼ is dedicated to professional development and scholarship. Activities to further professional skills will include didactic seminars, collaborative scholarly projects, active mentorship, and protected time for research.
In addition to 7 fellowship positions across the child and adult psychology programs, we also have an APA-accredited internship, which provides an excellent opportunity for umbrella supervision. We strive to recruit fellows with diverse backgrounds mirroring the diversity of our patient population. We give preference to candidates dedicated to caring for the underserved, and strongly encourage continued practice with this population, particularly Ohio Medicaid. MetroHealth is currently embarking on a large behavioral health expansion with respect to both inpatient and outpatient care, which shows the priority that the administration places on the mental health needs of the community in Cleveland. This is a particularly exciting time to join the psychology group at Metro!
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private/General Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Emphasis or focus area
- Health Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- Specialty Medicine
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Julie Pajek, PhD
- Contact Email
- jpajek@metrohealth.org
- Contact Phone
- 216-778-4917
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 45
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 5
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 10
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $52503
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Thursday, October 24 2019
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Fellows will receive 2 weeks of paid vacation, accumulated sick leave and are eligible for health insurance plan through MetroHealth Medical Center.
- Research opportunities
- Time and support for research and / or program evaluation is provided.
- Application Instructions
- To apply, please click on the following link: APPA CAS to access the APPA CAS (APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application). Complete the basic demographic, education, clinical training information and transcripts required of all applicants for all APPA CAS programs. Then select the appropriate programs (emphasis area or specialty) within the MetroHealth program. APPA CAS allows you to request letters of recommendation electronically which are then uploaded by the letter writer.(Note: APPA CAS refers to letters of recommendation as "Evaluations"). The following application requirements must be included(uploaded) in the APPA CAS:
1. Cover letter describing your career goals and a detailed description of how the postdoctoral fellowship at MetroHealth will help you achieve those goals. Make sure to include information pertaining to your experiences with medical settings, interprofessional teams, evidence-based interventions, psychological assessment, and research/scholarship.
2. Vita
3. Three letters of recommendation. At least one of these must be from an internship supervisor.
4. Letter from your dissertation chair regarding dissertation status and anticipated completion date. If your dissertation chair is one of your three letters of recommendation, this information can be included in that letter.
5. Writing sample, preferably an integrated testing report.
6. Optional: 1-2 reprints or preprints of peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters (please do not send a copy of your dissertation or thesis). Except under very unusual circumstances, all application materials must be submitted through the APPA CAS. Please contact us by telephone or email if you have further questions. Amanda Burger, PhD (Fellowship Director) or c/o Katherine Atkinson (Educational Coordinator) at katkinson1@metrohealth.org.
This record was last updated on Friday, December 20, 2024
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