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University of Florida Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology

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University of Florida, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Gainesville , Florida

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 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology offers postdoctoral training in clinical psychology to individuals who have completed a doctoral degree in clinical, school, or counseling psychology from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), as well as an APA or CPA accredited internship in clinical psychology. We seek to prepare postdoctoral fellows for the practice of professional psychology consistent with the philosophy embodied in the scientist-practitioner model of training. We endeavor to teach postdoctoral fellows:

1. how to think scientifically about clinical problems,

2. how to provide clinical service with skill and appreciation for human diversity and the highest ethical and professional standards,

3. how to evaluate the quality and clinical relevance of empirical research, and

4. how to contribute to advancements in psychological knowledge through research and scholarship.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership
Yes
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Health Psychology
Research Time
No research time
Training Director
Deidre B. Pereira, PhD, ABPP
Contact Email
dpereira@ufl.edu
Contact Phone
352-273-6039
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
6
Number of Positions
2
Applications recieved last year
4
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend
$61,008
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Created Date
Thursday, August 15 2019
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
University of Florida employees on an appointment as a Postdoctoral fellow may enroll in benefits once the Postdoctoral fellow’s job is in the myUFL system. Benefits enrollment for newly hired Postdoctoral fellows must be completed within 60 days of the employee’s date of hire. For a complete listing and comprehensive description of Postdoctoral fellow’s benefits, vacation days, holidays and sick leave and other related information visit UF/Human Resources Office – Post- Doctoral fellows website located http://hr.ufl.edu/benefits-rewards/my-benefits/explore/eligibility/postdocs/. Full-time Postdoctoral fellows are eligible for paid leave, which is accrued at 5 hours per each biweekly pay period with proportionate accrual for less than full time, up to a maximum of 352 hours. Such paid leave may be used in lieu of vacation leave or sick leave. Per General Regulations of the University of Florida (1.201 Leaves), Postdoctoral fellows do not accrue sick leave. Postdoctoral fellows are not eligible for payment of any unused paid leave upon termination of employment. Accrued leave of Postdoctoral fellows has no cash value and is not transferable to other positions at UF. Postdoctoral fellows are eligible to take up to five professional development days per year for travel to professional psychology/health care conferences, educational workshops, or employment interviews. Professional leave days not used within the one year window cannot be carried over and added to the next year.
Additional Comments
Training will be within the UF Health Science Center which is one of the largest and most comprehensive academic Health Centers in the Southeast. The UF Health Science Center encompasses six colleges and a statewide network of affiliated hospitals and clinics.
Application Instructions
Positions may be applied to at: https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/533696/postdoctoral-associate-in-clinical-health-psychology. You will be asked to attach the following to your online application: (1) a statement regarding your professional goals, (2) your CV, and (3) 1 de-identified work sample. Please submit 3 references, including 1 from your internship site. Candidates should have their referees submit letters directly to Dr. Pereira by email at dpereira@ufl.edu. Please also send official transcripts to Dr. Pereira directly from your graduate institution.

This record was last updated on Sunday, November 3, 2024

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