2017-2018 Practicum Brochure - Doctoral Program

Can students tape sessions with clients using an intervention (not assessment or testin J ) with an informed consent? Yes No . 7 he referring agency must also provide written consent to permit the student to tape sessions. Number of hours per week required: DESCRIBE SPECIFIC SITE REQUIREMENTS: SHORT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (250 words or less): CLINICAL DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM Client Population(s): Treatment Modality: Assessment Types: Theoretical Orientation: MCI has a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient populations. Opportunities for adult individual, family and/or group therapy are available. Students will be exposed to people suffering from a wide range of cancer diagnoses ranging from high-risk conditions requiring routine follow-up to end-stage disease requiring palliation/hospice. 2nd year: 15 hours Mandatory Training Sessions: Orientation packet and shadowing medical professionals for 2-3 weeks. Required Training Prerequisites: Trainees will be exposed to patients and families enduring chronic as well as severe existential crises and end-of-life concerns. Trainees must be able to tolerate being in the presence physical illness and disfigurement. Patients are seen as inpatients and outpatients. There is a risk of infectious diseases in the Hospital setting and the Hospital is not responsible for exposures to infectious diseases that occur beyond the Hospital’s reasonable control. Students must be prepared to verify either immunity, or lack of immunity to varicella, measles, mumps and rubella through a titer, or documented positive history of chicken pox, measles, mumps and rubella. They must furnish proof that they have undergone drug testing and annual screening to tuberculosis. Students are required to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B and must be prepared to provide documentation of the same. Suggested prerequisites: Need to have a good knowledge base of psychopathology, crisis intervention as well as knowledge of different therapeutic modalities. Attendance at specific meetings: Supervision and treatment team meetings. Other requirements: Inpatient rounds. Students may be required to be at Memorial West as well. List specific evening hours required: None Supervision Requirements (e.g., individual, group, time, day): One hour of individual supervision per week. Students need to go on rounds and attend relevant team meetings to provide patient care. Supervision with site supervisors also provided. Adults, Older Adults Eclectic, Cognitive, Gestalt, Behavioral Medicine, Dynamic, Behavioral, Humanistic, Systems, Mindfulness-based therapies ✔ Individual, Family, Crisis Intervention, Group, Couples, Brief (4-12 sessions), Short-term (3-6 months), Long-term (6+ months)= Behavioral/Cognitive 098