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Predoctoral Internship Program

Fact Sheet

Stipend: $18,000:
Benefits: Liberal time is allowed for vacation, illness, research, and professional development. The time allotment is as follows:

• Vacation (up to 5 days/year)
• Personal and Professional Development (up to 2 days/year)
• Sick (Up to 3 days/year)

Interns cannot use unspent leave time to leave internship prior to mid-August.

Interns may use all university and school facilities available for faculty and staff (i.e. libraries, computer facilities, recreational facilities, etc.). Prepaid medical insurance is also provided.

Interns are required to purchase their own malpractice/professional liability insurance.

FIVE-YEAR PROFILE OF INTERNS: (2003–04)
Average number of completed applications: 46
Average number accepted: 6
Gender characteristics:
Females 69%
Males 31%
Typical ethnic minority representation over five years: 14%

Doctoral programs recently represented: (2000–04)
James Madison University
University of North Dakota
Pacific Graduate School
University of Windsor
Spalding Unversity
Georgia School of Professional Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology
Wright State University
Fielding Institute
Argosy University
Ohio University
Wheaton College
Illinois School of Professional Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology–Fresno
University of Cincinnati
Forest Institute

Postdoctoral positions accepted by 2002–03 interns:
Baylor University College of Medicine
St. Louis Behavioral Institute 
Brown University School of Medicine 
Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disabilities
University of Cincinnati

Application Procedures
Candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology. Enrollment in an APA accredited doctoral program is required. All formal coursework and comprehensive exams for the doctorate must be completed.

The internship program prefers to interview the final pool of candidates in the first three Wednesdays of January. You will be contacted for an interview if you are in this final pool by mid to late December. Phone interviews will be granted for rare extenuating circumstances that prohibit a personal visit. The internship program is a member of APPIC and follows all of its guidelines regarding application, interviewing, and notification procedures.

The Wright State University School of Professional Psychology will be participating in the matching program. Applicants must request an applicant agreement and information form to be completed and returned to the National Matching Services.

This internship agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern prior to Match Day.

Note: As a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) , we conform to all of its policies and procedures.