Internship Handbook
All doctoral programs in clinical psychology require a predoctoral internship. At SOPP, the predoctoral internship typically comes in year five, at the end of the program. It is a calendar year, full-time (or two years half-time) clinical training experience. As the internship is designed to transition the doctoral student into full fledged membership in professional psychology, it is important that students choose training programs that complement (a) the SOPP generalist, practitioner model, and (b) the students more focal interests in the field. It is expected that SOPP students will intern at funded sites that are APA accredited. Our students have been very successful in obtaining accredited internships, nationwide, even as the competition for accredited internships has increased.
This handbook is designed to effectively prepare you for the internship application process. It contains critical and relevant information on SOPP requirements, self-assessment, preparation of application materials, and guidelines for selecting and applying to sites. References for other published resources are also included.
Liability Coverage
Availability and levels of coverage vary across sites. All SOPP students are required to maintain their APA student liability insurance during the internship year, regardless of their site coverage. Required levels of coverage are a minimum of $1,000,000 each incident/$3,000,000 annual aggregate. Students will need to check with their individual sites for any additional malpractice coverage requirements.
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