And Your place for Excellence in Clinical

Training

Mission StatementMission Statement

The Department of Clinical and Health Psychology educates tomorrow’s leaders in Psychology in the scientist-practitioner and clinical science tradition, advances psychological science, and improves the health and quality of life of all people through excellence in research, education, and health service delivery.

Department of Clinical Department of Clinical and Health Psychologyand Health Psychology

• Administratively Unique• Academically Diverse• Departmental Programs

– Graduate programs– PhD Training Program Continuously Accredited Since

1953• Scientist-practitioner program• Clinical-Science program• Both programs allow specialty options to meet specific educational

needs of individual students.

– Predoctoral internship• Generalist/specialty mix• Continuously accredited since 1963

Program GoalsTo prepare the student to…

• Function as a licensed professional psychologist

• Practice competently in the areas of assessment, intervention, and consultation

• Take a scholarly evidence-based approach to clinical activities

• Investigate meaningful, empirically testable questions

• Contribute to the advancement of knowledge through research and creative scholarship

• Participate in leadership and advocacy positions within professional psychology

Research Training Settings

• Research laboratories in the PHHP Research Complex

• Shands Hospital• Veterans’ Administration Medical Center• Brain Institute• Other campus and community locations

(e.g., Surge Complex)

Clinical Training Clinical Training SettingsSettings

• University of Florida Health Science Center – Psychology Clinic– Primary clinical training site– Assessment rotations primarily conducted here

• Shands Hospital– 576-bed tertiary care, 144 intensive care– 500 physicians representing 110 medical specialties

• Primary Care Sites in North Central Florida– Levy, Columbia, Dixie/Gilchrist county primary care

clinics– Ocala VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic

• Other Settings– Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center– NFETC, Prison Settings– Private/civil forensic settings

Who We Are• 33 Faculty (21 tenure track, 9 clinical,

3 research, 3 with primary appointments in other departments

• 23 Support Staff• 83 Graduate Students• 14 Interns• 4 Post-Doctoral Fellows• 143 “others” – RA’s, work study,

grant staff

The Faculty• 33 core faculty active in the training program• This number represents dramatic

departmental growth during the past decade– A total of 17 faculty in 1997– Compared to the current faculty of 33

• Represent broad spectrum of general and specialty interests and expertise

• Numerous national leaders (officers, editors, professional boards)

• Accessible to students• Most participate in all departmental missions

(teaching, research, clinical service)

Our Students

• 83 doctoral students, 14 interns• 12-15 Ph.D.’s per year• Outstanding record of Fellowship achievement

(NRSA, Foundations) University [Presidential, Alumni], Foundation)

• Student leaders in psychology organizations (APAGS, FPA, Division 40)

• CHP APAGS• Collegial, fun, and, simply the best students

anywhere!

Graduate Student Fellowship Awards

• 9 Total NIH National Research Service Awards (NRSA) in the past three years7 of 29 active NRSA’s at UFL are in

CHP• 4 Presidential Fellows• 5 Alumni Fellows• 3 Minority Fellows• 4 McKnight Fellows

1997-2006 Admission Statistics

Average Number of Applications per Year

273

Last Three Years > 375

Average Class Size 15

Average Percent of Applicants offered Admission

8.6%

Percent of Applicants Enrolling 5.5%

1997-2006 Student Statistics

Average Undergraduate GPA

3.77 (on a 4.0 scale)

Average GRE Verbal 616

Average GRE Quantitative 674

Average GRE Total 1290

Applicants Interviewing 2007

Completed Applications 378

Average GPA 3.79

Average GRE Verbal 622

Average GRE Quantitative

691

Average GRE Total 1313

Our Student’s Productivity Data for 2006

92% Belonged to a professional or research society

61% Published in peer-reviewed journals

39% Published an abstract or chapter

62% Had a least one publication

76% Presented at National or International Meetings

77% Were involved in grant-supported research

100% Obtained APA-Accredited pre-doctoral internship placements

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Recent Internship Placements:

Boston Internship Consortium Brown University

Columbus Children’s Hospital Children’s Mercy Hospital, KC Columbia University/NY Presbyterian

Duke University Dupont Hospital for Children Harvard/Brockton-West Roxbury VAMC, James A. Haley VAMC, Tampa

Johns Hopkins/Kennedy Krieger InstituteLong Beach VA Healthcare SystemLong Island Jewish/Hillside HospitalMaryland VA Healthcare SystemMedical College of GeorgiaMedical Univ. South CarolinaTulane University Health Science Ctr.University of California, San DiegoUCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Univ. of Cincinnati Children’s HospitalUniv. Alabama, BirminghamUNC – Chapel HillUF Health Science CenterWest Haven VAWest Virginia University

2004-2006 Match Statistics

Internship Match Statistics

• 2006: 100% of students matched on Match Day

• Since 1994, 110 of 113 (97.35%) matched on Match Day

• All 113 went to funded, APA-accredited internships

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This Year’s Internship This Year’s Internship PlacementsPlacements

• INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE• CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO• DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER• JAMES A. HALEY VETERANS HOSPITAL – TAMPA• SEATTLE VETERAN’S AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER• JAMES A. HALEY VETERANS HOSPITAL – TAMPA• CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY/VA MEDICAL CENTER• EMORY UNIVERSITY/GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM• KENNEDY KRIEGER/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER• BROWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL• DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

So Where do Our Students Go When They Go Away?

Celia Lescano (1998)Brown University Medical School

David Moser (1997)U of Iowa -

Neurosciences

Cheryl McNeil (1989)West Virginia

University

Beth Slomine (1995)John’s Hopkins

Kennedy Krieger

Russell Hoffman (1995), St. Louis

Children’s Hospital

Korey Hood (2003)Harvard Medical

School

Chris Houck (2002)

Brown University Medical School

Jenny Doelling (1989)

Santa Barbara, CA

Private Practice

Bob Swoap (1992) Warren Wilson

College

Sidney Trantham (1999)

Lasell College

Dr. Lisa Sheeber, (1991) Research Scientist, Oregon

Research Institute

Dr. Dan Shapiro (1994), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Health

Psychologist, Author, Speaker

Dr. Chris Loftis (2003), National Health Policy

Forum, Washington, D.C.

Dr. John F. Murray (1998) Private Practice; Sports Psychologist, Speaker

Our Graduates Making a Difference(Click on People for Website)

Dr. Roberta Isleib (1985), Clinical Psychologist;

Mystery Writer

Dr. Bill Kanasky (2003), Litigation Consultant

The Program

• General Psychology Core• Clinical Psychology core• Required research (MS, Ph.D)• Required clinical practica (core,

advanced)• Advanced electives• Area of concentration (or selected

minors)• APA-accredited internship

Areas of Concentration

• Clinical Child/Pediatric• Clinical Health Psychology• Neuropsychology, Neurorehabilitation,

and Clinical Neuroscience• Emotion, Neuroscience, and

Psychopathology• Others as arranged (HSA, Forensic,

Primary Care, Rural Behavioral Health)

General Program Timetable

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• Core (Including First Year

Project)

• MS degree, practica, begin AOC, electives

• Complete practica, AOC, qualifying exam

• Apply for internship, dissertation work, finish electives

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Current Curricular Initiatives

• New courses/coursework– Outcomes Assessment– Evidence Based Practice– Empirically Supported Treatments– Program Evaluation– Grant-writing seminar– Experimental psychopathology– Critical thinking/PBL content

Student Funding 2007

• Fellowships• Grant-based research

assistantships• Departmental/college

assistantships• Basic components of funding

– Stipend (12K-15K)– Plus tuition payments

…what’s in store for me?

Why should I do my graduate

work at the

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University of Florida

Department of Clinical

And

Health Psychology?

Great facilities

for work….

…and play!

Crowds cheer as the Gators take one step closer to a National Championship

More days with sun than Fargo, Bangor, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Ann Arbor, and hundreds of

other competing destinations!

Dr. Fennell performing casual neuropsychological exam on the Plaza of

the Americas, while her next patient waits quietly

Participants performing synchronized walking exercises as part of Dr. Perri’s

TOURS Project

You get to wear this...

Instead of this.

You get to do thisYou get to do this…

Instead of this.

and experience THIS

rather than THIS !

Dr. Bauer in disguise (in Billy Donovan mask) hoping to avoid autograph hounds that follow famous

Neuropsychologists

You Get to Work with Nationally Recognized You Get to Work with Nationally Recognized People !People !

We’ll Even Cook you Breakfast!!

Faculty who are directly involved in highly important and medically necessary

assessment……

Dr. Guenther finishes a pre-transplant evaluation just in the nick of time...

And who are internationally recognized for And who are internationally recognized for developing empirically-validated treatments developing empirically-validated treatments

for behavior problems.for behavior problems.

Russell Crowe, Dr. Eyberg’s only documented treatment failure.

You’ll work with technically sophisticated faculty

Dr. Robinson seems befuddled as he discovers that root beer and keyboards don’t mix, while his students seem to be saying “we

SWEAR we didn’t see a thing” (arrow shows partially hidden soda can in student’s backpack)

Who are very dedicated to their workWho are very dedicated to their work

Dr. Crosson, the night before the June 1 NIH grant deadline.

It’s easy to get around It’s easy to get around here…here…

Happy children paddle off to school in southwest

Gainesville

The typical morning commute in more northern

locales

Students Helping Students

Lisa, Lindsay, and Rhea, who have just matched for internships, help new students learn how to be successful when they apply.

Alongside a Great Athletic ProgramAlongside a Great Athletic Program

1998 Women’s Soccer National Champions

2005-2006 – 2006 - 2007 Men’s Basketball National

Champions

And of course…Gator Football – The 2006 - 2007

National Champions

Gators 41 - Ohio State 14 2003 Women’s Tennis – National Champion

2003 Women’s Volleyball National

Runner-Up

Beautiful sunsetsBeautiful sunsets….….

Clearwater Beach sunset, 1996

......and spectacular dawnsand spectacular dawns

“Venus Kisses the Moon”, by John Moran, phographed over Newnan’s Lake.

A Pristine Natural A Pristine Natural Environment Environment Around Us...Around Us...

Ginnie Springs

A Beautiful CampusA Beautiful Campus

University Auditorium

A Place to Relax and Watch the Gators at Lake AliceA Place to Relax and Watch the Gators at Lake Alice

J. Wayne Reitz Union…home of the U.F. Bowling Alley

Century Tower

Legend has it that if an unhappy Clinical & Health Psychology Graduate student passes by, the tower will immediately crumble to the ground.

The tower has stood strong since 1853.

Happy, euphoric students

Sally Jensen, Karen Chung, Eva Serber, and Rhea Chase share a moment of relative

disappointment

Lindsay McAlister & Melissa Stern Yu-Ling Chang

Lisa Ingerski Mary Keeley & Danny Duke

Who are extremely productive

And, finally, Great Colleagues!!And, finally, Great Colleagues!!