Hurley has been caring for the Flint community and surrounding areas for over 100 years. Its multicultural workforce reflects the community it serves. It is the area’s only Level I Trauma Center and serves as a teaching hospital for Michigan State University. HMC also maintains collaborative relationships with the University of Michigan and Henry Ford Hospital. HMC is the region’s only Children’s Hospital, Level III NICU, PICU, and Burn Unit. Hurley is known as a regional leader in neuropsychology, rehabilitation psychology, pediatrics, subspecialty care, trauma, and education. Fellows care for individuals and families with a wide range of conditions

The Hurley Postdoctoral Fellowship is accredited in rehabilitation psychology from the APA Commission on Accreditation (apaaccred@apa.org, 202-336-5979). Its long history of excellence in training began in 1994, when Hurley's existing medical psychology fellowship first offered training in rehabilitation settings. Hurley's program previously was part of the Flint, Mich., Consortium for Advanced Psychology Training (CAPT), which was the first in the country to receive specialty accreditation in Clinical Health Psychology through the American Psychological Association. In 2012, CAPT was APA-accredited as a multiple-practice program in Rehabilitation Psychology and Clinical Health Psychology.

The Hurley Fellowship's service model is designed so that clinicians follow patients from initial admission (e.g., ICU), inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient care, so they see all aspects of continuing care for those with challenging life events. Interdisciplinary care means that psychologists are part of trauma and rehab teams; attend rounds, team, and family conferences; and consult on med-surg units, neuro ICU, or inpatient rehab units. Fellows may perform capacity evaluations, assist in differential diagnoses, and plan for disposition. They also provide outpatient treatment and neuropsychological assessment and may pursue specialized interest in specific outpatient populations.

Formal fellowship didactics include topics such as psychopharmacology, functional neuroanatomy, rehabilitation seminar series, neuropsychological practice, and evidence-based treatment in acute and long-term care environments. Since Hurley is a teaching hospital, it houses a variety of physician residencies, which offer a rich spectrum of educational and academic activities. During the fellowship, educating medical students and resident physicians is often integrated into the training experience, and fellows may apply for faculty appointments from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Fellows see a wide range of cases, such as:

• Brain tumor/Cancer
• Burn injury
• Developmental disorders
• Delirium/dementia
• Multiple sclerosis
• Movement disorders
• Sickle cell anemia
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Traumatic amputation
• Traumatic brain injury