Clinical Activities & Supervision

The clinical environment at Hurley Medical Center provides for advanced learning experiences for those specializing in adult or pediatric rehabilitation psychology. As a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Children's Hospital, Hurley provides a wide case mix for learning. First-year fellows typically have 15-25 hours of patient contact per week, providing targeted assessments, interventions, and real-world practice. In many circumstances, fellows - with input from their supervisors - can select cases that will best enhance their knowledge base, providing a wide-ranging learning experience. Fellows learn evidence-based practice and how to develop and monitor appropriate treatment plans.

Main clinical activities include:

• Inpatient consultations
• Psychological Testing
• Outpatient Neuropsychological and Cognitive Testing
• Individual Supervision
• Patient-Care Rounds

Didactic Training

The fellowship provides a robust rehabilitation psychology curriculum, along with many elective seminars and activities to deepen knowledge and skills, while preparing fellows for a long and successful career in rehabilitation psychology.

Sample Curriculum content

• Weekly rehabilitation health psychology seminars*
• Professional development, leadership, and management seminars*
• Adult medical seminars (e.g., noon conferences, grand rounds; morbidity, mortality and improvement; tumor board)*
• Graduate Medical Education Combined Lectures (e.g., professionalism, wellness, cultural sensitivity, corporate compliance, confidentiality, risk management, health disparities, population health, quality and patient safety)*
• Trauma conference
• Psychopharmacology
• Hospital-wide committee participation (e.g., ethics, diversity and inclusion council)
• Book chapter review and journal club

*Required educational experiences