Curriculum, Adult
Curriculum, Adult
Adult Rehabilitation Psychology Curriculum
Blend of experience, wide spectrum of patients
For fellows in adult rehabilitation psychology, main clinical activities include:
- Inpatient consultations
- Typically requires the fellow to: respond within 24 hours of request, evaluate patient at bedside, write notes as required by Hurley standards, formally communicate with the referring physician.
- Psychological Testing
- Conduct psychological, neuropsychological, and cognitive assessments. May include determining necessity/appropriateness of testing for a given patient, with guidance from supervisors.
- Outpatient Neuropsychological and Cognitive Testing
- A fellow usually completes 20-30 outpatient evaluations during the first year and 30-45 evaluations during the second year. Completion of at least 50 outpatient evaluations is normally required to graduate in good standing from the Rehabilitation Psychology Fellowship. First-year fellows typically see one outpatient neuropsychology testing case every other week. Fellows are expected to complete their report within 1 week of the assessment and have 5 days to revise (per supervisor’s feedback), if needed.
Deep & broad learning opportunities
One on one
Many clinical activities include one-on-one teaching/supervision from the supervisor. For example:
- Individual Supervision
- Fellows have a least two hours of individual, face-to-face supervision each week, plus two or more supervisors during any one training year. Supervision occurs in multiple settings, such as during rounds, on the floor during patient-care activities, via phone, email, text-messaging, outpatient office, and other contexts.
- Patient-Care Rounds
- The fellow participates weekly in patient-care rounds with hospital-based psychologists, exposing the fellow to patient-care coordination and discussions about clinical issues with deep educational value. Supervisors often conduct group discussions on educational topics that arise during clinical care.