Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Program tables were updated on 9/4/24.

Program Disclosures

Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values.

_____ Yes

__X__ No

Internship Program Admissions

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:
The Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology at the University of Iowa’s University Counseling Service is structured as a full-time, 12-month internship for four doctoral-level graduate students in accredited programs in counseling or clinical psychology. The internship begins in early August, and requires a commitment of 40 hours per week. We require our trainers and trainees to engage in reflection about how our own identities and values influence our professional practice. Interns receive close supervision, so those seeking that experience will do well. As scientist-practitioners, we place value on process and outcome data and on critical analysis.
Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours	Yes	300
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours	No	N/A
Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:
Enrollment in an APA-accredited program or CPA-accredited program Completion of comprehensive examinations and proposal of dissertation or doctoral research Experience providing counseling within college or university counseling centers is highly desirable The University of Iowa requires applicants who receive offers of employment to meet requirements including eligibility for legal employment in the U.S. and criminal background checks.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for the Upcoming Training Year*

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns	$35,250
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns	N/A
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern	Yes
If access to medical insurance is provided:
Trainee contribution to cost required?	No, not for individual
Coverage of family member(s) available?	Yes, at an additional cost
Coverage of legally married partner available?	Yes, at an additional cost
Coverage of domestic partner available?	Yes, at an additional cost
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)	120 plus all University holidays
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave	144
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns in excess of personal time off and sick leave?	Yes; although the internship period may need to be extended to enable the intern to meet all requirements
Other benefits (please describe):
Professional Development: 88 hours (e.g., dissertation meetings and defense, graduation, job interviews, approved conferences). Each intern has own office equipped with computer, internet access, telephony, and digital recording technology. Each intern office has a window. Interns have institutional e-mail accounts, business cards, and access to library resources. Support staff answer telephones, receive clients, and score repeated measures symptom checklists on behalf of interns and their clients. Additionally, they assist with scheduling. Interns also have access to IT Support that is provided for the Division of Student Life employees. Parental leave policy Birth parents may use any available paid sick leave (144 hours max.) and paid personal time off (120 hours max.) during a leave of absence for the birth of a child. Birth parents are entitled to up to eight weeks of medically indicated leave. After available sick leave and paid personal time off is exhausted, unpaid leave may be used for this purpose. Spouses, adoptive parents, and domestic partners may use up to ten days of sick leave as part of bonding time after the birth of a child or placement of a child in the home. Interns who need additional parental leave beyond the allotted paid personal time off and /or sick leave may arrange additional absences, which may result in an extension beyond the twelve-month internship. UCS may arrange a complementary appointment with no additional salary or benefits to enable interns to meet the requirements of the internship.

*Note: Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Initial Post-internship positions

(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

	2021-24
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts	9
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree	0
	PD	EP
Academic teaching	0	0
Community mental health center	0	0
Consortium	0	0
University Counseling Center	0	4
Hospital/Medical Center	2	1
Veterans Affairs Health Care System	0	0
Psychiatric facility	0	0
Correctional facility	0	0
Health maintenance organization	0	0
School district/system	0	0
Independent practice setting	0	1
Other	0	1

Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.

Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

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