Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data
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. | No | |
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If yes, please provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented NA |
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Internship Program Admissions
| Date Program Tables are updated: 07/25/2024 | ||
| 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: | ||
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The UCC embraces a generalist, scientist-practitioner training philosophy to train Health Service Psychologists in a comprehensive outpatient multidisciplinary agency. Staff members include licensed psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners. We provide preventive, developmental, and therapeutic services to a large university community. We advocate a philosophy of acceptance, compassion, and support for those we serve, as well as for each other. We have a strong commitment to high-quality service delivery and to training. Specific opportunities include:
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| 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 | Amount: 300 |
| Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours | No | Amount: N/A |
| Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants: | ||
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Interns must have passed comprehensive exams or its program equivalent by ranking deadline. |
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Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $37,500 |
| 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? | Yes |
| Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes |
| Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes |
| Coverage of domestic partner available? | Yes |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 256 |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 96 |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes |
| Other Benefits (please describe): As part of the University of Utah (UU) benefits package, interns are provided 15 days of vacation leave, 12 days of university holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and 2 days of personal preference leave. They are also provided 3 days of professional development time from the UCC. This is a total of 44 days leave time (352 total hours). Interns may use the free UU Employee Assistance Program, which includes free, confidential counseling to the employee and their dependents with no co-payment, deductible, or insurance approval required. UU automatically contributes an amount equal to 14.2% of intern salary to a retirement account in which the intern is automatically vested (due to university HR policies, this may not be available to interns on certain visas). Interns may choose to invest an additional percentage of their own salary to their retirement account as well. As employees of UU, Interns may use the Salt Lake City public transportation (buses and light rail system) for free as well as the free Red Med Employee Health Clinic. Interns are provided with the opportunity to contribute to tax-free health and dependent day care flexible spending accounts, use of the WellU Wellness program, and can purchase medical and dental health care coverage at a greatly subsidized cost. Life, Disability, and Worker's Compensation Insurance as well as the Hyatt Legal Plan, home and auto insurance, the Utah Education Savings Plan, and UU tuition reduction are available for interns. UU employees receive discounts at a number of local restaurants, businesses, and local and university sporting events. | |
| *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) | ||
| 2021-2024 | ||
| Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts | 12 | |
| Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree | 0 | |
| PD | EP | |
| Community Mental Health Center | NA | NA |
| Health Maintenance Organization | NA | NA |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center | NA | NA |
| Military Medical Center | NA | NA |
| Private General Hospital | NA | NA |
| General Hospital | NA | NA |
| Other Medical Center | NA | NA |
| Private Psychiatric Hospital | NA | NA |
| State/County/Other Public Hospital | NA | NA |
| Correctional Facility | NA | NA |
| School District/System | NA | NA |
| University Counseling Center | NA | 2 |
| University Teaching Faculty | NA | 3 |
| 2 or 4 Year Undergraduate Teaching Position | NA | NA |
| Medical School | NA | NA |
| Research Position | 1 | NA |
| Independent Practice | 3 | NA |
| Other (e.g. consulting) | NA | NA |
| Not currently employed | NA | NA |
| Changed to another career field | NA | NA |
| Unknown | NA | NA |
| Working on dissertation/Student | NA | NA |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | NA | 3 |
| 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. | ||