Educational Activities

Initial Training: Interns will receive in-depth training covering a breadth of topics related to each internship rotation during the first two weeks of the internship year. The initial training will include a combination of didactic and experiential learning opportunities to provide a foundational level of knowledge and experience with the theories and practices that drive the clinical model of service delivery throughout the internship. Training will be provided by the internship supervisors, as well as core members of the Internship Training Committee. 

Supervision: Rotation supervisors provide at least three hours per week of formal supervision. There will also be a weekly one-hour group supervision.

Core didactics: The core didactic series consists of two, one-hour weekly seminars and will include a variety of topics including the practice of psychotherapy, assessment, ethics, professional development, research presentations, and case conference. The intern for the Child Track will also have the opportunity to attend a didactic series through the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Supervision seminar: There will be a monthly seminar series focused on providing clinical supervision, which will include both didactic and experiential learning.

Rotation didactics: Many rotations will also offer specific didactic experiences for interns who are on that rotation.

Process group: There will be a monthly process group facilitated by two faculty members from Children's Hospital of Philadlephia focused on discussion of personal identity and how this impacts one’s experience as a clinician as well as the role it plays when working with different clinical populations.

Neuropsychology track didactics: In addition to rotation specific didactic training and consensus conferences noted within the rotations, there is a dedicated Neuropsychology Seminar Series on Monday afternoons. This seminar series is a joint effort between neuropsychologists in the Penn Neurology Department, the Philadelphia VAMC, Bancroft NeuroRehabilitation and Temple University and includes neuropsychology-relevant topics 2x per month and fact-finding and professional development discussions 1x per month.

Evidence-based training workshops: There may be opportunities to participate in training workshops lasting from 1-3 days on topics such as Prolonged Exposure, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia.

In addition there are a number of other seminars and didactics available to interns including the Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds and other talks offered across the university.