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Site Name: The Ottawa Hospital
Department: Psychology Department
All interview notifications are made by email on Friday December 1, 2023, by 8:00 pm EST. Arrangements for interviews will commence through email on December 4, 2023 at 11:00 am EST. In line with the CCPPP recommendation, all interviews will be virtual to support equity and access. We will not offer any in-person interviews. Our interviews will be conducted between December 11-22, 2023.
Please rank order the interview dates and include this information in your cover letter. Interviews can be through video conferencing or by phone. Applicants are asked to indicate the date and rotation preferences for the interiews during the application process to try to match applicants to faculty interviewers in rotations of interested. It is important to read the description of our service areas and let us know the areas you are interested in working in your cover letter. Pick at 2-4 areas.
Applicants will be offered a group Q and A time with the Director of Training, in addition to their interview time. The interview with the faculty members is approximately 90 minutes. Applicants will meet with 2 faculty members. There is time alloted to applicants to ask their questions.
Applicants will also be scheduled to meet with current intern and can ask questions regarding the site.
The Ottawa Hospital provides generalist predoctoral training in psychology. We offer 4 positions: three Clinical and one in Clinical Neuropsychology. The Clinical Psychology track has two 6-month rotations and interns complete taining in two of the three clinical competency areas; Health Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology, and Specialty Mental Health. The Clinical Neuropsychology track provides a 3 month clinical rotation and two 4.5 month neuropsychology experiences. Core experiences include: psychodiagnostics, individual and group therapy, clinical research or program evaluation project, professional practice meetings, seminar series, and a supervision of supervision experience. A minimum of 4 hours of individual supervision is provided by doctoral level psychologists. The predoctoral Clinical training program is CPA accredited for 7 years (2021-2028).
Only 2 Clinical and 1 Clinical Neuropsychology positions are available for the 2024-2025 year.
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Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/our-model-of-care/our-health-care-professional-team/psychology/training-program/ for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.