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Site Name: El Camino Hospital

Department: Behavioral Health Services

Department : Behavioral Health Services

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 2315
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: El Camino Hospital
Department: Behavioral Health Services
Address: El Camino Hospital
Behavioral Health Services, ECH 133
Mountain View, California 94087-4378
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Distance from Major City: 15 miles from San Jose, CA
Phone: 650-988-8328
Fax: 650-962-4420
Email: peter_scheufele@elcaminohospital.org
Web Address: https://www.elcaminohospital.org/services/mental-health/care-team
Brochure Website's Address: https://www.elcaminohospital.org/services/mental-health/care-team
Primary Agency Type: Private General Hospital
Additional Agency Types:
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited on Contingency
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Peter Scheufele
Chief Psychologist: Michael Fitzgerald APRN
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 5
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 1
Position Information
Start Date: 06/17/2019
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 2
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class:
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 36000
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:
Fringe Benefits: Dissertation Release Time, Health Insurance, Sick Leave,
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site Interns typically arrive around 8:30 am with other trainees and staff members. They soon begin patient care in melieu, group, or individual sessions that they have scheduled that day, coordinating their work, breaks, and lunch with other members of their treatment team. Interns attend supervision and training sessions throughout the week according to a weekly schedule. The workday typically ends around 4:30 pm.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? No
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: Yes
Application Due Date: The data is not updated for current year. We are showing the previous data.

12/01/2018 11:59 PM
Interviews at this site are:
A Virtual Interview is:
Interview notification date: N/A
Tentative interview date: N/A
Interview process description:

Psychology interns are invited for a day-long interview in order to meet with multiple staff members and supervisors, attend a treatment group as a guest therapist, and attend an outpatient program's treatment team/case conference meeting to observe the team members in case conference.  This process is designed to help offer applicants a glimpse of a typical day in our training program, and to help applicants as well as our program determine "goodness of fit" for this important training year.
How to obtain application info: Email the Program
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs: Palo Alto University, The Wright Institute, California School of Professional Psychology, Midwestern University, Adler University
Internship Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required: No
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required: No
Masters Degree Required: Yes, by application deadline
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 500
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable): 100
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable): 4
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Not Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Not Accepted
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement:
Other Requirements: Applicants who match to our site must complete El Camino Hospital's Human Resources Department application process for employment, which includes a health screening and criminal background check. Please see APPIC Match Policies 2017-2018, paragraph 7b.
Program Description

El Camino Hospital, "The Hospital of Silicon Valley,” is a private, non-profit community hospital located in Mountain View, California, with behavioral health services that include a 21-bed psychiatric inpatient program, and multiple outpatient programs.  Our psychology internship program offers training and supervision in a sequential clinical rotation schedule during which psychology interns provide care to higher-acuity patients receiving treatment in inpatient and outpatient PHP/IOP programs.  The training is experiential in nature and supported by the interdisciplinary staff that comprise the treatment teams of each program, thereby fostering interns’ growth in interprofessional collaboration as well as training in profession-wide competencies.  For more information about El Camino Hospital, please visit the hospital's website at www.elcaminohospital.org. 

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children:
Adolescents:
Adults: Yes
Family:
Older Adults: Yes
Inpatients: Yes
Outpatients: Yes
Gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking:
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students: Yes
International Students:
Rural: Yes
Urban: Yes
Low income:
Homelessness:
Other:

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Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Experience (21% to 30%)
Individual Therapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Couples Therapy:
Family Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Group Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Community Intervention:
Consultation/Liaison: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Crisis Intervention: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Brief Psychotherapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Long-term Psychotherapy:
Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Primary Care:
Evidenced Based Practice: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students : Exposure (1% to 20%)
Other:

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Experience
Health Psychology:
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities:
Developmental Disabilities:
Assessment: Experience (21% to 30%)
Neuropsychology-Adult: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Anxiety Disorders: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Trauma/PTSD:
Sexual Abuse:
Substance Use Disorders: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Forensics/Corrections:
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Pediatrics:
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy:
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments:
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation:
Supervision:
Research:
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Psychology interns complete supervised training experiences in high-acuity care treatment programs, including inpatient and partial-hospitalization levels-of-care.

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.elcaminohospital.org/services/mental-health/care-team  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.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Number of Completed Applications: 15 23
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 13 13
Total number of interns: 2 2
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 2 2
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 0 0
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 2 2
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 2 2
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 0 0
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 0 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0
Consortium: 0
University Counseling Center: 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0
Psychiatric facility: 0
Correctional facility: 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0
School district/system: 0
Independent practice setting: 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0
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