The Psychology Internship Program at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison VHA) is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The program is also a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and abides by its policies and procedures. Our previous interns have pursued careers in the VA healthcare system, universities, academic medical centers, and other settings.

The overarching mission of our Internship Training Program is to provide our interns with the experiences necessary to function as ethical, scientifically grounded, psychologically flexible, and highly skilled psychologists, who are ready to move on to postdoctoral or entry-level psychologist positions in clinical, academic, or research positions. Our objectives are to train interns to provide patient-centered care within multidisciplinary team treatment settings and to develop competence with an increasing number of clinical challenges as they progress within the program. Our training program celebrates individual differences and diversity. We place a high value on attracting a diverse group of trainees and on emphasizing the importance of psychology’s role in combatting systemic oppression and promoting social justice. Throughout the training year, we include a focus on individual and cultural diversity across our training opportunities and support interns in their growth as multiculturally skillful practitioners. The primary focus of the internship year is training. Delivery of patient-centered care, in the context of multidisciplinary patient-aligned care teams, is an essential vehicle through which training occurs, but is secondary to the educational mission of the internship. Toward this end, interns collaborate with staff to plan their training experiences in a manner that balances their individual training goals and needs with availability of training experiences.

The Madison VA Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a range of diversity among our training classes. We select candidates representing different kinds of programs and theoretical orientations, geographic areas, ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, disabilities, and life experiences. We engage in recruitment through groups who represent themselves as championing the promotion of diversity in psychology. We strongly encourage applications from individuals who identify as Veterans, as members of historically underrepresented groups on the basis of racial or ethnic status, as representing diversity on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, or as representing diversity on the basis of disability status.

For additional information, please see our website and training brochure at:

https://www.va.gov/madison-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-internship-program/

Application information: We require applications submitted through the APPIC portal and request the standard APPI including 3 Standard Reference Forms (SRF), CV, essay, cover letter, and graduate transcripts.