The Psychology Internship Program at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison VHA) is accredited by the American Psychological Association (our next site visit will be in 2023). 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 in which our training program resides is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we are committed to ensuring a range of diversity among our training classes, and we select candidates representing different kinds of programs and theoretical orientations, geographic areas, ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, disabilities, and life experiences. In particular, we seek to increase the presence of under-represented groups as providers of psychological services. All things being equal, consideration is given to applicants who identify themselves 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 as representing diversity on the basis of disability status. These factors may be indicated on their application.

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

https://www.madison.va.gov/Psychology_Training_Madison.asp

Application information: We require applications submitted through the APPIC portal and request the standard APPI including 3 letters of recommendation, CV, Essays, and Graduate Transcripts.