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Department of Pediatrics > Psychology Internship > Objectives
Objectives
The mission of the University of Minnesota is to achieve excellence in research, education, and service. The Internship is designed to promote the establishment and refinement of competencies in psychological assessment, intervention, and consultation and the development of professional and ethical conduct. The focus of this Internship is on children and adolescents. Whereas the primary objective is to facilitate the development of interns' clinical skills, interns also are encouraged to pursue professional and scientific interests to establish strong foundations for diverse career directions with an emphasis on health care. A training philosophy balancing scientific and professional practice elements along with ethical reasoning underlies the program. The scientific objectives of the Internship are primarily to enhance knowledge related to the psychological and biomedical literatures and to promote broader understanding of the results, limitations, and clinical implications of scientific research. Scientific foundations may be enhanced secondarily through participation in faculty research activities.
Most of the Internship faculty are engaged in research and scholarship. Whereas research participation is encouraged during the internship, it is not required due to the inherent limitations for completing substantive programmatic research during a time-limited training experience which emphasizes the refinement of clinical proficiencies. Overall, the focus of the Internship is the promotion of clinical skills and proficiencies as informed by scientific and related professional developments. Training at the University of Minnesota Medical School fosters the development of competent, responsible, professional, and ethical conduct while exposing interns to the rich clinical opportunities, intellectual stimulation, and demands of professional practice in an academic medical setting.
The high penetration of managed care in Minneapolis has created an environment which demands that professionals develop highly efficient work patterns to provide quality clinical services which achieve targeted outcomes. Managed care also creates challenges to practice and training. These can be surmounted through the collaborations of Internship faculty and interns to take advantage of clinical opportunities to achieve training objectives. The managed care environment also promotes a sophisticated understanding of health care organizations and current practices within an evolving health care system. Interns gain exposure to the practice requirements of multiple third parties and are prepared to provide clinical services within a managed care framework and according to prevailing standards of practice. Further description of the three clinical emphases is provided through the links in the sidebar to the right.
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