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Psychology Internship
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Philosophy & Training Model Internship Setting at UHM & CSDC Applying for Internship at CSDC-UHM
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Experiential Learning Philosophy The Psychology Internship at CSDC/UHM embraces a philosophy of Experiential Learning to train and prepare interns for the practice of professional psychology. An experiential learning philosophy recognizes that people learn through concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation (Kolb, 1984). Experiential learning results in awareness, knowledge, skills, and the ability to apply these different types of learning to future experience. As trainers and supervisors, the CSDC faculty recognizes our role as facilitators of reflection, conceptualization, experimentation, and application.
Practitioner-Scholar Model The internship is organized around a Practitioner-Scholar model: “Within the practitioner-scholar model of training…scientific training is integrated into the practice training component. Scientific activities are in the service of practice” (Stoltenberg et al., 2000). We recognize that science and practice are interlocking skills that form the foundation of psychological knowledge and its application (Belar & Perry, 1992). At CSDC, the training faculty expects interns to learn to practice psychology in a manner that is informed by psychological theory and research. As a part of practitioner-scholar training, interns are taught to develop reflective skills and to view their practice as an opportunity to apply and test scientific knowledge. Although research is not required as part of the internship, we encourage interns to learn about evidence-based practice and to become familiar with interventions that have been supported by research. Although the internship program provides practitioner-scholar training, we recognize that many of our interns come from scientist-practitioner graduate programs and we believe that the CSDC internship complements and is consistent with a long-term goal of scientist-practitioner training. |
