INTERNSHIP INFORMATION

1. The APPIC website (www.appic.org) contains lots of helpful information including:

  • the standardized application form that you can download and complete on your computer
  • information about computer matching
  • web-links to many internship sites around the country

2. The Canadian Psychological Association has prepared an internship workbook for students that helps you plan the entire internship application process and even provides helpful tips regarding interviewing.

3. Complete your standard application form early! Ask faculty and other students for feedback on the essay sections of the application.

4. Meet with your guidance committee early in the fall. Your committee must approve the sites to which you are applying for internship. Complete the appropriate form and turn it in to Jean. You cannot independently add new sites to your list-your committee must approve all selections.

5. Students must apply to APA accredited internship sites.

6. Most students apply to 10-15 sites. Review internship materials in August and September and make your final choices. There is a copy of the APPIC Directory of Internship Sites in Jean's office and the Psych Clinic. Also, Jean has a list of internships that our former students have taken. If you have questions about a particular site, you might want to contact one of these students.

7. Don't assume that the Director of Clinical Training knows you are applying for internship. Students sometimes do not complete their dissertation proposals in time to apply. Keep the DCT posted as to the progress of your proposal and the date of the proposal defense.

8. Please give a copy of your application materials to the DCT as soon as these are finished. There are sections of the application that the DCT must complete.

 INTERNSHIP APPLICATION GUIDELINES
FOR FALL, 2007

  1. Letters of recommendation from all recommenders will be considered confidential. Under no circumstances will the clinical secretary, Jean Robinson, share letters of recommendation with students. This means that students cannot ask Jean to read their letters of recommendation, nor may students carry letters to recommenders for signatures. Individual recommenders who wish to share their letters of recommendation with students may do so, but this is at the discretion of the individual recommender and must be arranged between the student and this person, not Jean Robinson.

  2. Once letters are sent to Jean Robinson, they should not be revised by the faculty/outside recommender, barring exceptional circumstances. Recommenders are encouraged to send their letters to Jean via e.mail attachment or on disk using MSWord or WordPerfect.

  3. Recommenders will be notified by Jean Roninson when letters are ready to be signed. These letters should not leave Jean's desk (for reasons of confidentiality and possible misplacement). If the recommender has not signed their letters within 1 week of receiving a telephone call/email from Jean, she will sign for him/her.

  4. Student requirements prior to application (see below for specific deadlines):

    5.
    • Approved dissertation proposal.
    • List of internship sites to which student will apply-standard form approved by doctoral guidance committee, signed by guidance committee chairperson and Director of Clinical Training, and filed with Jean Robinson's office.
    • List of internship site addresses and deadlines filed with Jean Robinson's office. Please put this information on a disk or send via e.mail attachment to Jean at jrobins@msu.edu
    • Request letters of recommendation from faculty/outside recommenders and Director of Clinical Training.

  5. The dissertation proposal defense can occur whenever the student and his/her committee wish. However, in order to have all letters of recommendation sent by the clinical secretary in a timely fashion, the following deadlines are imposed. These deadlines also allow students a reasonable amount of time to write, request feedback on, and edit, their personal statements/vitae.

INTERNSHIP MATERIALS: KEY DUE DATES FOR 2007

  • Sept. 10, 2007: Date by which student satisfactorily defends doctoral dissertation proposal and date by which the APPIC Part II Form and supporting materials are given to the DCT for approval and processing.


  • Sept. 21, 2007: Date by which student files signed internship form and list of internship addresses and deadlines with Jean Robinson. Students are encouraged to provide this information on hard copy and computer disk, using MSWord or WordPerfect.


  • Oct. 1, 2007: Date by which student's letters of recommendation are given to Jean Robinson and date by which DCT letter and portion of completed APPIC Part II form are given to Jean. Students should check with Jean prior to this date to make sure letters have been received.