Selection Criteria for Clinical Neuropsychology Internships

Mittenberg, Wiley; Petersen, Randy S.; Cooper, Joan T.; Strauman, Silvia; Essig, Steven M.

doi:10.1076/1385-4046(200002)14:1;1-8;ft001

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“…The fit between applicant goals and site opportunities was the primary inclusion variable; exclusion variables included a poor fit between goals and site opportunities, lack of APA-accreditation of the applicant's program, incomplete doctoral course work, and incomplete oral exams. Looking at specialized training in neuropsychology, Mittenberg, Peterson, Cooper, Strauman, and Essig (2000) delineated the following criteria as important in selection: specialization in clinical neuropsychology, interview, letters of recommendation, and preinternship practicum. A rather inventive study by Gayer, Brown, Gridley, and Treloar (2003) investigated internship directors' preference for clinical, counseling, and school psychology students.…”

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What we know about predoctoral internship training: A 10-year update.

Stedman¹

2007

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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Ten years ago (Stedman, 1997), I published a review of the extensive body of work related to all facets of the internship enterprise. The current review highlights many positive accomplishments of the last 10 years, including establishing the match, the uniform internship application format, the quantification of selection variables, and a deeper understanding of the training pathway. However, serious problems have surfaced, including the shortfall of internship slots and the impact of economic forces leading some to question the continuing relevance of internship as it currently exists. These issues call for deliberation and decision making by the profession, guided by research, both current and yet to be conducted.

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Section: The Intern Selection Processmentioning

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What we know about predoctoral internship training: A 10-year update.

Stedman¹

2007

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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“…To the extent that our survey provided useful information on the overall selection process into clinical training, it is clear that information derived from interviews played a moderate role in the overall process in most programs, and was less important than for selection into North American internships (Lopez et al, 1996;Mittenberg et al, 2000). It was clear that the directors placed most weight upon undergraduate grades and GPAs over and above minimal levels of performance in interviews.…”

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“…Early concerns were raised about the reliability and validity of interviews for selection into training (Broadhurst, 2001(Broadhurst, , 2003; and the value of interviews from the perspective of applicants appeared to depend in part upon whether one was accepted or not (Rickard & Rahaim, 1982). Despite the early concerns, interviews remain in wide use for selection into both training programs, ranking fourth in importance after letters of reference, personal statements and GPA (Fauber, 2006), and the year-long accredited internship (Lopez et al, 1996;Mittenberg et al, 2000), where interviews were ranked more highly. While the value of cut-off scores for interview ratings may be equivocal (Rem, Oren, & Childrey, 1987), interviews can add incremental validity over GPAs and objective test scores (Nevid & Gildea, 1984).…”

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Value of interviews for admission to clinical training programs: Perspective of program directors

Helmes

Pachana

2008

Australian Psychologist

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The interview has a long history of being used to select individuals for positions in industry, professional occupations, and for a variety of specialised educational programs. Despite its widespread popularity, the selection interview is often criticised for its potential bias and unreliability, which in turn has led to its decreasing use in some settings. The purpose of the present study was to explore the views of the directors of 21 Australian clinical training programs as to the value of interviews as part of the admission process for their clinical psychology postgraduate training candidates. Three programs reported not conducting interviews at all, expressing reservations concerning their validity. Most other directors saw interviews as having at least some value, with the opportunity to evaluate interpersonal skills being one of the most commonly mentioned advantages. A variety of methods was used for the final admission decisions, with substantial variation in acceptance rates by candidates who survived the interview process. Implications for selection processes in the future are discussed.

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“…Research interview is one of the key tools used in qualitative research. It provides purposeful information about any of the applicants for the overall selection process in any degree program (Lopez et al, 1996;Mittenberg et al, 2000). Educational institutions entirely focused on the selection of appropriate candidates through conducting interviews (Ferguson et al, 2002).…”

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“…Fundamental development towards the usage of an interview for the selection of applicants has been made obvious as the interviews can be valid if they are properly conducted within a set paradigm (Melinder et al, 2021;Postuma et al, 2002). The process of an interview is remarkably more incomplete, with most research dealing with internships and not the selection of applicants in many of the degree programs (Bakker et al, 2019;Hewitt et al, 2021;Mittenberg et al, 2000;Rotteveel et al, 2021;Smith et al, 2021;Yusoff, 2019). Lopez et al (1996) surveyed 115 interviews of directors that were the second frequently used selection method for applicants.…”

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Students Perception About the Role of Interview During M.PHIL and PH.D. Admission at a Public Sector University of Lahore, Punjab-Pakistan

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Purpose of the Study: Focusing on the importance of the research interview, the researchers planned current qualitative research to explore students’ perceptions about the role of an interview conducted during the selection of M.Phil and Ph.D. admission in one of the public sector University of Lahore, Punjab-Pakistan. Methodology: The researchers adopted qualitative research leading to interpretivism paradigm. This study adopted a phenomenology research design. The researchers selected five M.Phil and five Ph.D. scholars were selected by using purposive technique. The researchers administered a self-constructed interview protocol to collect the data from the respondents. After signing a formal consent letter from participants, the researchers recorded interviews from the respondents in voice recorders and transcribed the interviews word by word. The researchers used thematic analysis approach to analyze the data. Main Findings: The results declared that the majority of the students agreed that personality has a better effect during the interview; slight sensation of nervousness before the interview; disturbed bodily condition before interview panel; friendly, cooperative, and supportive behaviour of interview panel; comfortable environment; enriched institute with qualified foreign faculty; fully confident after the interview for admission; asking of relevant questions and they get admission in to enhance their qualification for getting good-paying job and knowledge. Applications of this study: The results of the current research are applicable in public and private sector universities of Punjab, including district Lahore in which experiential and dynamic teachers are the members of the selection panel. They were aware of students perceptions while conducting interviews and familiar with their exact situations that happened in the committee rooms, as the students/applicant are the real observe of their teachers. Novelty/Originality of this study: This is the innovative and foremost research structured in Pakistani public sector educational institutions in which the authors highlighted the actual situations that happened between the interviewer and the interviewee during M.Phil and Ph.D admission. The authors have also contributed to the existing body of knowledge. The findings of the research have opened the horizon for future researchers to explore the dimension of the interviews focusing on the quantitative and mix-method design on a large sample of the participants.

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Selection Criteria for Clinical Neuropsychology Internships

Cited by 17 publications

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What we know about predoctoral internship training: A 10-year update.

What we know about predoctoral internship training: A 10-year update.

Value of interviews for admission to clinical training programs: Perspective of program directors

Students Perception About the Role of Interview During M.PHIL and PH.D. Admission at a Public Sector University of Lahore, Punjab-Pakistan

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