U of A Psychology Internship Consortium

Arizona PIC values life-long learning and reflective practice. During their training year, interns are exposed to a variety of psychologists and practitioners committed to continual professional development. The program offers unique learning opportunities that are site-specific as well as collaborative learning opportunities intended for all Arizona PIC interns, such as didactics and group supervision.

Each site in the consortium is committed to providing: 

• Two hours of weekly individual supervision with licensed psychologists to focus on assessment and intervention cases, culturally competent practice, and consultation competencies. Schedule determined independently with supervisors. Individual supervisors maintain overall responsibility for all supervision, including oversight and integration of supervision provided by other professionals. 
• Two hours minimum of weekly structured learning activities, which may include case presentations, team staffing, site-based trainings, etc. Schedule dictated by distinct site.

Arizona PIC is committed to providing: 

• Two hours of in-person weekly group supervision. 
• Eight hours of in-person monthly Intern Didactic Seminar 

Group supervision utilizes both a developmental model and process-oriented approach intended to support a collective learning experience. Intern seminars are largely didactic in nature and organized in a rotation of topics. The structured comprehensive didactic seminar series, facilitated by a rotation of professionals, focuses on a wide range of topics throughout the year. Topics include issues related to direct service provision, models of care, factors of diversity, and early career professional development. All didactic seminars are expected to incorporate individual and/or cultural diversity themes and adhere to professional grade presentation standards, with current evidence-based references as appropriate.

Didactics

Interns will be exposed to a variety of psychologists and guest speakers through a comprehensive didactic seminar series that spans the length of the training year. Didactics focus on a wide range of topics, including issues related to direct service provision, ethics, diversity, professional growth, advanced skills, and assessment. All didactic seminars are expected to incorporate individual and/or cultural diversity themes and adhere to professional grade presentation standards, with current evidence-based citations and references as appropriate.