Abstract: | The geographical proximity and working relationship of the University of Utah and the Salt Lake City VA Hospital have facilitated integration of academic and practician phases of the cooperative training program in psychology. Consultants from the university have a just-across-the-street contact with the students practicum work, and VA staff psychologists are used by the university in planning curricula and in teaching. The training plan described here represents an attempt to use the close working relationship of university and hospital in planning and carrying out a meaningful training experience for first year graduate students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |