Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

The O’Grady Residency in Psychology provides broad training in clinical psychology; however, residents focus their training through participation in one of two tracks:

Behavioral Medicine Track

Residents in the behavioral medicine track provide inpatient and outpatient behavioral health assessment and treatment to child and adolescent patients and their families. Residents complete several rotations, gaining experience treating patients with developmental chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities, adjustment disorders, and anxiety and depression.

Residents will be assigned to 2 of the 4 following six-month rotations:

• Inpatient Medical Consultation-Liaison
• Sleep Clinic
• Chronic Pain Clinic
• Gastroenterology Clinic

Additionally, residents participate in 2 of the 3 following four-month rotations:

• New Onset Seizure Clinic
• Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic
• Headache Center (biofeedback)

Finally, all Behavioral Medicine residents participate in a four-month develpmental disorders assessment rotation as well as see year-long outpatient therapy cases.

Child Clinical Track

Residents in the child clinical track gain year-long training and experience in conducting empirically-based assessment and family-focused services to improve the functioning of children and adolescents with ADHD (both with and without a broad range of co-morbid conditions) through the Center for ADHD.

In addition, Child Clinical residents participate in five six-month rotations including the following:

• In-school community consultation for children with autism
• Developmental disorder assessment
• Parent-child interaction therapy
• Sleep clinic (behavioral medicine mini-rotation)
• Sickle Cell clinic (behavioral medicine mini-rotation)

All residents participate in a clinical research placement, which provides time to complete dissertations and become involved in the lab of a research faculty member. This gives residents in-depth training in evidence-based interventions and provides an opportunity to begin or continue to make a public contribution (e.g., co-author an abstract or manuscript) to the field of psychology. Residents wishing to further explore the research side of their careers have the opportunity to collaborate with a mentor on manuscript reviews for journals and participate in a number of research activities, such as scoring and coding psychological measures.

Our hope is that O’Grady residents leave the program with a strong competitive edge, thanks in part to their clinical research activities.

O’Grady residents are evaluated every four to six months by primary supervisors and the training director. Evaluators use a combination of a standard form and verbal feedback to document each resident’s professional growth. A summary report for each resident is submitted to the graduate program training director twice a year, and each resident receives a competency assessment in April. Residents also evaluate their supervisors to provide feedback and address their own needs and expectations.

The O’Grady Residency in Psychology focuses training on six primary goals:

• Evidence-based assessment
• Evidence-based treatment
• Integration of psychology research and practice
• Multidisciplinary collaboration and care
• Professional development
• Cultural and individual diversity

Residents explore each area through seminars, training sessions and the opportunity to participate in collaborative activities. Click here to learn more.