It's Never Too Early To Talk About Post-Docs

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JoeyS

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I thought I would switch the topic from internship to post-doc if that is alright. I looked on the threads and there were no topics on this. Since I have come to terms with my counseling center internship, I would love advice from people who have pursued post-docs in medical centers. I especially want a post-doc in anxiety disorders specifically, since that is what I have spent my entire career on (in a medical setting). Any advice? I was also told by my top site (the one that accepted me, but that I can't go to) that an APA post-doc can make up for an non-APA internship. I had never heard of it, and don't think it's true, but he said that it can erase lots of questions on license apps. Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated, as there is no way in a cold frozen over hell I will be willing to go through the match process again...

Hope is on the horizon!!! soon to be
 
Copied this over from the internship thread:

I have a 2 year research/clinical post doc at an academic hospital starting in the fall. The nice thing about the post-doc process is there's no match to deal with (unless you're going for certain neuro post-docs). If you have relationships already with people at a center that meets your interests, then leverage those. Do they have funding for post docs? If so, express your interest in coming back there after internship early on. If it's not available, then work the relationships you do have to see what's out there. I know that the hospital I'm going back to requires an APA internship for post-docs. But I suspect if you have an "in" with some people and they know the quality of your work, then you can work around those rules.
 
I'm going to be applying for clinical neuropsychology postdocs - which means I will be going through the same match process again with NMS. The main difference is that I will not have to do quite as much traveling since the vast majority of interviews are conducted at INS. There is the option to apply to neuropsych postdocs that do not participate in the match - but some of the sites I am definitely interested in applying to are available through the match only.
 
Does anyone know how it works when your internship also has post-docs attached to it? At my site, I was told on interview day that, while there's no guarantee, that every intern that's wanted to stay on as a post-doc has been able to. I'm wondering if you still have to go through the application process (and apply to other sites as well, just in case?) or if you typically just get rolled over without having to do anything official. I suspect it varies by site, but any insight would be appreciated!
 
Does anyone know how it works when your internship also has post-docs attached to it? At my site, I was told on interview day that, while there's no guarantee, that every intern that's wanted to stay on as a post-doc has been able to. I'm wondering if you still have to go through the application process (and apply to other sites as well, just in case?) or if you typically just get rolled over without having to do anything official. I suspect it varies by site, but any insight would be appreciated!

It's been my experience from information at the internship interviews that post-docs are considered a part of the site's internship if accepted by the site. Most post-docs expect the application and interview, of course, you'd already have the advantage of being there and will likely be sizing one another up as you work.
 
I believe all my sites had post-doc programs, and they varied by the amount they pushed them during the interviews. Some places actively recruit their own and hope they stay, while others said they have positions if the interns wanted to apply.

I matched into a VA site, and from my understanding the VA really tries to keep their own, but are also open to non-VA interns.
 
A lot of the places I applied had post-docs, but not in my specialty, anxiety disorders. Surprisingly, these post-docs are at sites with a totally unrelated internship (e.g., geratric or child psych) or are at a hospital with no internship. I guess that means good things for me. I know that if I had been able to go to my top site I would not be pursuing a post-doc, but now I know I need that specialty training I would have liked on internship. Is anyone else here interested in anxiety disorders?
 
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