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Hi all - I'm in my first year of a clinical PhD, and I'm pursuing balanced research-clinical training in neuropsych. I have several years of neuropsych related research experience prior to enrolling in my PhD program, and my mentor now is a neuropsychologist with a neuro- related research program.
I'll start internal practicum at the beginning of year 2 (Summer 2016), and then I'll be on external practicum in years 3 & 4 (2017-2019), and I'm hoping to be on internship in year 5 (2019-2020). My program has good neuropsych supervisors and often takes on interesting neuropsych cases at our own clinic, so I'm hoping to start getting hands on neuro experience this summer.
I wanted to (a.) check and see if anyone has any recommendations on things I should be working on now to be competitive for neuropsych extern placements and internship matching and (b.) see if anyone is willing to share their own neuropsych timeline - I'm thinking that if I wrap up internship in 2020 and do a two year neuro- post-doc, I should be eligible for ABPP-CN in 2022, does that seem realistic? Also, (c.) what does compensation tend to look like for neuro internship, post-doc, and then early career positions?
Since I haven't started any type of practicum, I'm hesitant to talk about my ideal "post-grad school" job description, but as of right now, I see myself pursuing a faculty position with an AMC, where I have an opportunity to teach, engage in research, and supervise. My interests are balanced, but I think that if I had to pick I'd like to lean more clinical than research (maybe a 60/40 split), so (d.) does this career goal seem possible as a neuropsychologist, and what would be some good things for me to focus on now, with this goal in mind?
I'll start internal practicum at the beginning of year 2 (Summer 2016), and then I'll be on external practicum in years 3 & 4 (2017-2019), and I'm hoping to be on internship in year 5 (2019-2020). My program has good neuropsych supervisors and often takes on interesting neuropsych cases at our own clinic, so I'm hoping to start getting hands on neuro experience this summer.
I wanted to (a.) check and see if anyone has any recommendations on things I should be working on now to be competitive for neuropsych extern placements and internship matching and (b.) see if anyone is willing to share their own neuropsych timeline - I'm thinking that if I wrap up internship in 2020 and do a two year neuro- post-doc, I should be eligible for ABPP-CN in 2022, does that seem realistic? Also, (c.) what does compensation tend to look like for neuro internship, post-doc, and then early career positions?
Since I haven't started any type of practicum, I'm hesitant to talk about my ideal "post-grad school" job description, but as of right now, I see myself pursuing a faculty position with an AMC, where I have an opportunity to teach, engage in research, and supervise. My interests are balanced, but I think that if I had to pick I'd like to lean more clinical than research (maybe a 60/40 split), so (d.) does this career goal seem possible as a neuropsychologist, and what would be some good things for me to focus on now, with this goal in mind?
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