I was reading the ritchie et al. 2012 "Selection Criteria for Internships in Clinical Neuropsychology" article, and was a bit surprised by what they reported as median presentation and publication numbers for a competitive applicant. The median number of presentations was only 3, and a competitive amount of publications was 1 (most applicants had 0 publications). Is this only counting first author presentation/publications? Would some of the neuropsychologists on this board mind sharing their thoughts on what a competitive number of presentations/publications are for neuro track internships?
Research productivity for neuro internship
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I’d question any application that didn’t have at least a handful of neuro-related presentations and at least 1-2 publications. At least something should be first author or I’d question the extent to which the applicant is a self-starter and has a full understanding of what goes into the research process. I view that as an important skill for our specialty in particular as we constantly need to be discerning consumers of the literature.
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Agree with Pragma: if you have a handful of posters/presentations and 1-2 pubs (first-authored), you should be competitive at most internship sites. It seems to be getting tougher overall in neuro, but that could also just be limited training sites at which I've recently worked.
