Annual Stipend
$27,810
Benefits
As hospital employees, interns are provided with the same benefits as are full-time, nondoctoral staff members, including 18 Basic Leave days (i.e, vacation), seven paid extended leave days (i.e., sick leave), subsidized health insurance, seven paid holidays, and free on-site parking. Interns are also eligible to participate in tax-deferred childcare, medical care, disability, and retirement annuity programs and are welcome to use hospital sports medicine, library, and computer facilities. There is a childcare facility onsite. Health insurance for children of hospital employees is provided at reduced cost.
Professional Development
Intern professional development is supported in a number of ways. Three days of educational leave is granted for educational experiences for interns and there is an annual stipend to support continuing education. Interns participate in abundant cross- discipline in-house continuing education workshops at no charge. In addition, we provide two days off for dissertation defense and one day for the EPPP or graduation.
Support personnel
Interns have access to support personnel, including five full-time psychology/psychiatry support staff, one check-in/check-out billing liaison, and insurance verifying personnel. Support staff aid in scheduling patients, obtaining authorizations, patient check-in/check-out and other clerical work. Also serving the Division are volunteers who are available for routine clerical assigned work, such as filing and compiling patient information packets. There are also personnel to assist with staff and intern research project protocols. For example, the Medical Education Office assists with poster preparations, editing and review tasks, in addition to slide preparation (Photography). There is also statistical consultation available for hospital based research studies. Finally, there is computer/technological support available on a daily basis.
Office space and equipment
Interns share a large office located in the Division of Behavioral Health next to treatment rooms. Each intern has his/her own individual network computer, e-mail account, and voice mail. Computer support training, electronic medical record use, and internet access are also provided.
Clinical space and equipment
Space for seeing patients includes nine therapy rooms, four of which are equipped for live supervision via one-way mirrors or video capabilities. Sports medicine facilities are also used therapeutically. There is also an extensive playground at the entrance to the outpatient lobby.
Research support
There is availability of statistical consultation for Institution Research Board approved research projects at no charge, as well as availability of small grant research awards (Nemours Research Programs), awarded on the basis on scientific merit. If not completed prior to beginning training, we strongly encourage interns finish their dissertations while on internship.