VA BOSTON PSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

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and, in the Community Living Center rotation, an additional hour of groupsupervision weekly. Facilities for videotaping and audiotaping clinical work areavailable. Fellows design a program that includes clinical experience in two to fourof the first four settings below (with HBPC as an optional “mini-rotation”):Geriatric Mental Health Outpatient Clinic: The fellows train at the Brocktoncampus. This outpatient clinic provides assessment, psychotherapy(individual, group, and family), case management, and psychopharmacologyservices to older veterans with a wide range of medical andpsychological/psychiatric difficulties. The Fellow provides intake evaluationand psychotherapy services, often collaborating with primary care, social work,dementia care coordination, psychiatry, and community providers. Fellowsmay lead or co-lead psychotherapy groups, including a family caregiver group.Clinical Supervisor: Jennifer Moye, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Mulligan, Ph.D.Geriatric Neuropsychology: The fellows complete evaluation at theBrockton campus, but participate in supervision and didactics at the JamaicaPlain campus. The Fellow completes neuropsychological and capacityassessments of older adults, mostly those referred through the GeriatricResearch Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), and provides relevantfeedback and recommendations to the team, veteran, and family.Clinical Supervisors: Jessica Foley, Ph.D. and Scott Fish, Ph.D.<strong>VA</strong> Boston Psychology FellowshipInpatient Geropsychiatry: Based at the Brockton campus, four inpatientpsychiatric units (two acute and two chronic) serve many veterans over theage of 60. Consulting to the interdisciplinary teams on the four units, theFellow primarily provides neuropsychological assessment and capacityevaluation to older veterans with psychiatric disorders, and veterans withneurological disorders accompanied by secondary psychiatric symptoms.Other training opportunities include evaluations of decision-making capacity(e.g. re: safety to return home to independent living or to make medical caredecisions), family consultations, and provision of risk assessments.Clinical Supervisor: John Pepple, Ph.D.Community Living Center (CLC): Based at the Brockton campus, theCommunity Living Center is a four-unit, ~160 bed inpatient facility thatincludes an active 60 bed medical rehabilitation service, long term care,hospice and palliative care, and a caregiver respite program. The facilityserves a broad mix of mostly elderly, medically frail, and psychiatrically and/orcognitively impaired residents. The Fellow has the opportunity to work withinterdisciplinary teams in both long-term care and rehabilitation settings, andprovides assessment, therapy, consultation, and staff education services.15
Fellows also provide supervision to college student “friendly visitors” learningto interview older adults. Opportunities for specialized work in hospice andpalliative care are available.Clinical Supervisor: Kate Hinrichs, Ph.D.Home Based Primary Care (HBPC): This interdisciplinary team providesassessment and treatment to home-bound veterans and their caregivers,consistent with the Patient-Centered Medical Home model. The goal of theprogram is to improve access to care and reduce disparities for vulnerableveterans. The Fellow will observe veterans in their everyday living context,and complete psychological and capacity evaluations to informrecommendations for care.Clinical Supervisors: Michelle Mlinac, Psy.D., Maggie Murphy, Psy.D.Research Experience: Fellows typically spend one day per week devoted toresearch, writing, and/or program development activities. As part of the initialtraining contract, Fellows define academic/research goals for the year and choose afaculty advisor for these activities. Our goal is to provide a research trainingexperience that supports the trainees goals. We recognize the diverse forms thatscholarly activity may take, and focus on raising questions informed by your clinicalwork and developing research methodologies to answer those questions. Withinour geropsychology program, we engage in clinical applied research and programevaluation focusing on improving the quality of care for older patients with complexcomorbidities. Our projects range from large-scale grant funded research to smallscaleevaluation of clinical interventions. We also engage in research to improvethe quality of our training.Research Interests• Cancer Survivorship (Depression, Cognition, Pain, Fatigue, Growth, Coping)• Decision Making Capacity Assessment• Rehabilitative and long term care program evaluation• Palliative care• Geropsychology training• Management of chronic diseases (dementia, diabetes) in the home• Falls prevention• Mental health integration in Home Based Primary Care• Caregiver support• Evaluation and Management of Hoarding/Clutter• Vascular disease and dementia• Relating cortical function to dementia risk and cerebrovascular disease• Associative learning in individuals with memory disorders• Cognitive screening in the primary care settingFellowship Training Brochure | 2013 - 2014 Training Year16
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