VA BOSTON PSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

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Review and Remediation ProceduresEvaluation MethodsPostdoctoral Fellows receive a formal written evaluation of their progress by theirprimary supervisor four times per year. Fellows provide written evaluations of theirsupervisors on a semi-annual basis. Additionally, each Fellow meets with theTraining Director twice per year to provide feed back on their experience thus far.Evaluation methods are explained in detail in the Postdoctoral Training OrientationManual that Fellows receive upon arrival.Due Process PolicyIn the event of a grievance around the evaluation process, the Fellowship Programhas a due process policy that outlines both remediation procedures and proceduresfor Fellows to follow if they have a concern about the review process. The DueProcess Policy is incorporated within “Remediation Procedures” that are detailed inthe Postdoctoral Training Manual.Training EnvironmentVA Boston Healthcare SystemCommunity Based Outpatient ClinicsBostonVA Boston Healthcare SystemMedical CentersJamaica Plain CampusWest Roxbury CampusBrockton CampusVA Boston Psychology FellowshipThe VA Boston Healthcare System encompasses eight campuses within a 40-mileradius of the greater Boston area. The consolidated facility consists of the Jamaica41
Plain campus, located in the heart of Boston's Longwood Medical Community; theWest Roxbury campus, located on the Dedham line; and the Brockton campus,located 20 miles south of Boston in the City of Brockton. In addition to the threemain medical centers, five Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located inFramingham, Lowell, Quincy, Dorchester, and Causeway Street (Boston) make upthe VA Boston Healthcare System (VA BHCS).Jamaica Plain CampusThe Jamaica Plain Campus offers state-of-the-art ambulatory care and primary careservices. The Ambulatory Care Center serves as a hub for tertiary ambulatoryservices. This center’s specialized services include state-of-the-art audiologyservices, ambulatory day surgery, CAT scanning, MRI, specialized aphasiatreatment, an eye center providing argon laser therapy of retino-vascular diseases,CO2 and YAG laser treatment of cancer and Argon and YAG laser treatment of eyediseases, and vitrectomy. A model Veterans Industries / Transitional Livingprogram for patients with Substance Abuse problems has recently been accreditedby the Committee for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Medicalservices located at this campus also include substance abuse, nuclear medicine,and a Center for Excellence for oncology/hematology, which includes high voltageradiation therapy/linear accelerator. Two National Centers for Post TraumaticStress Disorder (also named Centers for Excellence) include the Behavioral ScienceDivision and the Women’s Health Sciences Division. Additional programs availableat Jamaica Plain are a Comprehensive Women’s Health Center and mammography,an Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawnprogram, a Polytrauma Center, and many other special programs to meet genderspecific needs as well as other special needs of veterans due to environmentalcauses such as radiation, Persian Gulf, or Agent Orange exposure. Finally, TheTranslational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) is a VAResearch and Development Center of Excellence mandated to advance thediagnosis and treatment of the commonly co-occurring conditions of PTSD and MildTraumatic Brain Injury in OEF/OIF Veterans.West Roxbury CampusThe West Roxbury Campus serves as the tertiary inpatient medical center for theVA Boston Health care System and the other VA medical centers in the region.Recently named a Center for Excellence in Cardiac Surgery this facility offerscardiac catheterization, CCU, and a renowned Open Heart Surgery Program. TheWest Roxbury campus also has a nationally recognized acute Spinal Cord Injuryprogram, and is one of few VA facilities that have a CARF-accredited acute medicalrehabilitation program and spinal cord injury program, supported by a swimmingFellowship Training Brochure | 2013 - 2014 Training Year42
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Page 5 and 6: Fellowship Training Brochure2013 -
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Page 15 and 16: Length of Training: One year.Goals:
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Page 19 and 20: General Mental HealthTrack Director
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Page 27 and 28: Length of Training: One year.Goals:
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