| Site Name | South Texas Veterans Health Care System (aka San Antonio VA) |
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| Site Location (City, State/Province) | San Antonio, TX |
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| Population of Interest | Adult |
| Training Director's Name and Degree | Karin JM McCoy, Ph.D., ABPP |
| Program Representative | Karin McCoy, PhD |
| Email Address | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
| Program Website (if available) | https://www.va.gov/south-texas-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/ |
| Brief Program Description | South Texas Veterans Health Care System APPCN-Member, APA-Accredited Postdoctoral Training Director: Karin McCoy, Ph.D., ABPP The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology. The program has four clinical neuropsychology fellows; first year fellows share professional didactics with the ten clinical psychology fellows. Neuropsychology fellows work in the general outpatient clinic and up to four Polytrauma rehabilitation programs in their first year. Our Polytrauma programs are (a) inpatient, acute care for traumatic brain injury and stroke, (b) transitional rehabilitation, (c) outpatient, long-term follow-up, and (d) intensive inpatient assessment for active duty special operators (special forces). In their second year, the fellows design their own training plan with required and optional training experiences. Required experiences include outpatient neuropsych assessment, individual and group cognitive rehabilitation, tiered supervision of a neuropsychology practicum student, inpatient neurology consultation/liaison, neuropsychological and medical board examinations of active duty personnel at Brooke Army Medical Center, a Department of Defense facility, clinic administration (learning to manage consults and run a clinic). Optional training opportunities include Neurology Consultation Liaison Service, Sleep Clinic, Neuroseizure Clinic, Comprehensive Epilepsy Service, Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Pediatric Neuropsychology, and a myriad of Health Psychology training experiences available to the CP fellows at our site. Fellows have abundant research opportunities as well as didactics. Specific didactics focus on preparation for board certification, mock oral examinations (for all three aspects of the oral exam), neuroanatomy, and case consultation. The program seeks continual improvement, especially related to diversity, inclusion, advocacy, and social justice issues. The Diversity Training Committee welcomes staff and trainees, and provides immersion experiences, journal clubs, consultation hours, workshops, and a quarterly newsletter, “Awareness Matters.” At least one third of the veterans seen in the outpatient clinic are Spanish/English bilingual, and the program supports education and research focused on this unique group. AITCN-Member, APA-Accredited Internship with Emphasis in Clinical Neuropsychology Training Director: Allyson Ruha, Psy.D. The clinical psychology doctoral internship program at the STVHCS has positions for seven interns with one dedicated to the neuropsychology emphasis area. The training year is divided into three four-month rotations. Typically, the neuropsychology-emphasis intern spends the first rotation in the general Neuropsychology Consult Service clinic. Either the second or third rotation can be in a neuropsychology area, either the general clinic or in one of the Polytrauma areas, working with veterans or active-duty service members with traumatic brain injuries. Interns have the opportunity to engage in neuropsychology didactics, group and individual cognitive rehabilitation, and neuropsychological research. |
