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Survey of Intern Graduates
University of Florida Psychology Survey of Internship Graduates 1992-2001
Summary of Responses from 92 of 99 Former Interns (92% Return Rate)
PART I: Professional experiences following internship
Received doctoral degree: 94% Yes 6% No
Employment/training status immediately following internship:
9% returned to home university to complete dissertation
63% began a postdoctoral fellowship or traineeship
22% began employment as a psychologist
6% other
Current employment or training status:
65% employed as a doctoral-level psychologist
20% postdoctoral fellow or trainee
12% other employment (e.g., administrator, research assistant)
5% working on completion of dissertation
Current employment setting:
37% academic health science center
18% university department of psychology
16% community hospital or medical center
14% private practice
14% other
Mean percent time spent in various professional activities as a psychologist:
28% assessment/consultation
26% research
20% psychotherapy
16% teaching/supervision
7% administration
4% other activities
Licensed to practice as a psychologist:
64% yes 21% in process 15% no (most awaiting eligibility)
Hospital practice privileges:51% yes 49% no
Published scientific or professional article(s):68% yes 32% no
Delivered presentation(s) at regional or national professional meetings:61% yes 39% no
Recipient of grant or contract for a research or clinical project:32% yes 68% no
Recipient of award or special recognition for professional accomplishments:15% yes 85% no
Satisfaction with career as a psychologist:
47% very satisfied 49% satisfied 4% dissatisfied 1% very
dissatisfied
PART II: Quality of Internship Training Experiences
How would you characterize preparation from internship for your work
as a psychologist?
69% excellent 29% very good 3% good 0% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the quality of internship training in
the scientist-practitioner model?
52% excellent 33% very good 11% good 5% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the quality of training in psychological
assessment that you received on internship?
70% excellent 26% very good 4% good 0% fair 0%
poor
How would you characterize the quality of training in psychological
consultation skills that you received on internship?
46% excellent 35% very good 14% good 6% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the quality of training in psychological
treatments that you received on internship?
17% excellent 53% very good 20% good 9% fair 1% poor
How would you characterize the quality of training related to issues
of human diversity that you received on internship?
7% excellent 34% very good 46% good 13% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the quality of didactic presentations,
specialty track meetings, and case conferences?
22% excellent 45% very good 23% good 9% fair 1% poor
How would you characterize the breadth of training experiences during
internship?
60 % excellent 32% very good 7% good 1% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the depth of training experiences during
internship?
51% excellent 40% very good 8% good 1% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the workload during internship?
11% excellent 28% very good 28% good 26% fair 8%
poor
How would you characterize the training faculty as professional role
models?
52% excellent 31% very good 13% good 5% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the faculty in terms of their availability?
38% excellent 48% very good 11% good 4% fair 0% poor
How would you characterize the overall quality of supervision that
you received on internship?
54% excellent 33% very good 11% good 1% fair 1% poor
If you had it to do over, would you choose the University of Florida
for your internship training?
95% yes 2% no 3% uncertain