Application Deadline:
November 27, 2024Program Start Date:
July 6, 2025Contacting ID-PIC
Questions regarding the application or interview process may be directed to the Program Director, Dr. Dan McGrath (dmcgrath@pearlhealth.org) or the ID-PIC program consultant, Karly Dickinson (kdickinson@wiche.edu).
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Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data
Date Program Tables are updated: 09/12/2024
Internship Program Admissions
The consortium includes the following sites: Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Boise State University Counseling Services, Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency/Counseling and Mental Health Center, State Hospital South, and Pearl Health Clinic.
The Consortium offers one-year, full-time internship placements that begin and end around July of each year. The Consortium is comprised of treatment centers throughout Idaho and will provide a range of clinical and didactic experiences that represents the necessary depth and breadth required for future professional practice with Idaho’s diverse communities. Across training sites, interns will complete a minimum of 500 hours per internship year of face-to-face direct service delivery.
ID-PIC interns may be required to complete an extensive background check based on the requirements of their site. Please see the site-specific requirements below.
| Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values? |
_X_Yes
____No |
| If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented: More information can be located at https://idaho-pic.wiche.testing.brossgroup.com/intern-expectations/ or https://idaho-pic.wiche.testing.brossgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/05/ID-PIC_Handbook_01-19-2024.docx.pdf | |
Internship Program Admissions
| Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements: |
| The Idaho Psychology Internship Consortium (ID-PIC) offers several full-time positions each internship year across the multi-site consortium (Boise State University Counseling Services, Full Circle Health/Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency/Counseling and Mental Health Center, State Hospital South, and Pearl Health Clinic). ID-PIC generally recruits applicants who demonstrates sustained and specific interest in, and readiness for, focused training in the unique challenges of practicing psychology in rural and remote settings and to ensure clinical competency in working with Idaho’s various cultural groups; demonstrate interest and ability in the site’s population and treatment model and communicates a good fit between the site and the intern’s unique background, interests, experiences, and abilities; have enough clinical experience and/or skill to work effectively with patients/clients with high complexity of needs across biopsychosocial domains (with supervisory support); have skills and sensitivity regarding multicultural issues, and willingness to continue to grow in this area; and demonstrate maturity, professionalism, and a commitment to on-going development and working within an interdisciplinary team setting. More information regarding ID-PIC’s recruitment policy can be found at https://idaho-pic.wiche.testing.brossgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/05/ID-PIC_Handbook_01-19-2024.docx.pdf |
| Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application?
If Yes, indicate how many: |
Amount: | |
| Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours: | No | |
| Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours: | Yes | SHS has a requirement of a minimum of 50 assessment hours and requires applicants to include a sample report in their application |
| Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants: |
| ID-PIC will not accept applications from students from online-only schools.
Note on Preference: ID-PIC will base its selection process on the entire application package. |
Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*
Boise State University Counseling Services
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 | |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
| o Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | Accrued by Pay Period at 7.392 hours per pay period | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | Accrued by Pay Period at 3.696 hours per pay period | |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes | |
| Other Benefits (please describe) | See Boise State HR web page for more information
*Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table **Note. Retirement match, where employees are required to contribute 6.97% of their salary pre-tax and the University adds an additional 10.84%. This results in an increase in the baseline stipend from $40,000 to approximately $44,336 with university retirement match. |
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*Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.
Full Circle Health/Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 | |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
| o Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of legally married partner available? *Note: If spouse is eligible for coverage through their employer, they are not eligible for enrollment in FMRI health coverage. | Yes* | |
| o Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 80 (National holidays are included in the PTO) | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 40 hours | |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes | |
| Other Benefits (please describe) | PTO hours and Short Term Disability accrue from date of hire, but not able to use until after 90 days, based on 40 hours per week. 6 paid holidays – no waiting period. Funeral Leave, Jury Duty Leave also available. | |
Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency/Counseling and Mental Health Center
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 | |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
| o Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 80 hours | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 40 hours | |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes | |
| Other Benefits (please describe) | 10 paid holidays, bereavement and jury duty leave also available, intern will have access to many university benefits such as library access, discounted movies or events. ISU/CMHC requires an extensive background check for all incoming interns. | |
Pearl Health Clinic
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 | |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
| o Trainee contribution to cost required? | Varies, PHC pays $225 monthly | |
| o Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes | |
| o Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 80 hours | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 0 hours | |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes | |
| Other Benefits (please describe) | Paid holidays in addition to PTO: New Years, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Short term disability. 401k. | |
State Hospital South
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 | |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Stipend provided up to $750 monthly | |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
| o Trainee contribution to cost required? | N/A | |
| o Coverage of family member(s) available? | No | |
| o Coverage of legally married partner available? | No | |
| o Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | Agreement allows for up to 10 days off or 80 hours off for personal leave | |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | Agreement allows up to 5 days or 40 hours off due to illness | |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes | |
| Other Benefits (please describe) | Workdays will not include these holidays:
New Years, MLK Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Indigenous People’s Day, Veteran’s Day. Thanksgiving, Christmas. |
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Initial Post-Internship Positions
Below is an aggregated tally for the proceeding 3 cohorts.
| 2020-2023 | ||
| Total # of interns in the previous 3 cohorts | 9 | |
| Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program / are completing doctoral degree | 1 | |
| PD | EP | |
| Academic Teaching | 0 | 0 |
| Community mental health center | 1 | 1 |
| Consortium | 0 | 0 |
| University Counseling Center | 0 | 2 |
| Hospital/Medical Center | 1 | 0 |
| Veterans Affairs Health Care System | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatric Facility | 0 | 0 |
| Correctional Facility | 0 | 0 |
| Health Maintenance Organization | 0 | 0 |
| School District/System | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Practice Setting | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.