ACCTA Survey 2014 N =111 Presented by Mollie Herman San Diego, CA

University Characteristics Size: %Public

University Location (%)

Relationship b/w Health Center and Counseling Center Administratively and operationally separate: 60.7%72% Administratively combined, but operate separately: 16.1%13.4% Administratively and operationally combined: 13.4%13.4% Other 9.8% Various iterations: No health center Share electronic records but operate separately Separate but don’t require ROI, etc.

How Long We’ve Been Doing This 5.89 years as TD years working at doctoral level

Racial/Ethnic and Gender Identity of TD’s American Indian / Alaskan Native: 2.7%Female: 75.9% Asian or Asian-American: 8.0%Male:23.2% Biracial / Multiracial4.5%Transgender or other: 1% Black or African-American:10.7% Hispanic / Latino(a): 9.8% Jewish8% White / Euro-American : 65.2% Prefer not to respond2.7%

Our Titles 72.3% Training Director 18.8% Training Coordinator ******** 28.6% Associate Director 26.8% Assistant Director 2.7% Faculty 2.7% Director

APA Membership Yes: 61.6% No: 38.4%

Mean Salaries Training Director 76,872 ( 47, ,500) 76,489 (50,554 – 146k) 72,628 (46, ) 72,956 (47,500 – 107) 70,967 ( ) Intern 25,124 (19k-40k) 24,672 (18k-33.5k) 24,156 ( ,521) 23,898 (10 – 31) 23,144 (10 – 30500)

Salary by Title OverallTraining Director Training Coordinator Associate Director Assistant Director ,87278,11668,54582,11676, ,48977,15970,40378,62375,714

Salary by Sex Female (5.87 yrs)Male (5.96 yrs) 75,67280,703

Salary by Years as TD Years as TD 0-2 years 3-5 years 6-10 years years >15 years Mean Salary 73,10577,69677,31680,54984,921

ACCTA Conference Attendance 72.3% attended 2013 conference in New Orleans For those who did not attend, reasons included: My university would not cover the cost29.4% I was too busy29.4% Personal reasons 52.9% I was not yet a training director (most frequent comment) (nobody endorsed “the conference is not relevant to my job” or “I have been before and did not find it worthwhile”)

Characteristics of Internship Program 89% are APPIC members 90% currently have at least 2 interns Average of 3.48 full time interns Three sites have part time interns (3, 3, and 5 interns)

Accreditation APA and /or CPA accredited72.7% Initial site visit complete, awaiting decision1% Initial self-study submitted, awaiting visit1% Currently writing initial self-study11.1% Plan to apply in coming year4% Plan to apply in coming 2-3 years3% No current plans to apply7.1%

Intern Selection intern applicants interviews conducted

Change in number of intern slots / staff positions 6.3% have increased the number of interns for % have decreased the number ****************************************************** 7.1% lost staff positions this past year 36.6% gained positions

Interview Process Phone only 30.2% 37.3%37.7% Skype / videoconf only 8.5% 6.7%8.7% In-Person only 17% 10.7%13% Applicant’s choice 37.7% 45.3%40.6%

Percent of sites requesting use of structured letters of recommendation Requiring12.8% Encouraging 39.4% Not using6.4% Undecided41.3%

WHY USING IT? More reliable, thorough, and meaningful data (30) More fairness for applicants / ease of comparison (5) Keep up with standards WHY NOT USING IT? Letter feels burdensome for writers and applicants (4) Want to wait and see how it goes (3) Hard to get staff on board Too many changes already

Research Competencies Release time for research 80% Require presentation of dissertation or other research to staff26.7% Research seminar17.8% Require group research project14.4% Require individual research projects8.9% Require presentation of posters at conferences2.2% Other (program evaluation, use research-based lit in case conference, discuss EBPP, etc.)22%

Health Service Psychology 10.2% define HSP in their internship materials 54.5% do not 35.2% are unsure People who are defining it are generally using the APA definition Psychologists are recognized as Health Service Providers if they are duly trained and experienced in delivery of preventive, assessment, diagnostic, and therapeutic intervention services relative to the psychological and physical health of consumers based on (1) having completed scientific and professional training resulting in a doctoral degree in psychology (2) having completed an internship and supervised experience in health care settings and (3) having been licensed as psychologists at the independent practice level