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Overview
Established in 1978, The Virginia Consortium Program in
Clinical Psychology consists of four institutions of higher learning which combine
resources to offer the doctor of psychology degree in clinical psychology. The four
schools are the College of William and Mary (W&M), Eastern Virginia Medical School
(EVMS), Norfolk State University (NSU), and Old Dominion University (ODU).
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The program enjoys national recognition and maintains a high ratio of faculty to students |
Educational Format
Approximately ten students are accepted each year to this
four-year program. Students take three years of graduate courses within this program on
the campuses of all four schools from faculty in each of the four institutions. They also
fulfill eight clinical training practica in public and private mental health settings throughout the Hampton Roads area.
Degree requirements include an empirically-based dissertation and a one-year clinical
psychology internship in an off-site setting. Students must compete nationally for these
internship placements.
This program enjoys national recognition. It has been
accredited by the American Psychological Association on a continuous basis since 1982. It
has received strong, positive reviews from site visitors and is widely recognized as a
rare consortial training model in which there is an unusually high ratio of faculty to
students. The Virginia Consortium offers clinical psychology students the unusual
opportunity to be trained side by side with medical students in course work, clinical
practica, and applied research. Especially when considered collectively, faculty across
the four schools are diverse with respect to ethnicity, gender, and philosophical
orientations. They represent a wide range of specialty skills. Several faculty enjoy
national and international reputations of excellence.
Student applications outnumber available positions by
about 13:1, and minority student representation has averaged 20 percent over the past six
years. All students have been financially supported by the program at a moderate level.
Application Information
Prospective applicants to The Virginia Consortium Program in
Clinical Psychology may obtain further information and application materials from
http://www.sci.odu.edu/vcpcp/.
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