Applicant factors contributing to interview selection, ranking determination, and judgement of “Fit” among health service psychology internship training programs

Portfolio careers in medicine can be defined as significant involvement in one or more portfolios of activity beyond a practitioner’s primary clinical role, either concurrently or in sequence. Portfolio occupations may include medical education, research, administration, legal medicine, the arts, engineering, business and consulting, leadership, politics and entrepreneurship. Despite significant interest among junior doctors, portfolios are poorly integrated with prevocational and speciality training programs in Australia. The present paper seeks to explore this issue. More formal systems for portfolio careers in Australia have the potential to increase job satisfaction, flexibility and retention, as well as diversify trainee skill sets. Although there are numerous benefits from involvement in portfolio careers, there are also risks to the trainee, employing health service and workforce modelling. Formalising pathways to portfolio careers relies on assessing stakeholder interest, enhancing flexibility in training programs, developing support programs, mentorship and coaching schemes and improving support structures in health services. What is known about the topic? Portfolio careers are well understood as a career structure in general business. However, in medicine little is known about the concept of portfolio careers, their drivers, benefits and risks. There are significant issues faced by the Australian junior medical workforce such as a need for diversified skill-sets (e.g. increased involvement in research, public health and leadership), low job satisfaction for junior doctors and an increasing emphasis of work-life balance and mental well-being. What does this paper add? This paper critically analyses the concept of portfolio careers in the postgraduate setting by critiquing literature on the international and national experiences in this field. This paper outlines potential benefits of portfolio careers requiring further research, such as a diversification in the workforce and improved job satisfaction. Risks include reducing the health service provision capacity of junior doctors and drawing doctors away from a medical career. What are the implications for practitioners? This paper has substantial educational and workforce implications for medical students, junior doctors and medical managers. For medical students and junior doctors this paper frames the possibilities in a medical career, as well as benefits and risks of aiming for a portfolio career in medicine. For medical managers, this paper suggests strategies for further research, enhancing workforce job satisfaction and potential pitfalls of increasing opportunities for medical portfolio careers.

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Public Health Service Supported Training Programs for Electroencephalographic Technologists – A Review

American Journal of EEG Technology ◽

10.1080/00029238.1970.11080775 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 41-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James J. Cereghino ◽

Clifford H. Cole

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Service ◽

Public Health Service ◽

Training Programs

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TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH— Public Health Service Publication No. 1238. May be purchased at 15 cents a copy from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402

Psychiatric Services ◽

10.1176/ps.16.11.63a-b ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 16 (11) ◽

pp. 63a-b-63a

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Mental Health ◽

Health Service ◽

Public Health Service ◽

Training Programs ◽

Government Printing ◽

Service Publication

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Implementing the Training Values Statement Addressing Diversity in University Counseling Center Internships

The Counseling Psychologist ◽

10.1177/0011000009331947 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 721-743 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Joyce Illfelder-Kaye ◽

Karen Lese-Fowler ◽

Kevin Bursley ◽

Elizabeth Reyes ◽

Kathleen J. Bieschke

Keyword(s):

Training Programs ◽

Counseling Center ◽

Potential Contribution ◽

Counseling Centers ◽

University Counseling Center ◽

University Counseling ◽

Training Directors ◽

Predoctoral Internship ◽

Model Training ◽

Internship Training

This article examines the potential contribution of the Counseling Psychology Model Training Values Statement Addressing Diversity (henceforth the “Values Statement”) to predoctoral internship training programs housed in university counseling centers. The purpose of this article is to present recommendations for how to best implement the Values Statement in counseling center internship training programs. The authors begin by summarizing the commitment to diversity-related training and values espoused by the major training organizations relevant to internship training. They then describe issues internship training directors must consider when implementing the Values Statement into their training sites and provide recommendations for how to most effectively implement the Values Statement.

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