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Requirements for Successful Completion of Internship

The following benchmarks must be met to successfully complete the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium:

  1. Completion of 2,000 total training hours, of which 500 must be direct client contact hours.
  2. Completion of a formal case presentation.
  3. Timely completion of all record-keeping.
  4. Adherence to APA ethical guidelines and to the rules and regulations of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, as well as relevant laws in the State of Texas.
  5. At the final performance evaluation (July), an intern must average a 3 or above across each competency cluster in order to successfully complete the internship.
  6. Consistent attendance/investment with scheduled didactics, individual supervision, and case conferences.

 

Performance Evaluations

The nine profession-wide competencies defined by the APA’s Commission on Accreditation and the one program-specific competency defined by the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium are measured by the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium Intern Performance Evaluations. This formal competency performance evaluation is completed by clinical supervisors at the conclusion of each term (December and July). Each supervisor will use this instrument to document their impressions of the intern only in the areas in which they have directly observed and supervised the intern. Interns will have separate/distinct primary clinical supervisors for their work at the Texas A&M Health Telehealth Institute and at the Baylor Scott & White Warriors Research Institute. Each of these supervisors will complete the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium Intern Performance Evaluation.