Applicants interested in providing collaborative care, research, and education in primary care are encouraged to apply for this Medical Family Therapy internship in the Internal Medicine Residency program at University of Nebraska Medical Center. This internship will provide clinical experience and training for a future behavioral medicine faculty member. Applicants will provide clinical work, education, and research, based on the bio-psycho-social model of care. Interns will gain experience collaborating with residents, physicians, social workers, pharmacists, diabetes educators and MFT master’s students, as part of the joint UNL/UNMC Medical Family Therapy certificate program. Interns will also be part of a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team at Midtown Clinic. Approved supervision and mentoring will be provided. The internship will provide a unique opportunity to learn about a career in behavioral medicine as part of a PCMH and an Internal Medicine Residency Program. The intern will assist in behavioral medicine education, clinical work, and research for this12 month internship. The position will start in July of 2013.

Applicants must have a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and have all PhD prerequisite coursework completed. They must be an AAMFT approved supervisor-in-training. Experience with medical family therapy or collaborative care is preferred. Salary and benefits are competitive with other doctoral internships. 

The UNMC Physicians Midtown Clinic has implemented the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) as one of these new methods of patient care. The PCMH is an innovative approach to patient care where each patient has a personal physician who works with a team of health care providers to deliver comprehensive primary care with a focus on the whole person. The Midtown Clinic also is an innovative teaching center for medical, nursing, behavioral medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy and nutrition students to work as a team under the direction of a board of directors comprised of medical residents.

http://www.unmcphysicians.com/clinics/midtown-clinic.aspx?id=74

To apply, applicants must send their CV, cover letter, and 3 letters of reference to Katherine Kueny, Ph.D., LIMFT, LIMHP at kkueny@unmc.edu or fax to (402) 595-3898 by March 6, 2013. Applicants must also apply at http://jobs.unmc.edu/postings/15266.

 The University of Chicago affiliated Chicago Center for Family Health (CCFH) and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center offer a one-year full-time fellowship beginning September 2013.

CCFH (www.ccfhchicago.org), founded in 1991 by Co-Directors, John Rolland, M.D. and Froma Walsh, Ph.D., is internationally recognized as one of the foremost family systems-oriented training institutes. CCFH is renowned for its innovative community-based, resilience-oriented practice model to strengthen families at risk, in crisis, or facing persistent life challenges. It provides state-of-the-art post-graduate training in family therapy and family systems-based health care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of specialists. The Fellowship is in its seventeenth year.

The primary clinical placement is with Illinois Masonic Medical Center Family Practice, which has a longstanding reputation of supporting family and psychosocial aspects of health care within a collaborative framework. Other partnering institutions for secondary placement are based on current and planned projects. These have included: University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center and Division of Integrative Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Centers and risk-screening programs, the MS Society of Illinois, and Gilda’s Club Chicago. Fellows have learning access to other programs at the University of Chicago, such as the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.

The Fellowship experience focuses both on collaborative care/integrative practice and work with families with a member who has a chronic or life-threatening illness or disability using family, couples, group/multi-family group and individual modalities. CCFH provides seminars, workshops, and individual and group supervision. Responsibilities include participation in multidisciplinary teaching conferences, teaching residents and medical students about the integration of family systems approaches in a variety of health care settings, and collaboration with healthcare providers. Candidates may develop or join an ongoing clinical research project related to families and health care.

Appropriate candidates include both post-doctoral mental health professionals and Ph.D. candidates enrolled in doctoral programs in family therapy who seek to satisfy their internship requirement. Applicants should have a strong career development interest in the integration of family systems approaches in health care.

Salaries and benefits are competitive with other fellowships nationally. Inquiries can be made by phone or e-mail (see below). Application materials should be received by February 11, 2013. To apply, please send your Curriculum Vitae, three letters of reference, academic transcript, GRE scores, and a cover letter, explaining your interest in the fellowship to: ccfh.admin@ccfhchicago.org.

For more information visit CCFH here.

APA Foundation's Randy Gerson Memorial Fund awards grants for graduate student projects in family and/or couple dynamics, and/or multi-generational processes. Work that advances theory, assessment, or clinical practice in these areas is eligible. Preference will be given to projects using or contributing to the development of Bowen family systems.

Program Goals: 1) Advance systemic understanding in the above topic areas through empirical, methodological, or theoretical contribution, and 2) Encourage talented students toward careers in specified areas

Amount: One $6,000 annual grant

See attached document for more info and to apply.