Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Program information last updated on August 15, 2024.

Program Disclosures

Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values? 

Yes or No: Yes

If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented:

Applicants applying to Army Internship Programs such as Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) Clinical Psychology Internship, must meet basic entrance qualification standards established by the Department of Defense and the Army to serve as Active Duty Commissioned Officers. Such standards are designed to ensure applicants can successfully perform their military duties. For example, applicants must meet medical qualification standards, age and citizenship requirements, physical fitness standards, and security qualification standards to be accepted for military Service. Under certain conditions, applicants who do not meet the qualification standards can be considered for a waiver. Each military Service makes independent decisions regarding waivers. It is possible to receive a waiver from one Service but not another. Each military Service conducts its selection board, and all waivers must be approved before the Service’s selection board.

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

This training program aims to produce highly qualified, autonomous, and professional psychologists capable of functioning within various applied settings in the Army and to develop the professional competencies and identity that will serve as a solid basis for a career in health service psychology. The philosophy of our Internship is based on the Practitioner-Scholar model. The focus is on adult assessment, treatment, and consultation training in an outpatient setting. Training is supplemented in specialty areas such as neuropsychology, primary care psychology, pediatric psychology, intensive outpatient psychology, and child and family psychology. Interns are encouraged throughout the year to develop and utilize their critical thinking skills, knowledge of the scientific literature, and ability to evaluate new research findings as a basis for clinical service delivery. Training focuses on applying ethical decision-making skills and respecting individual differences and cultural diversity throughout experiential and didactic activities. The program recognizes it is essential to begin at each student’s level of professional development and provide opportunities through which existing skills are refined and new skills are acquired. Please also see our MAMC Clinical Psychology Internship APPIC directory page for additional information.

Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If yes, indicate how many:

• Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours: Yes; recommended 400 hours
• Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours: Yes; recommended 100 hours

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

Applicants must be from APA-accredited doctoral programs (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in clinical or counseling psychology. Applicants must have at least 400 intervention hours and 150 assessment hours on the AAPI (exceptions possible due to COVID-19). They must submit a de-identified sample integrative psychological assessment report with their AAPI (preferably from practicum training). Each applicant’s AAPI is further reviewed to determine whether the applicant’s specific experiences are consistent with this program’s training model and aims. In-person and virtual interviews will be offered for the 2024-2025 training year. The virtual and in-person interview options are equivalent in the eyes of our selection committee.

All applicants should know the unique aspects of applying to a military internship. Applicants must meet the requirements to become a commissioned officer in the US Army to match this internship site. All applicants who match with this internship site become commissioned officers in the US Army and incur an Active-Duty Service Obligation (typically three years following completion of training). In addition to completing your AAPI, you must start the military accessions process as soon as possible by contacting your local US Army Health Care Recruiter via the Army Recruiting website, then select "Healthcare Students & Professionals" on the "Contact Us" page to search for a healthcare recruiter in your area. Be sure to speak with a recruiter before the interview notification. Please see our MAMC APPIC page for essential details about our military internship.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year

Stipend/Salary

• Annual stipend/salary for full-time interns: $96,386
• Annual stipend/salary for half-time interns: N/A

Medical Insurance

• Does the program provide access to medical insurance for the intern? Yes
• Trainee contribution to cost required? No
• Coverage of family member(s) available? Yes
• Coverage of legally married partner available? Yes
• Coverage of domestic partner available? No
• Hours of annual personal time off (PTO and/or vacation): 30 calendar days
• Hours of annual paid sick leave: N/A
• In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? Yes. Sick leave be unlimited with medical justification in accordance with Department of Defense and Army policies. 

Other Benefits

• $96,386 stipend above includes $61,226 base pay plus additional $35,160 annual compensation in the form of tax-free monthly stipend for housing (if residing off-post) and subsistence, calculated as an O-3 with 0-2 years of service without dependents living in Tacoma, WA (zip code 98431).Please see the defense.gov military pay calculator for more details on military pay.
• Sick leave may be unlimited with medical justification in accordance with DoD and Army policies.
• Periodic length-of-service pay increases and annual pay increases.
• Eligible for leisure travel on military aircraft.
• Opportunities for continuing professional education (to include specialty fellowships).
• Full coverage medical and hospital benefits for you and your family, low-cost $500,000 life insurance, noncontributory retirement and disability retirement pay.
• Payment of travel expenses and shipping charges for families and personal goods when moving to internship site and follow-on assignment.
• Access to post facilities such as:
  • Post Exchange (department store) and commissary (grocery store) privileges with lower prices and tax savings.
  • Sports and recreation facilities, childcare, movie theaters, and no or low-cost recreational activities

*Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Initial Post-Internship Positions

• Total # of interns who were in the three cohorts: 14
• Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree: 0

Type of Position	Post-doctoral Residency Position	Employed Position
Academic teaching
Community mental health center
Consortium
University counseling center
Hospital/Medical Center: Military Health Care Center	12	1
Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Psychiatric facility
Correctional facility
Health maintenance organization
School district/system
Independent practice setting
Other		1

Each individual represented in this table is counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, the setting selected represents their primary position.

Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time.  For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.