Documenting Practicum Experience
The Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) website provides important information regarding the documenting of practicum experiences and the internship process. Students should become familiar with this information before actually beginning practicum. It is necessary to document hours on a weekly basis, as each practicum is done, rather than trying to reconstruct it later.
Counting Clinical Hours Towards Internship
The program has an institutional membership to Time2Track (www.Time2Track.com) that is provided for students to track practicum hours. Time2Track accounts are provided to students upon enrollment in the JDP; the provided account will be active through the end of the student’s fifth year in the program.
In general, to count clinical hours toward the APPIC internship application these hours must be supervised by a licensed psychologist with a faculty appointment at either SDSU or UC San Diego who is affiliated with the JDP. Supervisors must be in good standing both with the licensure board and the academic institution of their faculty appointment.
Vertical/umbrella supervision is permitted (e.g. by a postdoc who is supervised by one of our faculty).