Clinical training is centered around experience working as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. Division faculty and staff are also involved in numerous outreach programs across New Mexico, including services to the Navajo Nation, several Pueblos, Headstart, and various other New Mexico communities, agencies and institutions. Interns and fellows are encouraged to participate in these outreach services. In addition, the Division is actively involved in the training of psychiatry residents, pre-masters social work students, medical students, nursing students, special education teachers, and other professionals. Fellows rotate through both inpatient and outpatient programs, including school-based clinics and outreach programs.
Interns participate in both inpatient and outpatient programs.
The training model is interdisciplinary, multicultural, and developmental in orientation. The social work fellowship trains five post-graduate social workers annually. Fellows rotate through inpatient, residential, and outpatient programs, and are actively involved in outreach programs to the Navajo Nation and to New Mexico Pueblos. While each program offers independent seminars and supervision, much training is also multidisciplinary. The Division considers the multidisciplinary experience of its trainees to be a significant asset, but also strives to enhance professional identity and development within each discipline.