Supervisory psychologists offer rotations in inpatient psychiatry, outpatient psychotherapy and counseling, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder outpatient treatment, substance abuse intervention, behavior medicine, vocational rehabilitation, and neuropsychological assessment. The medical center is an interdisciplinary setting and psychologists have maintained excellent relationships with psychiatrists and other physicians, social workers, nurses and auxiliary personnel. The staff is committed to a generalist view of the content of internships. The intern is encouraged to explore various aspects of psychological assessment and intervention. Interns should be well grounded in both psychological assessment and psychological intervention.
Formal supervision occurs at least weekly.
Typically, interns received a substantial amount of informal supervision as well, primarily because the faculty enjoys training and interns at this site have been eager to learn. The Dayani Center is the Health Promotion department of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Housed in its own 25,000 sq. Activity components include evaluation services, exercise activities, the Nutrition Institute, the Vanderbilt Smoking Cessation and Prevention Institute, and the Behavioral Health Program. Within these activity areas, special programs for specific target populations are operated.