Supervision is abundant and includes a variety of models. Each intern receives between four and six individual supervisions during each week of training. Psychotherapy, psychodiagnostic testing and ward involvement are all intensively supervised. For example, for an average individual therapy outpatient caseload of ten hours an intern will typically have three supervisors. The interns have two sets of weekly seminars given by psychologists and psychiatrists of the department, and by several invited professionals who are considered experts in their specialties.
Seminars are wide ranging in both content and philosophy.
They include sessions on time limited psychodynamic psychotherapy, adult, child and neuropsychodiagnostic assessment, multicultural issues, psychopharmacology, ethical principles in psychology, the etiology and treatment of schizophrenic, borderline and narcissistic disorders, family therapy, and psychotherapy of children, among many others. There is a balance between theoretical seminars and case conferences in this series. Nassau University Medical Center is recognized by the American Psychological Association as an approved provider of continuing education credit for psychologists. The faculty provide regular feedback to the interns on their progress. Formal evaluations are conducted during the year.