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Early Career Boot Camp: A Novel Mechanism for Enhancing Early Career Development for Psychologists in Academic Healthcare

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The purpose of this article is to describe a pilot mentoring program for Early Career Psychologists (ECPs) working in Academic Health Centers (AHCs) and synthesize the lessons learned to contribute to future ECP and AHC career development training programs. The authors describe an early career development model, named the Early Career Boot Camp. This intensive experience was conducted as a workshop meant to build a supportive network and to provide mentorship and survival tools for working in AHCs. Four major components were addressed: professional effectiveness, clinical supervision, strategic career planning, and academic research. Nineteen attendees who were currently less than 5 years post completion of doctoral graduate programs in psychology participated in the program. The majority of boot camp components were rated as good to excellent, with no component receiving below average ratings. Of the components offered within the boot camp, mentoring and research activities were rated the strongest, followed by educational activities, challenges in AHCS, and promotion and tenure. The article describes the purpose, development, implementation, and assessment of the program in detail in an effort to provide an established outline for future organizations to utilize when mentoring ECPs.

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  1. Department of Psychology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Psychology Service-116B, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA

    Kelly Foran-Tuller

  2. University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    William N. Robiner

  3. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Alfiee Breland-Noble

  4. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Stacie Otey-Scott

  5. College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

    John Wryobeck

  6. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Cheryl King

  7. VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA

    Kathryn Sanders

  8. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kathryn Sanders

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This article is based on the Early Career Boot Camp offered at the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC) Conference, “Preparing Psychologists for a Rapidly Changing Healthcare Environment,” March 3-5, 2011, in Boston, MA.

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Foran-Tuller, K., Robiner, W.N., Breland-Noble, A. et al. Early Career Boot Camp: A Novel Mechanism for Enhancing Early Career Development for Psychologists in Academic Healthcare. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 19, 117–125 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-011-9289-5

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