Starting Internships

The Coordinator of Internships (Judy Hyde) arranges allocation of DCP/MSc students to clinical internships. In order to commence clinical internships in the Psychology Clinic, please provide a copy of the following items 1-2 to the Admin Officer (Belinda Ingram). To commence external clinical internships please provide the following items 1-4 to your Supervisor.

1. "NSW Psychologists Registration Board: Authority to Practice: Provisional Conditional Registration or Full Registration" card. Prior to commencing the DCP/MSc program, all students were required to apply for provisional or full registration with Registration Board. Following successful application, the Registration Board mails this card to your home address.


2. "NSW Health Clinical Placement Authority" Criminal Record Clearance card. During enrolment for first year of DCP/MSc program, students complete criminal record check forms at the Faculty of Science. NSW Health then mails this card to your home address.


3. "Professional indemnity insurance" form. The professional indemnity insurance form covers students on clinical internships. The form may be downloaded.


4. Clinical Internships forms. For all internal and external clinical internships, students are required to complete the following forms: Supervision contract, Mid Internship Review (MIR), End of Internship Review (EIR), Weekly Clinic Logs and an Interns' Evaluation. Forms may be downloaded from the web. Forms are to be filed in the Internship folder and submitted to the Admin Assistant (Cindy Li).



5. "Honorary Associate" appointed Clinical Supervisors. If you supervisor is not currently appointed as an "Honorary Associate" Clinical Supervisor at the University of Sydney,they will be required to be formally appointed before commencing supervision. For the student to be covered by the University's insurance the supervisor must be formally appointed to the University as an Honorary Associate. The link provides information and application forms for supervisors. Application forms are to be submitted to the Admin Assistant (Cindy Li).