Applying for the predoctoral internship: Training program strategies to help students prepare

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-124

  Madson, Michael B ^a   Aten, Jamie D ^a   Leach, Mark M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Internship match; Predoctoral internship; Professional graduate psychology training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249775543     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.1.2.116     Document Type: Article

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