Behavioral Pain Medicine
- Psychology Externship Program
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Primary Care Behavioral Health Services
- Pediatric Psychology Consult
- Pediatric Psychology
- Mood and Trauma
- HIV Services Mental Health Program
- Hematology/Oncology
- Headache
- Gastroenterology
- Eating Disorders
- Early Childhood Behavioral Health
- Child Inpatient Psychiatry Externship
- Child Development Program Externship
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Externship
- Child and Adolescent Burn and Trauma Surgery Externship
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Behavioral Parent Training
- Behavioral Pain Medicine
- Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Anxiety and Eating Disorders
- Anxiety and Allergy/Immunology
- ADHD & Learning Differences Program
- Psychology Externship Program
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Primary Care Behavioral Health Services
- Pediatric Psychology Consult
- Pediatric Psychology
- Mood and Trauma
- HIV Services Mental Health Program
- Hematology/Oncology
- Headache
- Gastroenterology
- Eating Disorders
- Early Childhood Behavioral Health
- Child Inpatient Psychiatry Externship
- Child Development Program Externship
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Externship
- Child and Adolescent Burn and Trauma Surgery Externship
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Behavioral Parent Training
- Behavioral Pain Medicine
- Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Anxiety and Eating Disorders
- Anxiety and Allergy/Immunology
- ADHD & Learning Differences Program
This externship is ideally suited for advanced practicum students seeking specialized training within an academic medical center or pediatric setting. The Pain Medicine Program is a multidisciplinary team specializing in management of chronic pain conditions. Physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and nurses work together as a team and collaborate with psychiatrists, social workers and community providers (pediatricians, schools, etc.) to facilitate and implement rehabilitative therapy. Our behavioral team includes two to three pain psychologists and one psychology fellow.
About the Externship
All tracks consist of clinical training in pediatric psychology, pain management and supervision. Specialty seminars and didactics are available as well. Theoretical orientations utilized include an integrative approach involving cognitive and behavioral, acceptance and commitment therapy, and other mindfulness approaches.
Opportunities exist for presentation of research at local and national conferences. Applicants have the opportunity to choose a particular track of interest and all tracks include interdisciplinary evaluation/consult clinics and short-term individual therapy.
- Pediatric Pain Management Track: This position consists of primary training in our outpatient chronic pain clinic, treating youth with a wide range of chronic pain problems including, but not limited to headaches, abdominal pain, complex regional pain syndrome, myofacial pain and autonomic disorders. Clinical activities include multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary intake evaluations, consultations, brief outpatient treatment, collaboration with schools and care coordination. Extern will also have the opportunity to participate in an evidence-based parent/child group intervention, The Comfort Ability Program. This track is available in multiple locations, including telehealth, the main hospital in D.C. and outpatient centers in Rockville, MD, and Fairfax, VA.
- Headache Track: 1-2 days per week, the extern will work within the interdisciplinary chronic headache team providing evaluation/treatment alongside neurologists, neurology fellows and nurse practitioners, as well as providing individual therapy to youth struggling with chronic headache/migraines.
- Concussion Track: 1-2 days per week, the extern will provide evaluations for patients with a range of physical, behavioral/emotional, cognitive and sleep disturbance symptoms following a concussion (mild traumatic brain injury). The extern will have the opportunity to collaborate with the other members of the team including neuropsychologists, neurologists, schools and physical therapists. Note: this track is dedicated to Tuesdays at the Rockville, MD, location (Shady Grove) or Thursdays at the Fight for Children Sports Medicine Center in Silver Spring, MD.
Qualifications
Applicants must be in at least the third year of a doctoral program with experience in child and adolescent therapy and documented interest in gaining advanced experience in a medical/pediatric setting.
Number of Available Positions
One to two externs will be recruited for this externship.
How to Apply
Please specify your preferred track in your letter of interest, curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation directly from recommenders via email to:
Interested applicants should also complete this survey one time, regardless of how many externships you are applying for.
Locations
- Children’s National Hospital, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010
Some tracks may require clinic days at the satellite locations in Rockville, MD, and Fairfax, VA, and telehealth continues for many patients. Flexibility with location is important, as based on clinic needs, locations may change.
Time Requirements
Externships are one year and will occur from July 2024-June 2025; anticipated to consist of eight to 16 hours per week (one to two days).
- Tuesdays or Thursdays are required for the Concussion Track
- Other possible clinic days for the Pain Management Track are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Prefer two days per week
Please note: Externs are encouraged to participate in two different tracks if interested. For example, an extern can dedicate one day to the Concussion Track and a second day to the Pain Management Track.