As of 2017, the Commission on Accreditation requires that all APA accredited internship programs provide the following standardized tables of admissions, support, and initial placement data. These tables are updated annually for the Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship Program at Duke University Medical Center. Data are provided for the internship cohorts that started in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Accreditation Information
The Duke University Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship has been accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1956 and is accredited through 2029.
Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation: Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002; 202-336-5979; apaaccred@apa.org; https://accreditation.apa.org/.
Date program tables last updated: September 1, 2026
Program Disclosures
As articulated in Standard I.B.2, programs may have admission and employment policies that directly relate to affiliation or purpose that may be faith-based or secular in nature. Such policies and practices must be disclosed to the public. Therefore, programs are asked to respond to the following question.
| Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution's affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values. | No |
| If yes, provide the website link (or consent form/brochure) where this specific information is presented. | N/A |
Internship Program Admissions
Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program's policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation.
The Duke Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship Program is based in an academic medical center and integrates science and practice in the delivery of evidence-based clinical care. The overall aim of the program is to provide the breadth of training to ensure the development of all profession-wide competencies. Training takes place within the context and spirit of the scientist-practitioner and clinical scientist models, with the goal of producing health service psychologists who will be able to thrive in a variety of academic and health care settings.
A second aim of the program is to help interns explore and develop areas of concentration to prepare them for early career development in research, clinical work, and/or education. Applicants are required to apply to one particular concentration: Autism, Behavioral Medicine, Cancer/Psychosocial Oncology, Clinical Child, Adolescent, and Emerging Adults, Eating Disorders, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Process-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapies – Adults, Process-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapies – Emerging Adults, Student Mental Health, Trauma, and Women's Health. Please see our website for more details about each concentration.
Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:
| Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours | No | X Yes | 500* |
| Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours | No | X Yes | 500* |
Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:
- Applicants must come from accredited APA-, CPA-, or PCSAS-accredited PhD doctoral program in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology.
- Applicants must have completed the third year of their graduate program before the internship year begins.
- Applicants must be certified as ready for internship by their Director of Clinical Training.
- Completion of all academic work and the dissertation is preferred.
- Applicants must have 500 combined face-to-face assessment and intervention hours.
*Duke requires 500 total face-to-face assessment and intervention hours combined. The distribution between assessment and intervention depends on the concentration selected. For example, PBCBT is more intervention-heavy, while Pediatric Neuropsychology is more assessment-heavy. Please see our website for more explanation of intervention versus assessment experiences.
Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year
| Benefit | Response |
|---|---|
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $40,000 |
| Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A |
| Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes |
| If access to medical insurance is provided: | |
| Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes |
| Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes |
| Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes |
| Coverage of domestic partner available? | No |
| Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 15 days |
| Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 12 days |
| In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes |
Other Benefits (please describe):
| Additional Benefits | |
|---|---|
| Duke holidays | 8 days |
| Professional days for conference presentations, continuing education/conferences, research, and postdoctoral or job interviews | 5 days |
| Education fund | $200 |
| Dental and vision benefits | Available |
Extended-leave information: If circumstances require an intern to take medical leave or leave for family needs, the intern must first use all remaining paid personal time off before beginning an unpaid absence. The internship will be extended as needed for the intern to complete the 2,000 hours required for program completion.
Note: Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.
Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts starting in 2023, 2024, 2025)
| 2022-2025 | |
| Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts | 30 |
| Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree | 0 |
| Category | PD | EP |
| Academic teaching | 0 | 1 |
| Community mental health center | 0 | 1 |
| Consortium | 0 | 0 |
| University Counseling Center | 0 | 0 |
| Hospital/Medical Center | 14 | 7 |
| Veterans Affairs Health Care System | 3 | 0 |
| Psychiatric facility | 0 | 0 |
| Correctional facility | 0 | 0 |
| Health maintenance organization | 0 | 0 |
| School district/system | 0 | 0 |
| Independent practice setting | 0 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 17 | 13 |
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table has been counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, the setting that represents their primary position was selected.
Consistency check: 17 PD + 13 EP + 0 not seeking employment = 30 interns.