What is APPIC match?

What is APPIC match?

The APPIC Match is an orderly process to help applicants obtain positions in doctoral internships of their choice, and to help internship programs obtain applicants of their choice. Please note that the APPIC Match is for doctoral internship positions only; information about postdoctoral positions may be found here.

How does the intern Match work?

The Matching Program places applicants into positions based entirely on the preferences stated in the Rank Order Lists. Each applicant is placed with the most preferred program on the applicant’s Rank Order List that ranks the applicant and does not fill its positions with more preferred applicants.

What year do medical students match?

For medical students, it begins at the start of their fourth year. Prior to this, students have learned about different areas of medicine through clinical rotations. These rotations help them determine what specialty they would like to practice. The MATCH application process opens every September 15.

How many hours do you need for internship psychology?

Students also need to make sure they’re getting enough training hours to meet the licensure requirements for any states in which they might want to practice in the future, Tracy adds. States require students to accrue anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 training hours during the internship year.

How many hours is practicum?

The number of hours spent on site typically varies from individual to individual, and from site to site. Typical practicum students work 8 to 16 hours per week at their site. Interns typically work 16 hours or more per week.

What is Aapi psychology?

Welcome to AAPI This is the AAPI applicant portal, for use by students who are applying to psychology predoctoral internship programs that participate in the APPIC Match. The AAPI is a service of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).