Fellowship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Program Disclosures

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? 

Yes or No: 

No

If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented:

Not applicable

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 requirements:

The mission of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology is to produce an advanced level of competence in the specialty of clinical neuropsychology, to complete the education and training necessary for independent practice in the specialty, and to develop specific skills relating to the unique applications of clinical neuropsychology in the military environment. The program aims to achieve this through clinical, didactic, and academic training activities. The program is also designed to prepare fellows for the process of seeking board certification.

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: Not applicable
• Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours: Not applicable

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

To be considered for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, the applicant must be an Active Duty Army psychologist who is a citizen of the United States and must have completed an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited or Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) accredited doctoral program in Clinical or Counseling Psychology. Applicants must have also completed an APA or CPA accredited internship program that includes some training in neuropsychology. It is advantageous for applicants to have had coursework in neuropsychology and neurosciences in graduate school and clinical experience in neuropsychology during the practicum years as well. In all cases, candidacy for postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology must be based on demonstrated skills as a health service provider in the scientist practitioner model. Applicants must possess the Army 73B specialty skills indicator and meet other requirements for selection as determined by the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Long Term Health Education and Training (LTHET) program based upon the discretion and guidance of the Psychology Consultant to the United States Army Surgeon General. Typically, one active duty United States Army psychologist is accepted for the WRNMMC Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Clinical Neuropsychology each year. Applicants must also possess an unrestricted license to practice psychology in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. The military beneficiary population includes a wide range of cultural and ethnic groups, so knowledge and experience in cultural and individual diversity is therefore highly desirable.

The knowledge base upon entry into the fellowship should include doctoral level competency in the following substantive areas of psychology consistent with Houston Conference guidelines:

• Statistics and methodology
• Learning, cognition, and perception
• Social psychology and personality
• Biological basis of behavior
• Life span development
• History
• Cultural and individual differences and diversity
• Psychopathology
• Psychometric theory
• Interview and assessment techniques
• Intervention techniques
• Professional ethics

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year

Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Stipend/Salary

• Annual stipend/salary for full-time Residents: Active duty military officers are paid according to their grade and time in service. Fellows are typically O-3 or O-4 pay grade. Military pay rate tables can be found on the Defense Finance and Accounting Service website. For example, an Army fellow at the rank of Captain (O-3) with 4 years of service would receive a salary of $87,184.80 in 2024.
• Annual stipend/salary for half-time Residents: N/A

Medical Insurance

• Does the program provide access to medical insurance for the intern? Yes
• Trainee contribution to cost required? No
• Coverage of family member(s) available? Yes
• Coverage of legally married partner available? Yes
• Coverage of domestic partner available? No

Other Benefits

Variance in salary may occur dependent on a fellow’s Rank/grade and time in service. All pay and allowance tables can be found through the Department of Defense Military Compensation Calculator.  For housing allowance in Bethesda, Maryland please refer to the Department of Defense travel site.

Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off

20 days of accrued leave per year

Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave

As needed

In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to fellows in excess of personal time off and sick leave?

Yes

Other Benefits

• Housing Allowance: All active-duty personnel receive a housing allowance based on local housing rates, rank and if they have dependents or not. Visit the Department of Defense travel site for housing rates. 
• Basic allowance for sustenance: All active-duty personnel receive a monthly tax-free BAS stipend meant to offset the cost of food for the service member. You can find the rate through the Defense Finance & Accounting Service site.  
• Compensation: All residents are active duty military officers, who are paid according to their grade and time in service.
• Liability insurance: Residents acting within the scope of their military duties are covered under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act (Title 28, U.S.C., Section 2679) which provides protection from individual tort liability.
• Disability insurance, Medical & Dental care: Benefits for residents and their families shall be the same as those afforded by Public Law and DoD directives for active duty military personnel.
• Legal assistance: Benefits for residents shall be the same as those afforded by Public Law and DoD directives for all GS or active-duty military personnel.
• Counseling services: counseling and psychological support through mental health professionals will be offered and made available to active-duty fellows at no charge.
• Ombudsman: are available to advise and help fellows address unresolved questions/complaints/grievances in a confidential manner.
• Permissive TDY (Professional Leave): Permissive TDY allows travel for approved professional reasons and is not counted against military leave.
• Federal holidays: Active-duty personnel will receive federal holidays off while in the program.
• Parental leave: Active-duty personnel receive 12 weeks of paid, non-chargeable parental leave to service members who have a child through birth, adoption, or a long-term foster care placement of at least 24 months. This is in addition to authorized convalescent leave for service members who give birth.

Initial Post-Internship Positions 2020-2023

• Total # of fellows who were in the three cohorts: 3
• Total # of fellows who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree: 0

Type of Position	Post-doctoral Residency Position	Employed Position
Academic teaching	0	0
Community mental health center	0	0
Consortium	0	0
University counseling center	0	0
Hospital/Medical Center: Military Health Care Center	0	0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System	0	0
Psychiatric facility	0	0
Correctional facility	0	0
Health maintenance organization	0	0
School district/system	0	0
Independent practice setting	0	0
Other	0	3 (Military Health Center)

Each individual represented in this table is counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, the setting selected represents their primary position.