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  1. Hi all! Thanks for your feedback... so if it's been done... and it has... it should be listed under conferences/presentations? Even if it was not an academic presentation presented during an academic conference? Just want to confirm. Also, thanks TakeruK. This has been my experience as well, in the labs I've worked for in computer science/engineering/human factors/psychology/neuroscience. Perhaps it is different in the humanities.
  2. @Sigaba I think you've taken this too personally and my comments too seriously. This is an online forum. I don't think anything I've said is inappropriate. I simply tried to explain my reasons for disagreeing and spark a conversation about this. As someone in the sciences, I don't like doing things just because someone "respectfully recommends so" or because I'm and "undergraduate" (and because you're a graduate student(?)). I like "evidence-based practice". I hope you can agree to disagree and stop politely attacking me. Thanks in advance. Finally, sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Getting "your head ripped off for calling a professor Dr..." sounds like a terrible experience. Cheers.
  3. Sorry for the double post but... "I respectfully recommend that you not use... the term... "network"... Really?! Isn't that what ResearchGate etc is all about? Isn't science supposed to be collaborative and based on a network of peer reviews etc? I just don't get this. Perhaps this word is taboo in the humanities, but not the sciences? Thoughts?
  4. Thanks all and sorry for the delayed response! I am afraid that I have confused everyone! I did already do this demo! However, it was not a scientific/academic conference. It was a part of the Brain Exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre open to the public. So, the people who came by were everyone from scientists to toddlers with barely any command of English/French (the languages I demo'd in). For this reason, I am not sure if this is appropriate to list under conferences/presentations. I would appreciate any advice, again. @Sigaba thank you for your response. Perhaps this additional information will shed light onto why I would like to emphasize knowledge translation skills I used during this demo. I think it was assumptive to criticize my use of the word 'spin'. I hope in light of the additional info you will see that I am not misrepresenting myself (as I think you might have been implying). I don't feel that I shouldn't have used the word 'spin'. While I am very early in my career and I could be wrong, I have been told that it is important to craft your resume to present and brand yourself in the best way for the job, even in academia. I don't feel that this means that I don't take my craft and profession seriously. For the meantime, I am going to respectfully decline to correct myself, as per your recommendation. I would however be curious to know what others think about @Sigaba's respectful recommendation. Thanks again!
  5. Thanks @C10H12N20! Any other opinions! Ps congrats on your acceptances @C10H12N20!
  6. Hi all! I'm not sure if this is a good place to post this, but I don't know of anywhere else I could get feedback about this so I thought I'd try here! I am an undergraduate psychology major who had been hoping to apply to graduate studies, but now for a variety of reasons I'm not. I hope in the future I will be able to. I am graduating and I have had RAships throughout my undergrad, and I am applying to new RAships now (hoping to start after I graduate). As such, my resume is formatted as an academic curriculum vitae. I was recently invited by my honours thesis supervisors to demo our virtual reality environment that we use for our research at the Ontario Science Centre for the Ontario Brain Institute's BrainFest as part of the American Museum of Natural History's Brain Exhibit. I was wondering if I should put this on my C.V.? How and where would I put this? I ask especially because a position I just applied to wanted experience supporting knowledge translation, and I'm wondering if I can spin this as such.... Thanks for your help! C
  7. Hi all! Long time no post! I am currently working on an undergraduate honours thesis and recently spoke to my supervisor and he thinks that, unfortunately, we won't be able to submit the thesis to a journal as a paper : (. However, my supervisor and the grad student I'm working with suggested that we submit a poster. It's my first time submitting anything as a first author and I am looking through conferences that are in my area and that I might submit to... I was wondering whether some conferences are 'higher impact' or 'better' to submit to than others? My thesis is on Virtual Navigation for Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia, in case anyone has any insight into good conferences related to the topic. Any advice would be greatly appreciated : ) Thanks! Carly
  8. PsychGirl1 or anyone else who reads this, as PsychGirl1 apparently will not be. I am sorry if I offended you in my response. I realize that that does not make for good discussions on forums like these. I do sincerely apologize. I simply felt that you were implying that I was more naive than you could possibly know, and so I did certainly get defensive. More importantly I felt that the conversation would be better off if directed back to the subject of my original post (job outlook in clinical psychology in hospital settings). My intention was to (firmly) direct the topic back to that topic. While I knew that my response was defensive I did not intend it to offend you to the point of your reply to my post. Please know that was not by intention. Thank you for your response. It is helpful to note that clinical psychology is broad. I thought that I got to this point in my posts but I obviously did not make this clear enough. Sorry to any others who might have found my reply offensive.
  9. jeneste thank you for your response. I would be interested in assessment, but can you be more clear about "the certain types of assessments" that people chose to have done privately? Again I'm kind of iffy on the notion of private practice but this is all good to know. Also, I think you are right that I need to consider how flexible I am geographically and if there might be more jobs in rural areas (which I could theoretically even commute to). Thank you again!
  10. To anyone who might be interested I posted this on SDN and received lots of helpful responses... http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/job-outlook-in-clinical-psychology-not-private-practice-questionable.1043273/ Moreover, a poster there directed me to some threads on the same topic with literally pages and pages of helpful responses from clinicians, researchers, post docs, graduate students etc. Very helpful for anyone who is interested. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/accurate-sources-of-information-about-the-future-of-the-field.1040264/page-2 http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/where-do-we-fit.1029415/ http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/would-you-do-it-over-again.1021698/ Finally, although they are old, here are two articles on the topic for anyone who might be interested, one from the Journal of Clinical Psychology and one from Professional Psychology (not sure how good these journals are but nonetheless these are published articles)... https://www.zotero.org/jeanbaptiste.combes/items/itemKey/UJ45N25X http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1020782817079
  11. @PsychGirl1... Firstly, please specify where you are having trouble following my replies and I will clarify and avoid a similar lack of clarity when replying in future. Secondly, I can't help but feel that I need to 'defend' myself here. I think that I have a pretty good idea about what I want to do, and have taken the right steps to evaluate this (e.g. informational interviewing, research assistantships, clinical experiences etc... having said that I will continue to do so in future). I have not elaborated on it here... my posts have already been quite lengthy and I think that elaborating about what I "want to do" in a response might be quite lengthy. Moreover, I think elaborating on my point of what I want to do might be tangential. I think that you are implying that I don't know what I want to do and have come misconceptions about what I want to do, and perhaps you are right. However, for the sake of this discussion please assume that I know what I want to do, unless you feel compelled to play career counsellor. My question was about the job outlook of clinical psychology and if these positions were becoming fewer in number (hence the "dying out" comment). If positions are becoming fewer in number than I think it is very important to consider this and not to ignore the "job outlook/situation/rarity/etc". I think if this is the case this would have direct implications for "what I want to do". What I am definitely not willing to sacrifice is "what I want to do" if there are no positions. Please again understand that I am talking about Toronto, Ontario and asking if this is similar in other regions. Consider that there might be regional differences. A few clarifications/corrections on my earlier comments... What I meant by doing research in a clinical setting rather than an academic one, along with clinical practice was that I am interested in a career as a clinician-scientist at a hospital. There are a lot of clinician-scientists in lots of areas in a lot of university-affiliated hospitals in Toronto and other cities in Canada. I'm not going to go into the concept because I think it is fairly straight forward but if you need further clarification and evidence I can provide it. Im not sure if by academic medical centre you mean university-affiliated hospital, if it these are similar concepts. Obviously the terminology and practice surrounding this concept, like other things, differ between regions. Thank you for making the distinction that research positions are not necessarily rare, but competitive. You are right.
  12. PsychGirl1, as per my response above I am interested in doing research. Based on my research experiences so far I think I would be more interested in doing research in a clinical setting than an academic one, along with clinical practice. However I think that research positions, whether clinical or academic, are also rare, so I don't think I can really consider that as a backup. PsychGirl1, can you clarify what you mean by clinical practice within your specialty? By this do you mean that you would be working with a specific population (i.e. mood, schizophrenia, etc)? Can you also comment on your location (you don't have to be too specific if you don't want to)? I suppose this career path might be more feasible if I was open to moving around for perhaps another 5-10 years after graduation from PhD but I don't know if I really am open to that... Perhaps this implies a lack of 'passion'... I don't know..
  13. jenste thank you so much for your response! That is very helpful. The fact that the rare positions in clinical psychology at hospitals are contractual scares me. I think what I would want to do is work in a psychiatric hospital and do diagnosis, psychotherapy, and some research. As such, I think my back up plan would be research but I am told that these positions are also rare. I don't think I would like going into private practice for a couple of reasons. First, I imagine that the patients or clientele would be quite different. I would assume that it would be more costly to be a patient at a private practice even if you have great health insurance. I truly believe that the services rendered my mental health professionals should be available to everyone in need. I don't like the idea of being in the 'business' of mental health. Also, I imagine private practice being less specialized whereas in a psychiatric hospital you might be able to work with more specific populations (e.g. mood, schizophrenia, etc). Having said that these notions aren't really based in anyone's experience that has been relayed or any other more objective sources, so if anyone could comment on what the difference between private practice and working in a public setting would be that would be great! I love the field but I am afraid that my aversion to private practice means that I should 'give up the dream' based on job outlook.
  14. I have a question/discussion topic that I have wanted to post here for a long time but have held off on posting it because I know that we are in the middle of application season and that everyone's time is probably completely dedicated to applications and everyones posts here are seeming to revolve around that... (I can't imagine how stressful it must be...) However I've decided to post it anyways. I was talking to a friend of my boyfriend who is just finishing her PhD in Clinical Psychology. The discussion I had with her quite frankly summed up to this.... in her words "clinical psychology is dying". What she meant by this was that- in her experience, and in the experiences relayed to her by colleagues, current clinicians and people in the field in general- the role of clinical psychologists is increasingly being filled by 1) psychiatrists doing increasing diagnosis and psychotherapy and 2) counsellors typically with masters level training who aren't necessarily psychologists (e.g. social workers, even occupational therapists, etc) doing psychotherapy. We were specifically discussing clinical psychologists who aren't in private practice. She indicated that she and a lot of her colleagues would end up having to go into private practice, which is obviously quite a bit different than working in a hospital setting, for example. I have been hearing about this shift toward private practice though out my undergraduate degree but, again, she said that the role of the clinical psychologist was dying outside of private practice, whereas I thought that it would still be at least possible to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist in a psychiatric hospital (I'm personally not as interested in working in private practice and want to help people within the context of a public, psychiatric hospital). I recently started an RAship at a psychiatric hospital in Toronto (CAMH) and have noticed the same trend within the programs that I have been able to be involved in. Another interesting point that she brought up was the ability to pursue the career path she would eventually be forced upon with only a masters degree (of course this varies by regional regulations... the situation in Ontario is quite interesting... licensing only differs in educational requirements but different levels of licensure (i.e. psychological associate or registered psychologist) do not differ in what they are allowed to do and their scope of practice... but I will not go into a discussion of this) A couple of important things to note before I move onto my questions... Again, I am referring to the role of clinical psychologists outside of private practice. I live in Toronto, Canada. The friend of my boyfriend is from Toronto, Canada and is finishing her PhD in Toronto, Canada. I know that this anecdotal trend may vary by region. For example, in Alberta (my home province), you can be registered as a psychologist at the masters level. A clinical psychologist who I am working with in my RAship who also happens to have lived in Alberta for a while said that more psychologists were employed in their traditional roles in Alberta than in Ontario, were we both are now. Less anecdotal data show that there is relatively a good outlook in clinical psychology (e.g. http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Psychologists.htm, http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/report-eng.do;jsessionid=04323DD3216845FF51BF5FCA8A824B94.imnav5?area=9219&lang=eng&noc=4151&action=final&s=2&source=6) However the APA seems to acknowledge the stiff competition presented my masters level counsellors to PhDs in Clinical Psychology (or even other areas) (http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2011/03/cover-sunny.aspx) So... clinical psychology graduate students, applicants, future applicants, and anyone else who cares to reply... My questions are as follows... What is your experience with the job outlook in your region? All answers would be helpful but Canadian answers would be great (and Ontario answers would be better and Toronto answers would be wonderful!) How do you go about gathering job outlook information that will shape your decisions before you are on the job market or perhaps even apply? Is information from the government sufficient or too generalized? If we assume the outlook is poor, and you know you want to serve what I am calling the 'traditional (non private practice) clinical psychologists role', what would you do? Look for a region where you can fulfil this role with clinical psychology training? Get training in another field to fill this role (e.g. psychiatry, social work, etc)?... Sorry for the long winded post (as you might imagine I'm quite invested in this... to say the least...) Thank you so much for any responses!!!!! (Sorry in advance for any typos or phrasing errors!)
  15. Hi all, I'm going into my final year of my undergrad (AHHH) and while I've had some great research opportunities and chances to publish, I'm looking to get some experience in the area that I want to pursue in grad school (Clinical (Neuro)psychology) Last year a friend of mine in my program sent out emails to profs and researchers that he was interested in in Toronto and landed an amazing research assistantship at a prominent Canadian psychiatric hospital (CAMH) I'm not finding too many RAship postings in Clinical Psychology in Toronto... Would it be appropriate to contact research scientists at hospitals about volunteering? How would I go about doing that? What do you think? Thanks!
  16. <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Soc Cog" data-cid="1057888251" data-time="1356049465"><p> Binders full of labs full of pretty girls</p></blockquote> Hahahahahahaha!
  17. That and look hot for your interviews! Joking Ish... : /
  18. Ah, yes, ok! Was definitely planning on applying to Masters programs. So, would you say if I can't easily find lists of faculty/faculty profiles/labs I should just neglect the POI aspect and apply directly to the program?
  19. Hi all! I might have posted this on a general grad cafe thread, but I like the psychology thread and I haven't posted here in a while... My predicament is this: I finally signed up for ResearchGate a couple of months ago. I LOVE IT. Highly recommend it to everyone!!! More recently, a professor at my university with followed me. I'm vaguely familiar with him, have had very limited contact with him, and he is a member of the same research centre (Centre for Vision Research) that I have a research assistantship in. Yesterday he added a new publication (on ResearchGate) in a completely different area on Neuropsychological findings in Schizophrenia (also related to vision). I was intrigued! I looked through his publications again and he certainly hasn't done research like this before. I'd like to contact him to ask about the publication and see if he intends to do any further research. This is definitely my area of interest and what I'd like to do in grad school. Moreover, I should be actively looking for a supervisor for my honours thesis that I will be doing next year. Should I contact him? Should I contact him via ResearchGate? Should I do it the old fashioned way and send him an email? What do you think?! Thanks in advance : )
  20. Hi all I'm also looking at applying to schools in Europe in general (French and English programs) I'm confused about how to address the POI issue when applying to European schools.... I can't even find faculty profiles for a lot of professors at a lot of schools... and yes, this does seem to be a trend across Europe (with the exception of the UK (who apparently don't really accept non-UK residents)). Can anyone tell me how to go about this? Do you follow the same format for Canadian/American schools (search for POI, apply to that POI, mention POI in SOP etc) Thanks in advance!
  21. Definitely wait for someone else to comment... I'm not at all familiar with the application process to Counselling programs. But I would think that you really need to get some ground work in psychology! Do you have a substantial amount of Psychology courses? If you don't I would think that you would want to have some for your sake, even if you could get admitted into a grad program! If not you could do a post-bacc program. You listed Colombia (Teacher's College) as a school of interest (not sure why). Colombia offers a post-bacc program in psychology. I would also assume your volunteer experience is irrelevant. Again I'm not familiar with Counselling program protocol but if you were applying to a more general program I think it's pretty safe to say that you shouldn't even list any of it. You would probably also want to get some relevant experience.
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