Behavioral Medicine Internship Track
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Behavioral Medicine Track
The Behavioral Medicine Track offers a variety of training experiences, including:
- Behavioral Medicine Clinic (BM-IOP)
- Department of Family Medicine - Behavioral Health Consultation Clinic (BHCC)
- Hollings Cancer Center (HCC)
- Tobacco Treatment Program (TTP)
- Weight Management Clinic (WMC)
- Women's Health and High Risk OB Clinic
Behavioral Medicine Clinic (BM-IOP)
The BM-IOP rotation provides clinical experiences geared toward the delivery of psychological services to adult patients with general medical issues and chronic illnesses. Interns will gain fluency in a range of psychological/behavioral medicine services, including interviewing, assessment, psychological testing, individual psychotherapy, consultation, treatment-planning, and oral & written communication with medical specialties and interprofessional health care teams.
Location of Rotation
MUSC Institute of Psychiatry, Division of Bio-Behavioral Medicine. The BM-IOP rotation is a hybrid in-person and virtual (telemedicine) clinic.
Clinic Hours
Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.
Faculty
- Wendy Balliet, Ph.D., Professor
- Jeff Borckardt, Ph.D., Professor
- Rebeca Castellanos Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Lillian Christon, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Brian Haver, Psy.D., MPH, Assistant Professor
- Rebecca Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Stacey Maurer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Sharlene Wedin, PsyD, ABPP, Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine - Behavioral Health Consultation Clinic (BHCC)
The BHCC provides opportunities for psychology interns to work primarily within two outpatient Family Medicine clinics. Patients are referred by their treating physician for assistance with diagnostic assessment and time-limited evidence-based psychological interventions.
Location of Rotation
The BHCC at Ellis Oaks (Faculty) Clinic (James Island) and The BHCC at 30 Bee St Clinic (Downtown)
Clinic Hours
Monday and Friday from 8:20 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Faculty
- John Freedy, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Family Medicine
- Brandon Sanford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Hollings Cancer Center (HCC)
Interns provide psychological services for patients who are being treated through the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The intern provides consultation services for the various oncological treatment teams and sees individual patients for psychotherapeutic management of cancer-related psychosocial issues.
Location of Rotation
The HCC rotation is a hybrid in-person and virtual (telemedicine) clinic.
Clinic Hours
Hollings Cancer Center operating hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Faculty
- Wendy Balliet, Ph.D., Professor
- Rebeca Castellanos Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Stacey Maurer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Tobacco Treatment Program (TTP)
Clinical experiences are geared toward the delivery of psychological services to patients who smoke and have a variety of medical issues and chronic illnesses. Interns work in an outpatient clinic at Hollings Cancer Center and in all inpatient hospitals at MUSC.
Location of Rotation
Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC
Clinic Hours
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Faculty
- Benjamin Toll, Ph.D., Professor
- K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., Professor
- Alana Rojewski, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Amanda Palmer, Ph.D., Research Instructor
Weight Management Clinic (WMC)
The MUSC Weight Management Center is a multidisciplinary center that offers a full range of evidence-based weight management programs. Interns conduct psychological screenings of new/potential patients, deliver evidence-based treatment protocols, and participate in community-based and worksite weight control programs.
Location of Rotation
Weight Management Center, MUSC Health and Wellness Institute
Clinic Hours
The Weight Management Center's hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
Faculty
- Pat O'Neil, Ph.D., Professor
- Robert Malcolm, M.D., Professor
- Sarah B. Hales, Ph.D., LISW-CP, CSOWM, Assistant Professor
- Tonya Turner, RDN, MPH, Associate Director for Clinical Services
- David Sword, DPT, Exercise Specialist
- Shawn Witherspoon, Clinic Coordinator
Women's Health and High Risk OB Clinic
Patients in the Women's Health and High Risk OB Clinic are referred for psychiatric and behavioral risk factors related to pregnancy as well as outside of pregnancy. Interns work with both obstetric (OB) and gynecological (GYN) populations, screening patients for the presence of psychiatric symptoms and substance abuse risk behaviors.
Location of Rotation
The Women's Health and High Risk OB Clinic operates out of two clinical sites: one on the MUSC main campus downtown and another in North Charleston.
Clinic Hours
Hours at the downtown location are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and hours at the North Charleston location are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Faculty
- Amber Jarnecke, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Constance Guille, M.D., Professor
- Sara Witcraft, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Marie Ann Hayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
