Exam 3: Careers in health psychology

Question 1

Clinical psychology

Answer 1

work with clients therapeutically ⇒ post doctoral specialization and integrated health clinic

Question 2

clinical psychology occupations

Answer 2

• Clinical health psychology
• PhD or PsyD
• Behavior specialist or technologist
  → can apply for these positions at integrative medical clinics

Question 3

clinical health psychology

Answer 3

broad training or program with faculty doing health psychology research

Question 4

Phd vs PsyD clinical

Answer 4

Phd is therapy and research but PsyD focuses on only therapy

Question 5

behavioral specialist/technologist

Answer 5

works in settings under the supervision of a psychologist

Question 6

psychology non clinical careers

Answer 6

• non clinical healthy psychology
• PhD
• research assistant

Question 7

Healthy psychology non-clinical

Answer 7

graduate programs in other areas of psychology and still do research in health psychology (faculty is important again here)
- health psychology requires a doctorate degree

Question 8

research assistant

Answer 8

good exposure for research career

Question 9

environments health psychology careers work in (5)

Answer 9

• Clinic ⇒ behavioral health or medical
• Hospital
• Academic
• Business
• Government

Question 10

what degree is needed to do therapy?

Answer 10

clinical psychology degrees

Question 11

what research opportunities does UMN have?

Answer 11

• Psychology department
• Medical school
• Public health

Question 12

what are options for outside of psychology

Answer 12

• Health coaches
• physicians
• Lifestyle medicine
• Integrative medicine