Curriculum

The Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Program is designed to provide a solid foundation for general practice as a clinical neuropsychologist. The fellowship duration is two years. The program adheres to Houston Conference training guidelines, and is an APPCN member program in good standing. The goals of training are aligned with a scientist-practitioner model. We believe that clinical practice is highly benefited from participation in scientific inquiry. In turn, programmatic research is made stronger and more relevant to the populations it aims to serve by clinical involvement. Training will be focused across the core domains identified by the Houston Conference: Assessment, Treatment and Intervention, Consultation, Research, and Teaching and Supervision.

TIRR Memorial Hermann is known for offering advanced training in brain injury rehabilitation, within top-ranked inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings. In addition, it is our goal to offer a balance of training opportunities outside of brain injury, so that we may prepare fellows for future positions within a range of clinical and academic settings. Fellows gain expertise in working with a variety of patient populations spanning neurodegenerative and movement disorders, neoplastic diseases, major neurologic syndromes, psychiatric illnesses, and complex medical conditions during rotations at TIRR Memorial Hermann and partnering institutions in the Texas Medical Center. The interested fellow is able to customize his or her training by selecting experiences in a secondary area of individual interest within or outside of rehabilitation neuropsychology, facilitated through the individualized training plan developed at the outset of the first year of fellowship. A central goal of training is to prepare fellows for ABPP certification in clinical neuropsychology. These core training goals are achieved through:

• Advanced supervised clinical experiences offered at TIRR Memorial Hermann inpatient and outpatient training sites. Rotations may include opportunities to engage in supervised supervision of other trainees, such as interns and graduate students.
• Varied external specialty clinical rotation opportunities available within the Texas Medical Center
• Mentored research activity
• A comprehensive didactics program, including a nervous system & behavior course at McGovern Medical School and in-house didactics reflecting clinically relevant and ABPP-specific content