The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin is seeking applications for a 1-year Instructor (Postdoctoral Fellowship) position in Pediatric Psychology and Developmental Medicine with a focus on Functional Disorders. The instructor will provide extensive supervised clinical experiences within the Jane B. Pettit Pain and Headache Center and the Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic with patients and their families. Clinical activities include psychological assessment and psychotherapy for children and affected families as well as consultation and liaison services to schools and other community agencies. The fellow will also participate in several interdisciplinary clinics including Functional GI Disorders Clinic, Elimination Disorders Clinic, Chronic Pain Clinic, Headache Clinic, and Comfort Ability workshops. The fellow provides care to patients in outpatient settings and collaborates closely within the broader interdisciplinary teams. Fellows are expected to carry a caseload of approximately 25 patients.
Opportunities for umbrella supervision of psychology trainees are also available. In addition to clinical care, fellows will have time allotted for administration and professional development didactics. While the Functional Disorders fellowship is primarily clinical in nature, the fellow will also have opportunities to complete a scholarly project, deliver presentations, and engage in program development. Additional details about the program can be found at: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/pediatrics/divisions/Pediatric-Psychology-and-Developmental-Medicine .
Anticipated start date is September 1, 2025.
Characteristics of an Instructor Rank appointment:
It is expected that Instructors at MCW, with the assistance of their supervisor, will:
Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
Be supervised by at least one faculty member who actively promotes the postdoc's professional development.
Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates the postdoc's career and training goals.
Participate in a scholarly project during their appointment.
Attend a weekly professional development seminar.
As postdocs are important members of the MCW community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status will be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.
Primary Functions
Under supervision, provide consultation, assessment and intervention with children and families.
Function as member of a multidisciplinary health team, attend meetings, collaborate with other members and staff.
Complete a scholarly project in line with the fellow’s career goals.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Medical College of Wisconsin
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Children’s Wisconsin and Children’s Specialty Group
Children’s Wisconsin is the state’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. With more than 1.3 million annual connections with kids and families statewide, Children’s provides a wide range of care and support — everything from routine care to lifesaving advances and treatment options, foster care and adoption services, child advocacy, and provides an insurance plan.
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