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Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship
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MEDICAL CENTER
The Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, with an attached four-story Nursing Home and three-story research building, is located on 26 acres in downtown Miami. The Medical Center provides general medical, surgical and psychiatric services to a multi-cultural veteran population and also serves as an AIDS/HIV Center, a Prosthetic Treatment Center, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitative Center, and a Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center. The Miami VA is recognized as a Center of Excellence in Spinal Cord Injury Research and in Substance Abuse Treatment. The Medical Center is a JCAHO-accredited facility operating a 243-bed tertiary care teaching hospital with 90 authorized nursing home care beds and 58 residential (mental health) beds, and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care and services to veterans in South Florida. Additionally, it is CARF-accredited in Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program-Hospital and Medical Rehabilitation Program-Spinal Cord. The Miami VAHS is also responsible for two major Satellite Outpatient Clinics located in Oakland Park (Broward County) and Key West (Monroe County) as well as Readjustment Counseling Centers in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located in Key Largo, Homestead, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Deerfield Beach, and in Coral Springs. The Miami VA Healthcare System has an Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic and Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Center located within a mile of the hospital in downtown Miami. In addition to being seen as a center of excellence for the healthcare of veterans, the 2002 David M. Worthen Award for Academic Excellence was awarded to Colleen West, PhD and Panagiota Caralis, MD, JD for their key roles in creating and nurturing innovations in clinical practice, education and research in biopsychosocial ethics, hospice, and end-of-life care. The Miami VAMC was further honored when it received the Robert W. Carey Quality Category Award (Best in VHA in 2005 and 2006), and the Carey Trophy, the highest quality award presented to an organization by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2007. The Miami VAHS also received the prestigious Governor's Sterling Award in 2007 for superiority in management and organizational performance results.
The Miami VA Healthcare System provides healthcare services to veterans throughout South Florida. In fiscal year 2006, as part of The Sunshine Network-VISN 8, the medical center had over 6,000 inpatient admissions and more than 500,000 outpatient visits. This year we are celebrating 52 years of partnership with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, our primary affiliate. Additional affiliations are with Barry University, Nova Southeastern University, Florida International University and Miami-Dade College. The VA Healthcare System Director and Chief of Staff directly administer training programs in coordination with the Dean's Committee of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Medical Center has an extensive research program concentrating on mental health, HIV, prostate cancer, infectious diseases, neurological disorders, renal disease and in diseases affecting bones and joints. Residency training programs are provided to 150+ residents in most of the medical and surgical subspecialties as well as Pathology, Pharmacy, Social Work, Audiology/Speech Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Nutrition & Food Service, Physical & Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Radiology. As a result, an active teaching role has been developed to accomplish the hospital's mission of patient care, medical education and research, and a complete range of medical, surgical and psychiatric subspecialty services are provided. Additionally, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine was awarded a $2 million grant from the DW Reynolds Foundation to train medical students and residents about the care of frail older adults in treating major geriatric syndromes competently. This program will involve the University's institutional clinical partners - Miami VAHS, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, and Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged.
A wide range of resources is available to our Psychology staff, trainees and interns. The medical center maintains a professional library with over 2500 volumes and 390 current journal subscriptions, 22 of which are journals related to Psychology. Direct access to MEDLINE, PSYCHLIT, MDConsult, PsychARTICLES, WEBMD, MICROMEDEX as well as other databases is available. Services include interlibrary loans, literature searching, database education, and meeting rooms. Additionally, access to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Library with 214,544 volumes and 1788 journal subscriptions is available to all Psychology Staff, post-doctoral fellows, and interns. Access to the University of Miami main campus library is also available to our staff and interns. Additionally, the VAHS Medical Media Service provides support for printing/copying, access to video teleconferencing resources, telemedicine and a variety of audiovisual equipment for educational purposes.
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