Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency – Roseville/Sacramento

We are committed to nurturing and integrating diversity training into all aspects of our neuropsychology postdoctoral residency program by:

• Providing residents with opportunities to work with patients who represent various aspects of diversity, including age, religion, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, values, lifestyle and disability status.
• Placing a high value on residents’ willingness to engage in self-reflection and learning and supporting the exploration of attitudes, beliefs and therapeutic postures that could impact clinical interactions.
• The Regional Mental Health Training Program’s Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee also organizes advanced trainings that promote cultural competency and cultural sensitivity and coordinates a voluntary Mentorship Program in which interested residents are matched with licensed clinicians.

Our program partners with the UC Davis Medical Center, Department of Neurology, for monthly neuropsychology didactics, Clinical Pathological Conference and Neurology Grand Rounds.

Didactic topics include:

• Neuroanatomy Series
• Clinical Syndromes
• DBS for Movement Disorders
• Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
• Cultural Diversity in Neuropsychology
• Neuroimaging
• PTSD and Neuropsychology
• Performance and Symptom Validity
• Sports Concussion Management
• Board Certification in Neuropsychology

In addition to Neuropsychology Didactics, residents can access a wide variety of regional training seminars. The current seminar schedule with a list of speakers and topics can be found on the Regional Mental Health Training Program website.

• Movement Disorders Neuroscience Team Conference
• Sports Medicine Case Conference
• Genetic Movement Disorders Case Conference
• Multidisciplinary Dementia Case Consultation
• Epilepsy Case Conference
• Assessment Case Consultation

The Roseville and Sacramento training team consists of highly skilled clinicians who are also recognized as leaders within our medical system and the community.

Training follows an apprenticeship model and residents receive a minimum of 4 hours of supervision per week, which can include individual & group supervision. The training team is committed to providing high-quality, rigorous, and well-rounded training to residents. Therefore, there is a strong emphasis on knowledge building, skills acquisition, and ethical and cultural competency. We also value work-life balance and self-care as being essential to
effective clinical practice.

Reflecting Kaiser Permanente’s core commitment to mental health and wellness in our communities, each trainee will spend at least 32 hours during their training year on a Community Partnership Project that focuses on improving health and/or mental health in the local community beyond our Kaiser Permanente patient members.

The goal of this project is to provide outreach to underserved populations. Anchors for the project include developing alliances with individuals and/or systems to improve the lives of those served; providing education and training based on the empirical literature; and presenting relevant outcomes data to partnership stakeholders.

Projects are developed in conjunction with the site training director and can take a wide range of forms. Many Community Partnership Projects entail psychoeducational programs at local high schools or community centers (e.g., support groups).

The focus of this residency is clinical with an emphasis in Adult Neuropsychological Evaluation. Residents complete a minimum of 50% clinical time in Neuropsychology across the two-year residency.

Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity is central to every aspect of training, supervision, and neuropsychology practice. This includes how we approach assessment interviewing, provision of meaningful feedback, selection of measures and normative samples, diagnostic formulation, and report preparation. Through seminar topics, supervision, and clinical practice, residents build the foundation to engage in lifelong learning to provide competent neuropsychological evaluation and intervention services.

The focus of the training program is primarily clinical, with an emphasis in Adult Outpatient Neuropsychology and Sports Medicine Concussion Management. The program is comprised of rotations that are coordinated simultaneously at two training sites: Kaiser Roseville Medical Center & Kaiser Sports Medicine Center, located at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

The Neuropsychology Service in Roseville provides comprehensive outpatient neuropsychological evaluations. Patients with a wide range of presenting problems are referred through the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Based on a consultative model of practice, our Neuropsychologists work within multidisciplinary teams throughout the medical center.

The Sports Medicine Center is in Sacramento and co-located at the Golden One Center, home of the Sacramento Kings. Concussion management is offered through a multidisciplinary team of physicians, neuropsychologists, and physical therapists.

Training Opportunities Include:

• Comprehensive Neuropsychological Evaluation with a wide range of patients referred by the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and PM&R
• Presurgical evaluations for Movement Disorders and Epilepsy with case presentation to a multidisciplinary team
• Genetic Movement Disorders-Multidisciplinary Clinic, brief neuropsychological screening and treatment (3rd Monday of the month).
• Sports Medicine: Post-concussion assessment and treatment in compliance with CA State Law Return to Play Protocol
• Dementia Clinic/Memory Care
• Neurosurgery/Language Mapping/Wada