College/University Affiliations
Utah State Hospital provides educational experiences for Nursing, Social Work, Recreational Therapy, and Psychology students as well as Medical School residents from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah Valley State College, College of Eastern Utah, and Salt Lake Community College.
Pre-doctoral Psychology Internship Program
Mission
The mission of those in Psychological Services is to deliver excellent inpatient psychiatric care to those who suffer severe and/or chronic mental illness. Furthermore, we strive to provide high quality training to predoctoral psychology interns as they become integrated into the professional practice of psychology.
Intern Application Instructions
Download the Psychology Predoctoral Internship Program Manual. 
Training Philosophy
The Utah State Hospital's Psychological Services is committed to providing high quality graduate training in psychology which includes in-depth training and exposure to a variety of clinical and professional issues. The program provides interns with experiences that will make the transition from "student" to "professional" as smooth and orderly as possible. In addition to a general clinical training position, we also offer specialized areas of focus in developmental neuropsychology and law-related psychology. The internship is a training experience during which interns receive practical service-oriented experiences that add substantially to their academic training.
Social Work Internship Program
The Utah State Hospital Social Work Services is committed to providing high quality training in social work which includes an exposure to a variety of clinical experiences. The program accepts 13 social work graduate interns and 7 undergraduate interns each year. The undergraduates focus on case management type work with the patients. The graduate interns are very involved with their assigned patients' treatment planning and delivery of clinical services--individual and group therapy--as well as social histories.
Recreation Therapy Internship Program
The Utah State Hospital Social Work Services is committed to providing high quality training in social work which includes an exposure to a variety of clinical experiences. The program accepts 6 professional interns per semester. The interns work directly with the unit Recreation Therapist and function as a member of the unit treatment team. They participate in Therapeutic Recreation programming to complete the number of hours required by their college and NCTRC regulations.
Registered Nurse Clinical Rotation
Utah State Hospital includes treatment facilities for pediatrics, adults and forensic patients. Therefore, emphasis is placed on teaching nursing students to maintain personal safety, relationship security and therapeutic boundaries.
Orientation to the hospital as well as clinical rotations are offered for nursing students from Brigham Young University, Utah Valley Community College, University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, Weber State University-Uintah Basin, College of Eastern Utah, and Provo College.
Utah State Hospital also provides a half day orientation and tour program to nursing students and faculty from Davis Applied Technical College
To schedule a tour or request additional information, please contact Barbara Peterson, at 801-344-4504 or e-mail bpeterson@utah.gov.
Occupational Therapy Internship Program
The Utah State Hospital Occupational Therapy Department is committed to providing high quality training in occupational therapy, which includes an exposure to a variety of clinical experiences including work with the adult, forensics, and children's units. The program accepts a maximum of two level I interns and two level II interns per semester. We accept both COTA and OTR interns. The interns work directly with the Occupational Therapy Student Coordinator, with other members of the occupational therapy team, as well as function as a member of the treatment team on several units throughout the hospital. Students will participate in Occupational Therapy programming to complete the number of hours required by their college and NBCOT specifications. For more information contact Greg Wootton at 801-344-4330 or glwootton@utah.gov.
