* Other clinical and/or administrative duties as indicated and assigned by supervisor
* Attend in-service training programs, case conferences, didactic seminars, and various mental health lectures that occur on a weekly basis (with psychology faculty, fellows, residents and interns). A wide variety of topics in behavioral healthcare are covered in these educational activities including but not limited to:

* Assessment and diagnosis
* Individual, group and family therapy

* Mental health administration and service delivery
* Diversity, cross cultural and individual differences
* Health psychology
* Anxiety, affective and psychotic disorders
* Addictions
* Professional practice issues
* Professional ethics, mental health law and procedure
* Eating disorders, geropsychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry
* Psychopharmacology
* Training Contracts and Supervision

While some undergraduate and graduate training programs in the behavioral health field have established and specific requirements for practicum experiences, some do not. There are programs that use fixed training contracts while others allow practicum experiences to be individually designed by the student and the agency. Where feasible, the Friends Hospital externship program will attempt to meet an applicants program specific contractual requirements for clinical experience, training and supervision. It is incumbent upon the student to know what these requirements are and to monitor compliance. In cases where there is no pre-existing training contract from the students school, the externship program will create one with the extern, which will include the following information:

* Specific start and end dates for the duration of the students experience
* Delineation of the minimum hours per week and days of service
* Description of the types of clinical and training activities the student will participate in
* If indicated, a clear description of any and all boundaries or limitations on the students activities
* Delineation of the students reporting relationships and names, titles and functions of all supervisory personnel
* Clinical, administrative or other personal training goals
* Description of evaluation procedures

Both externship tracks are designed to offer exposure to multiple levels of clinical and administrative supervision. Basic supervisory coverage is as follows:
* All externs will receive a hospital based clinical and administrative orientation.