Student Employment
The Department of Family and Community Medicine's Family Medical Therapy Program offers its students internships, fellowships and graduate assistantships.
Clinical Internship
The advanced clinical internship is a paid position for doctoral students. Interns work a total of 16 hours (two full days) and provide health care services in both family medicine and a specialty area of medicine.
- Behavioral health services at SLUCare Family Medicine clinics
- Behavioral health services and/or observations in SLUCare specialty department, such as psychiatry, internal medicine or obstetrics and gynecology
- Routine behavioral health huddles with physicians and nurses
- Team meetings at clinics
- In-service talks with providers and staff at clinical sites
Applicants must have completed two years of coursework and must currently be taking internship credits.
Graduate Assistantship
Graduate assistants primarily serve as research assistants for department faculty. They help with data collection and management, data analysis, writing, presentations and publications. They also gain experience teaching and perforing administrative tasks.
Graduate assistants work 20 hours per week for 11 months (Aug. 1 to June 30). The position includes a stipend as well as a two-semester tuition scholarship.
- Be or become full-time students during the assistantship period
- Attend mandatory orientation
- Hold no other employment
- Strong academic record
- Strong computer and writing skills
- Research experience (preferred)
- Flexibile schedule
- Ability to work collaboratively and with minimal direction
- Demonstrated benefit assistantship would have on career goals
- Financial need
The department awards a limited number of assistantships each year. Applicants should apply by January 1.
Complete the graduate assistantship application and email it to mary.donjon@health.slu.edu. Use the subject line: Application for Assistantship - [Your Name].
If the application cannot be emailed, mail it to:
Medical Family Therapy Program
Attn: Admission Committee
Saint Louis University
Morrissey Hall, Suite 1101
3700 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The pre-doctoral fellowship is an advanced training position that prepares graduate students for a future role in academic, family medicine, health care or a medically based setting. Fellows work 20 hours per week for 11 months. Department faculty help coordinate the fellowship schedule and offer mentorship. Students will practice at one of three SLUCare sites and work in specialty areas of medicine.
- Work with research faculty on multiple projects
- Provide clinical service across health care sites
- Teach family medicine residents about behavioral health and psychosocial areas of care
- Supervise Medical Family Therapy master's students in hospital and primary care settings
- Submit peer-reviewed publications and present at regional and national conferences
- Doctoral candidate from a COAMFTE-accredited marriage and family therapy program
- Coursework and experience in medical family therapy
- Licensed or provisionally licensed marital and family therapist in Missouri
- Knowledge of research field-related terminology
- Ability to independently manage a work schedule
Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Fellowship for Children and Youth (IBHP-CY)
The IBHP-CY Fellowship provides training with community partners serving youth who are racially/ethnically diverse, LGBTQIA+ or at risk for bullying, family problems or poor behavioral health outcomes. Fellows are supervised by licensed behavioral health professionals.
Fellows receive mentorship from the following professionals:
- Clinical psychologist
- Licensed marriage and family therapist
- Public health professional
- Social worker
In this annual competition, interprofessional teams formulate evidence-based, culturally competent treatment plans for specific youth cases. Fellows develop team-based skills such as effective communication and mutual respect.