JOURNEY TO PSYCHOLOGIST

NAVIGATING AN unstructured INTERNSHIP DURING LOCKDOWN

During May 2020, SIOPSA hosted three online focus group discussions aimed at gaining input from Emerging Psychologists busy with their unstructured internships.  Covid-19 brought with it a set of unplanned challenges that could not have been foreseen by anyone, let alone the interns.  Lockdown forced the interns to continue with their journey being separated from colleagues at work to that of solitude within a home environment.  Remote office communication and in certain instances no communication had to be dealt with.

In conclusion, the SIOPSA Vision Forward Committee, in collaboration with the panel members/facilitators, compiled a document that describes the immediate details and practical implications of having to navigate an unstructured internship.  The immediate details can be found in the document below.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

SIOPSA acknowledges and thank the following volunteers who dedicated their time toward this initiative.

Dr Natasha Winkler-Titus, SIOPSA President-Elect 2019/2020; Organizational Psychologists and Independent OD Consultant

Dr Ruwayne Kock, Independent IOP, HPCSA Registered

Dr Inette Taylor, Psychologist, Coach and Artist in private practice; SIOPSA Executive Member and Chair of Interest Group in Systems Psychodynamics of Organisations

Monique Sloan, IOP, Data and Research enthusiast

Kirstie Meehan Vosloo, Emerging Industrial Psychologist

Dr Sharon Munyaka, IOP and Executive Member of SIOPSA: Chair for Interest Group in Psycho-Legal

Louise Coetzee, Industrial Psychologist at Louise M Coetzee Independent Practice, SIOPSA Executive Member and Chair of Portfolio Professional Practice