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Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) In Clinical Psychology ProgramDoctoral Project RequirementsThe Doctoral Project is a research project reflecting the student’s individual interests and provide an opportunity for the consolidation of the student’s knowledge and understanding of current research and thought in a specific area. The project is initiated by the student under the guidance of the student’s Doctoral Project Committee. The Committee is comprised of three members: a chairperson and member selected from among the faculty and a third member who may be an expert in the specific research area and who is from the greater professional community. Specific areas of research often lend themselves to varying methods of research design, and students have a range of methods available from which they may choose, including quantitative analysis; qualitative analysis (phenomenological research); the formulation of a practical application of psychological data and/or theory (demonstration project); a theoretical analysis; or a case study. All MSPP doctoral projects are published in Dissertation Abstracts International. The project is completed when it is approved by the Doctoral Project Committee and presented at a colloquium. The Colloquium is a public professional presentation as well as a celebration of the completion of a student’s work. Student NewsErin Reynolds, PsyD student, presented her research poster at the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society's 2009 Science Symposium held at MIT. The title of her project was "Flashbulb Memory for September 11th in Adults with Asperger's Syndrome." Erin's presentation evolved from her doctoral project. The Committee for her doctoral project included MSPP faculty, Drs. Stan Berman and Brian Ott and Dr. Margaret O'Connor, of the Behavioral Neurology Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Erin will be completing an APA Internship during 2009-10 at the Edith Nourse Memorial Veterans Hospital.
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