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Counseling psychologists have demonstrated a growing interest in the health field at a time when major changes are occurring in reimbursement and service delivery systems. In particular, the need for broad-based comprehensive treatments within cost-effective service delivery models has led to increased use of multidisciplinary staffing arrangements and increased completion among provider groups. In this article, the authors provide a historical overview of a multidisciplinary training component that has operated within a counseling psychology training program since 1979. Lessons learned from this experience are shared, and recommendations are made for the future training of counseling psychologists who seek health-related careers.

Internship application forms sent by officials from 81 Association of Professional Psychology Internship Centers (APPIC) predoctoral internship sites accredited by the American Psychological Association were examined to identify common items for the purpose of developing a single standardized questionnaire. Questions found on at least 20% of 50 application forms composed a master list against which items on the remaining 31 validation applications were compared. The final revision of the standardized questionnaire includes three additional items from the validation sample and changes suggested by 72 APPIC internship directors of training. The proposed standardized application form has 47 major questions and eight requirements; it could be made available through computer technology, duplicated, and mailed electronically by applicants.

Using color photographs donated by burned and nonburned children as stimulus materials, the authors compared attitudes of 218 practice teachers, senior nursing students, and counselors-in-training toward children and adolescents described as typical, having emotional and psychological problems, or having been severely burned and scarred. With the Adjective Generation Technique and a researcher-designed Attitude Scale, the authors found that children with severe burns and facial scarring were regarded less favorably and were given fewer predictions of future success than the other 2 groups. Significantly fewer of the students expressed a willingness to work with them, and many had little confidence that they would be able to help burned clients. Questions generated by participants concerning things they wanted to know about the 3 groups before working with them revealed that burned children were most often asked about their injuries and scarring but were rarely asked about school, leisure activities, or friends.

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