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To improve knowledge of and encourage testing for HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted diseases among inmates, Albany Medical College and the New York State Department of Corrections developed a peer-led videotape and comic-book-style pamphlet. Inmates assigned to an intervention group viewed the videotape and pamphlet and completed pre- and posttest questionnaires; a control group did not. Both groups completed a risk assessment and testing request form. Analysis sought to detect testing request differences between groups and changes in disease knowledge among intervention group participants. Although more intervention participants requested testing, the differences were not statistically significant. After viewing the videotape, significantly more inmates agreed that communicable diseases are treatable (78.3%), that not all have symptoms (70.8%), and that a positive diagnosis is not a death sentence (82.5%). Videotapes and pamphlets can improve inmate knowledge, information retention, attitudes, and requests for communicable disease testing.

What are students' experiences in applying for internships? Although the preponderance of recent internship literature addresses marketplace issues and competitive strategies, narratives of the applicants' experiences have been largely absent. Using an interpretive approach, 4 recent internship applicants reflect on the process of applying for internships as it contributes to the development of becoming a psychologist. The authors highlight 3 values of professional practice-community, respect, and authenticity-that can inform the dialogue of internship reform and suggest practical implications for student applicants, internship training directors, directors of clinical training, and the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. Stedman (1997) described the internship applicants' process as a "quest for the internship holy grail" (p. 479). Yet, in 22 years of articles, conferences, and books published on the internship process, very few studies have focused on the phenomenology of that quest from the viewpoint of the applicants. Current discussions of the predoctoral internship application and selection experience tend to focus on two interrelated issues: (1) the disparities between supply and demand and the subsequent anxiety, competitiveness, and even despair of students pursuing an internship (e.g., Constantine & Keilin, 1996;Constantine, Keilin, Litwinowicz, & Romanus, 1997;Gloria & Robinson, 1994); and (2) strategies for success that are targeted toward prospective internship applicants

is a Research Fellow on the EPSRC An Internet of Soft Things project and after having trained as a textile designer made a career change into person centred psychotherapy which she now practices.