Each intern has the option to undertake a program development/evaluation project over the course of the training year. The project will be selected based upon the intern’s interests, skill set, and the availability of any ongoing projects. Interns are typically allocated the equivalent of one hour per week for this requirement. The question (or hypothesis) underlying the project should be specifically focused and the project itself should fall within the regular scope of departmental services. It may involve collecting and analyzing administrative data to improve operations, or it may be a quality improvement/assurance project whose purpose is to improve or assess Kaiser Permanente programs or procedures. If the project is designed as a human subjects’ research investigation to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge (i.e., new information that has relevance beyond the population or program from which it was collected) or is intended to be disseminated in a public forum outside of Kaiser Permanente (e.g., conference presentation, published article), then the project will require consultation with the medical center's Local Research Chair and a formal IRB review. Possible foci of program development/evaluation projects can include, but are not limited to: • Development and evaluation of a treatment group, intake procedure or other new programming • Evaluation of factors associated with treatment outcomes • An empirical needs assessment of a clinical area that would be enriched by psychological services, such as embedding psychologists in primary care or specialty medical teams • Collaboration with regional or departmental projects such as Outcomes Monitoring or ongoing Division of Research studies • Once the project is defined, the intern will submit a proposal comprised of a literature review with references and an outline of the methodology to the program evaluation supervisor. Before data collection begins, the intern should consult with the program evaluation supervisor as to which data analyses are most appropriate. The intern will meet with the program evaluation supervisor throughout the training year for mentoring and to provide updates on their progress. Interns may also share their proposals and progress with peers in group supervision sessions. The intern will keep personally identifiable information (e.g., name, medical record number) about any project participant in a secure location in the office at all times. Towards the end of the training year, the intern will be encouraged to prepare a final manuscript summarizing the entire project or may give an oral presentation of the results accompanied by a PowerPoint slide show to the target audience (i.e., department or team) who will most benefit from the information.