Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia

General information
For the purposes of qualifying to practice the profession of psychologist, students enrolled in the LM-51 qualifying degree courses must obtain 20 ECTS credits, of which:
- 18 ECTS, equal to 450 hours, through carrying out the practical-evaluative internship (hereinafter TPV) at external bodies already affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology;
- 2 ECTS, equal to 50 hours, carried out and managed internally within the LM-51 Study Course.
Only and exclusively for students who have not achieved, all or in part, the 10 credits of professional training activities required during the degree courses in Psychological Sciences and Techniques class L-24, the number of TPV credits can increase up to a maximum of 28 (therefore for a total of hours up to a maximum of 700). For these students it will be possible to carry out at the Institution the CFU of TPV professional activities not acquired in the L-24 in addition to the 18 expected, by inserting the total number of CFU in the training project signed by the manager of the Institution and the Trainee.
The 18 credits of TPV take the form of professional training activities to be carried out atexternal bodies already affiliated with the Faculty and supervised by a tutor within the body (a psychologist registered in the professional register of psychologists section A for at least three years).
The timing of the TPV to be carried out during the course of study is articulated in the teaching regulations of each course (consult the "Training path" page of your study course: https://web.uniroma1.it/fac_medpsico/didattica/offerta-formativa/corsi-di-laurea-e-laurea- magistrale).
After completing the TPV with a positive outcome, the student will be able to access the Practical Evaluative Test (hereinafter PPV), an essential prerequisite for accessing the graduation session. Both the agreement with the institutions and the offer/request for an internship are carried out only through the Internship Management System.
At the following links there are the manuals prepared for the use of the Internship management system:

• Instruction manual for the use of the internship management system for students
• Instruction manual for the use of the internship management system for institutions

Preliminary information for carrying out the internship: Before carrying out the TPV at the Institution, make sure you:

• have downloaded the attendance record
• for the internship abroad, have downloaded the necessary forms.

General questions:
Where can the 18 CFU of TPV be completed?
The TPV can be carried out at public bodies, healthcare facilities, private bodies or third sector bodies (in any region of Italy) that have the appropriate active agreement with the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology.
The list of bodies recognized as suitable and affiliated can be consulted by future interns in the Internship management system.

In the presence of this agreement, Sapienza University of Rome will be able to insure the interns with INAIL insurance against accidents at work and with an insurance company for civil liability against third parties. Details of the insurance policies are available on the Student Insurance Policies website | Sapienza University of Rome (uniroma1.it.
The number of trainees that each organization can welcome is at the discretion of the organization in compliance with the general rules established by the Agreement between the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology and the Order of Psychologists of the Lazio Region.
The signing of the agreement is subject to the approval of the Institution by the Integrated Commission of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology and the Order of Psychologists of Lazio.
What are the start dates and application periods for the internship?
The starting dates for the application shown in the following table must be mandatorily respected:

Start date of internship	End date of internship	Start date of application	End date of application	Deadline for uploading the Training Project by the Institution
15 September	14 September of the following year	5 June 0.00 am	10 July 11.59 pm	25 July 11.59 pm
15 January	14 January of the following year	5 October 0.00 am	10 November 11.59 pm	25 November 11.59 pm
15 May	14 May of the following year	5 March 0.00 am	10 April 11.59 pm	25 April 11.59 pm

At the end of the application period, the organization must refuse the requests of unsuccessful candidates.
Please remember that, for LM-51 degree courses, it is possible to consult the calendar of the thesis periods (and the respective deadlines) at the following link:
https://web.uniroma1.it/fac_medpsico/Informazioni_generali#SESSIONI%20E% 20DEADLINES)

Operational Issues:
What are the methods and times for carrying out the TPV?
The methods and times for carrying out the TPV are described in the teaching regulations of each course (consult the "Training path" page of your study programme:
https://web.uniroma1.it/fac_medpsico/didattica/offerta-formativa/corsi-di-laurea-e-laurea-magistrale). The tutor will evaluate, together with the intern, the best temporal organization of the internship activity within the limits of the foreseen period. A maximum of 40 hours per week is recommended. The TPV must be carried out in person.

What must the student do to apply for TPV?
The instructions for submitting the application through the Internship Management Software can be found in the Instruction Manual for using the Internship Management Software for students.
In short, to apply for TPV, the student must:
1. access the Internship management system using your Infostud or SPID or CIE identification number and password (as for accessing Infostud). In the management system it is possible to:

• select your course of study and view the affiliated institutions suggested by the course;
• view the deadlines for submitting the application;

2. apply to the chosen body during the application period;
3. download the attendance record (which in addition to the formal attestation of attendance, includes the evaluation of the skills shown by the intern and the suitability judgment issued by the tutor); the attendance record (booklet) must be completed and signed by the intern and the tutor.

How do TPV registration, evaluation and attestation take place?
The TPV activities are recorded in a special booklet filled in and signed by the Trainee and countersigned by the Tutor. The Booklet is the document in which the intern's activity is recorded, evaluated and certified. In particular:

• the daily and overall attendance/hours of TPV of the Trainee at the Institution's headquarters are recorded (with the indication of date, time, activity, signature of the Trainee and the Tutor);
• the skills acquired with the TPV by the Trainee are evaluated through the indication of scores (A: Excellent; B: Excellent; C: Good; D: Sufficient; E: insufficient) on each of the expected professional skills;
• passing the TPV is certified by indicating a final suitability assessment signed by the Tutor and the organisation's corporate manager.

What happens if the Trainee does not obtain TPV eligibility from the Institution?
The student who obtains a negative evaluation of the internship activities (NOT suitable) will have to repeat the TPV, or part of it, at another institution and acquire the aforementioned judgment of suitability for the purposes of participating in the qualifying final exam.

What to do at the end of the internship?
Please remember that the TPV is considered passed once the suitability judgment has been obtained from the Institution's Tutor. Upon achieving the required 18 credits (450 hours), the intern must:
1. fill out the evaluation questionnaire in the ''Internships'' area of the Internship management system;
2. upload the booklet in PDF format (completed, signed and stamped) relating to the TPV carried out on the Internship Management Software by accessing the "Internships" area no later than 3 days after the end of the internship (please remember that uploading the booklet is mandatory for students purposes of access to the PPV). The booklet uploaded to the management system is approved by the Student Secretariat and allows access to the PPV and the final exam (graduation session);
3. declare the completion of the internship by accessing the “Internships” area and clicking on “Declaration completion of the internship”;
4. prepare the final report of the internship year (max 3/4 pages in total), signed by the intern and countersigned by the tutor and send it to the email address of your study programme.

Is it possible to suspend the TPV?
It is not possible to suspend the TPV. If it is impossible, for serious and documented reasons, to continue the internship within the expected time frame, the intern must promptly contact the Student Administrative Secretariat (segrstudenti.psicologia@uniroma1.it). The evaluation and solution of the case is submitted to the judgment of the Integrated Commission and the President of the relevant Study Course.

Information on Institutions:

What to do to establish agreements with new organizations in Italy?
Organizations that do not yet have an active agreement must:

• register on the Internship management system;
• follow the procedure reported in the instruction manual for the use of the internship management system for institutions to request accreditation;
• upload the required documentation.

Registration can only take place in the three foreseen periods:
- 1-31 October;
- February 1-28;
- May 1-31.

Proposals for agreements with new bodies are subject to approval by the Faculty-Order Integrated Commission; only after approval is the agreement signed with the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, which lasts three years. We remind you of the prerequisites that the organization must satisfy for the purposes of requesting an agreement:

• have been established for at least three years;
• have a psychologist tutor on staff (registered in the professional register of psychologists section A for at least three years) who maintains a continuous, consolidated and renewable collaborative relationship with the organization over time.

The new approved and affiliated bodies are visible to students on the Internship Management System starting from the following application period.

How should an organization already having an agreement proceed to welcome interns?
Institutions with an active agreement that intend to welcome interns must:

• access your reserved area on the Internship management system;
• offer internship positions (open the internship period);
• screen, select and confirm trainees' applications;
• upload the training project of the selected trainees.

At the following link there is the instruction manual for the use of the internship management system for institutions (link shortly).

Who is the internship tutor and what does he do?
The tutor is a psychologist registered in the professional register (in section A) for at least three years with a position at the host institution who, for the entire duration of the internship, has the functions envisaged by the Convention of the Order of Psychologists of the Lazio Region and the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology of April 12, 2023. Each tutor can supervise up to a maximum of five trainees at the same time, regardless of the number of locations in which he or she operates (the tutor declares and undersigns, pursuant to Presidential Decree 445/2000, that the number of trainees in the psychological area he supervises is not greater than five in total). The tutor fills in and signs the attendance record and issues the suitability assessment for the validity of the internship carried out.
In the event that the tutor has to interrupt the assignment for any reason, even of a temporary nature, the Institution must replace him with a psychologist on staff who meets the requirements established by the Agreement. The institution will communicate the replacement of the tutor to the Integrated Commission by sending an email to tirocinipsicologia@uniroma1.it. If the interruption of the assignment, even if temporary, occurs during the supervision of an internship, it must also be reported in the Internship Management System (Application Area) by clicking on the "TRAINING PROJECT" icon and inserting the information in the appropriate notes "CHANGE TUTOR". Also in this case the tutor must be replaced by a psychologist registered in the Professional Register of Psychologists for at least three years.

Can the TPV be carried out abroad?
The internship can be carried out abroad, subject to authorization from your Course of Study and approval from the Integrated Commission.
In order to carry out the internship at a foreign institution, the intern must independently contact the institution and send the following documentation via email to the Internship Office (tirocinipsicologia@uniroma1.it), during the three foreseen periods:

• motivation letter from the intern;
• Degree Course authorization letter;
• the data of the foreign organization and the activities it carries out in accordance with the provisions of current legislation on the TPV;
• the data of the tutor psychologist, appointed to the foreign institution, authorized to practice in his/her country;
• the Institution's favorable opinion to welcome the intern;
• the program of TPV activities proposed by the tutor psychologist.

All the documents from the Institution side must be provided with stamps and signatures from the responsible person(s) from the Institution by specifying the role of the signing person.

The documentation must be sent to the Internship Office during the three foreseen periods:

• October 1-31;
• February 1-28;
• May 1-31.

The Integrated Commission (Faculty-Order) evaluates the information sent and judges the foreign institution suitable or unsuitable for carrying out the TPV.

If the foreign organization is deemed suitable by the Integrated Commission, the Internship Office starts the process for signing the agreement, which lasts one year.

Once the agreement has been activated, the intern must:

• submit the application and the training project duly completed, signed and stamped by the Institution via email to the Student Secretariat (segrstudenti.psicologia@uniroma1.it) during the foreseen application periods;
• download and fill in the attendance booklet ;
• once the TPV (18 CFU, 450 hours) is finished, send a scan of the booklet (completed, signed and stamped) to the email address segrstudenti.psicologia@uniroma1.it.

While carrying out Erasmus activities, it is possible, in the ways and times established by this Regulation, to request an agreement with a foreign institution where you want to carry out the TPV.

Regulatory references and contacts

Reference legislation
- Law 8 November 2021 n. 163
- Interministerial Decree n. 654 of 05.07.2022

Internal internship commission and Integrated Faculty-Order Commission
An internal internship commission is active at the Faculty. The Commission is chaired by the Dean of the Faculty (or his delegate) and by a representative for each of the three psychology departments of the Faculty. The internal Commission monitors TPV activities through analysis of available data, reports any critical issues to the Faculty, the Presidents of the LM-51 courses or the Integrated Commission (see below) and promotes quality assurance of the planned activities.

For the evaluation of the bodies to be affiliated with and for other general purposes, the Internship Commission is integrated by an equal number of members of the Council of the Order of Psychologists of the Lazio Region.The Faculty-Order Integrated Commission meets at least three times a year (during the months of March, June and November) to evaluate the bodies to be affiliated with the Faculty. The Integrated Commission may authorize derogations from this regulation following assessment of exceptional situations. The Integrated
Commission may also provide for the suspension of an Agreement following serious reports of non-compliance by the Institution with the provisions of current legislation or with the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Italian Psychologists.

Contacts
For critical issues relating to the internship application and in particular:

• management of applications
• critical issues in registering candidates on the internship management system
• inclusion of the training project on internship management
• submission of the internship application with a paper procedure (for internships abroad)
• filling in the attendance book

write to: segrstudenti.psicologia@uniroma1.it

For information and assistance relating to:

• agreements activated
• activation of agreements with Italian or foreign bodies
• critical issues in the registration and agreement of the Institutions to the internship management
• reporting critical issues during the internship

write to: tirocinipsicologia@uniroma1.it