COURSEWORK:

INFORMATION FOR CURRENT MFT STUDENTS

Graduate students already enrolled in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at SPU may add 15 additional credits focused on medical family therapy in order to receive the certificate. (Psychopharmacology is a required course in the MFT program and Medical Family Therapy may be taken to fulfill an elective requirement).

The certificate in MDFT can be earned during or after completion of the MFT program. Below are links to the three approved program plans for combining the MFT Masters and the MDFT certificate.

MDFT 2 +1 Program Plan (PDF)
MDFT 3-Year Program Plan (PDF)
MDFT 3+Year Program Plan (PDF)

CORE COURSES
Courses	Credits
Psychopharmacology, Physiology and Medical Issues (Autumn)	3 (MFT requirement)
Medical Family Therapy (Winter)	3 (MFT elective)
Beliefs, Spirituality and Health (Spring)	3
Applied Medical Family Therapy (Summer)	3
Practicum
12-month clinical practicum	8
Total	20

MEDICAL INTERNSHIP
In the late summer early fall after all coursework is complete, students will be placed in a year long internship 10 hours a week in an outpatient medical clinic. Students will have a chance to discuss internship placement possibilities prior to placement. Clinics range from Family Medicine, Oncology, Rheumatology, Women's Health, and other specialty medicine sites. Students will work alongside physicians, nurses, and staff providing on-site psychosocial care. They will be actively involved in charting, consulting with medical team, program development, and clinical treatment. Clinic schedule will be determined in consideration of clinic need, space restrictions and student's availability. During the internship year students will also be enrolled in the practicum supervision course once a week on campus.