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Update from the APA Education Directorate February 2012

Update from the APA Education Directorate February 2012. Catherine L. Grus, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director, Education Directorate American Psychological Association. EdAT. Graduate Psychology Education Program Health service psychologists, interdisciplinary, underserved populations

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Update from the APA Education Directorate February 2012

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  1. Update from the APA Education DirectorateFebruary 2012 Catherine L. Grus, Ph.D.,Deputy Executive Director,Education Directorate American Psychological Association

  2. EdAT • Graduate Psychology Education Program • Health service psychologists, interdisciplinary, underserved populations • Total funding for GPE since 2002: $31.7 million

  3. Competency Benchmarks

  4. New: Benchmarks Evaluation System • Maintains consistency with benchmarks model • Organized by clusters • Behavioral anchors moved to appendix • Evaluation form(s) available on APA website • http://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/benchmarks-evaluation-system.aspx

  5. BEA Virtual Working Group on Restrictions Affecting Diversity Training in Graduate Education • Arizona, Michigan legislation • Tracking system in place • Prepare materials for programs • Values Statement of Counseling Psychology

  6. Education and Training for Health Service Psychologists Work Group(E&T 4 HSP) • APA, CCTC, COGDOP • Met 3 times • Draft blueprint March 2012

  7. Overlap

  8. Health Service Psychology

  9. 7 Major Issues Issue #1. There should be guidelines for qualifications to enter doctoral programs that prepare health service psychologists Issue #2. The competencies of psychologists who provide health services should be clearly articulated and understood by faculty, students, regulators and the public Issue #3. Psychology needs to establish the standard of self-regulation for its education and training in the profession. Issue #4. Psychology needs to evaluate and articulate the learning objectives for each level in its sequence of education and training of health service providers, as well as examine the sequence itself.

  10. Issue #5. There needs to be increased focus on competency assessment in psychology education and training for the delivery of health care services.Issue #6. The future of health service psychology rests on the integration of science and practice. Education and training should be an integrative endeavor, both within and across content and levels in the curriculum as well as across the activities of research and health service provision. Issue #7. Psychology needs more research relevant to the preparation of health service psychologists and must have a comprehensive workforce analysis.

  11. Issue #2. The competencies of psychologists who provide health services should be clearly articulated and understood by faculty, students, regulators and the public Implications for education and training: More focus on biology Interprofessional competence Self-assessment and lifelong learning Practice based research skills QI, outcomes research, program eval, needs assessment, cost-benefit models

  12. Go To:http://apaoutside.apa.org/EducCSS/Public/Comments due by: March 19, 2012

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