New system for consistency in health service psychology
APA has developed a Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties and Subspecialties that lays out consistent terms and descriptions for the levels of education and training that doctoral, doctoral internship, postdoctoral, and post-licensure programs should use to describe their coursework in health service psychology. The taxonomy aims to resolve the use of inconsistent labels to describe training program offerings, which has caused confusion within the profession and for students who want to evaluate training program offerings beyond a program’s declared specialty. APA encourages training programs to adopt the taxonomy and use the terms exposure, experience, emphasis, and major area of study to describe their offerings within APA-recognized specialties.
For complete descriptions of each instruction level and information on how to apply the taxonomy to your training program, go to What is the taxonomy?
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Save the date for APA 2022: ‘Psychology is here’
Registration opens on April 26 for this year’s annual convention. We are planning an in-person event for those who can join us in Minneapolis, August 4–6, and online convention programming for those who prefer to remain virtual. Learn more at APA 2022.
Confirmed keynote speakers (as of press time)
- Sarah Brosnan, PhD
Georgia State University - Alison Cerezo, PhD
University of California, Santa Barbara - Peter Glick, PhD
Lawrence University - James Gross, PhD
Stanford University - Lisa L. Harlow, PhD
University of Rhode Island - Carl Hart, PhD
Columbia University - Steven Regeser López, PhD
University of Southern California - Randi Martin, PhD
Rice University - Linda Mona, PhD
VA Long Beach Healthcare System - Nadine Nakamura, PhD
Alliant International University–San Diego - Laura E. O’Dell Montelongo, PhD
University of Texas at El Paso - Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, PhD
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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