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- Psychology, along with other health care professions, is moving toward a competency-based model of education, training, and practice. This article describes the development and refinement of a model of professional competency for the practice of psychology.
psycnet.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/a0032415A competency model for the practice of psychology. - APA PsycNet
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This article describes the development and refinement of a model of professional competency for the practice of psychology. Sixty-nine psychologists engaged in an iterative process of feedback and refinement of the initial development of the competency model.
- Competency Initiatives in Professional Psychology
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- Competency Initiatives in Professional Psychology
Oct 16, 2017 · This study showed that students do not understand the overarching principles that drive these competencies within professional practice. Thus, the psychology competency model should also improve students’ understandings of how professional competencies are embedded and assessed at the course level.
Feb 18, 2014 · This article provides an overview of these efforts and discusses the next steps in the implementation of a competency model that is comprehensive enough to be useful, but simple enough to be used. The implications of the competency development process for training, practice, and regulation are discussed.
- Emil Rodolfa, Jeff Baker, Steve DeMers, Amy Hilson, Donald Meck, Jack Schaffer, Sheila Woody, Matt T...
- 2014
- The Competency Cube Model and Professional Psychology
- The Competency Cube Model and Clinical Health Psychology
- Competencies For Psychologists in Medical Settings
- Expanded Competencies For Psychologists in Medical Settings
- Assessment .
- Advocacy.
- Teaching.
- Professionalism.
- Interprofessionalism.
The most widely cited recent model of professional competencies in psychology is the three-dimensional “cube” model for competency development, developed out of a 2002 work group examining “Specialties and Proficiencies of Professional Psychology.” In this model, Rodolfa et al. propose a multidimensional approach to understanding the construct o...
Advances in the delineation of competencies within professional psychology continued with recent elaboration of competencies within several specialty areas, including clinical health psychology. This developed out of the recognition that while there exist many commonalities with generalist practice, significant differences do remain in knowledge, s...
Clearly, not every psychologist practicing in a medical setting identifies as a specialist in clinical health psychology. Clinical psychologists without specialty training in health psychology may find themselves working in hospital-based outpatient mental health clinics, involved with medical specialties to provide assistance with weight managemen...
The competency literature described above clearly identifies a broad range of core competencies for professional psychologists, as well as for clinical health psychologists. A close review does reveal, however, some gaps in the delineation of core knowledge and skill competencies for clinical psychologists in medical settings. These areas are summa...
First, in the area of assessment, entry-level psychologists in medical settings need to have knowledge of assessment measures specific to the medical condition being treated. Numerous measures have been developed and normed for specific medical conditions. For example, a psychologist working with patients in a pain management program would benefit ...
As discussed earlier, the identified core competencies for professional psychology include competencies focused on advocacy . However, competencies in advocacy knowledge and skills are not clearly identified for the specialty of clinical health psychology . Clearly, though, psychologists working in medical settings should demonstrate an ability to ...
Within the area of supervision and training, France et al. proposed that the “entry-level clinical health psychologist will be able to…provide effective instruction and supervision in psychology both to psychology trainees and across disciplines and across levels of training” (p. 579). To function optimally in medical settings, psychologists must ...
Several aspects of competencies related to professionalism deserve greater clarification and delineation. In addition to aspects described in the existing competency literature, psychologists working in medical settings should demonstrate appropriate professionalism through actions such as pursuing continuing education opportunities focused on heal...
The attitudes and skills needed to function optimally in medical settings clearly include appropriate interaction and collaboration across a variety of medical disciplines. This concept is recognized in the existing health psychology competency literature through the inclusion of several consultation competencies that bear on interprofessionalism ....
- Anne C. Dobmeyer, Anderson B. Rowan
- 2014
APA promotes excellence in professional psychology education and training through best practices in defining and measuring competence, including assessment measures.
Oct 17, 2017 · The findings of our study showed that the competency framework for school psychologists in Vietnam includes three main components: (1) professional knowledge, (2) counseling skills, and (3 ...
This article discusses four essential factors for establishing a competency model in the education and training of professional psychologists. These include the endorsement of a competency model by all training levels; a game plan outlining the accountabilities of each level; a set of accepted tools for assessing competencies; and ...
