Levels and patterns of professional training in psychology : conference proceedings, Vail, Colorado, July 24-31, 1973 / edited by Maurice Korman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Korman, Maurice.

American Psychological Association.

Conference Name:

National Conference on Levels and Patterns of Professional Training in Psychology (1973 : Vail, Colo.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Study and teaching (Graduate)--Congresses.

Psychology.

Psychology--Study and teaching (Graduate).

Psychology--education.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology--education.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

[Washington] : American Psychological Association, [1976]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The National Conference on Levels and Patterns of Professional Training in Psychology took place, with high hopes, in the summer of 1973. The Vail Conference began the process of dealing with the central issue: "What is the journeyperson entry level into professional psychology?" It took a stab at what a likely answer might be: Master's-level training, developed through programs characterized by strict quality control, can provide the required skills and competencies. It opened the door to a reconceptualization of professional psychology as a multilevel applied discipline that is held together simultaneously by a scientific discipline and by an underlying psychological service orientation cast in a framework of a fluid career lattice. There are many psychological tasks needed by a growing population living in an increasingly complex society. It is not feasible that only a core of individuals professionally trained to the highest level be the exclusive dispensers of face-to-face services, particularly if it turns out that the products sold by the profession's highest echelon are not easily distinguishable from the offerings of less exalted practitioners. If psychology does not respond to the demands of the market for quality low-cost services, other disciplines assuredly will. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2004 dcunns.

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