Psychology of the Scientist: LXXXI. Professional School and Traditional Program Graduates: Comparison on Measures of Achievement in Clinical Psychology

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 951-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer ◽  
Marie E. Tomeo ◽  
Stephen R. Pointkowski ◽  
David Mitroff ◽  
Ronda N. Niederhauser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Professional Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
Traditional Program ◽  
Traditional Programs

Clinical psychologists who graduated from traditional programs and those who graduated from professional schools were compared on both scientifically and professionally oriented criteria of achievement and recognition. Upon controlling for year of graduation from a doctoral program, the professional school graduates were less likely to be APA fellows, less likely to be on the editorial board of specified research oriented journals in clinical psychology, less likely to have diplomate status in the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), less likely to have been president of state psychological associations, and less likely to have been APPIC internship directors.

Comparing Professional Schools and Traditional Clinical Program Faculty on Measures of Professional and Scientific Achievement

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-840
Author(s):  
Mindy Jane Tews ◽  
Donald I. Templer ◽  
Shelley Stokes ◽  
Valerie Forward
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Professional Psychology ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Psychology Programs ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Clinical Psychology Programs ◽  
Traditional Programs ◽  
Clinical Program

474 faculty in 56 professional clinical psychology programs were compared with 972 faculty from 157 traditional clinical psychology programs. The faculty in the professional programs were more likely to be licensed (93% to 85%) and to be diplomates of the American Board of Professional Psychology (15% to 11%, respectively). The faculty in traditional programs averaged more publications (35 vs 17) and citations, and they were more likely to be fellows of the American Psychological Association (26% to 11%). These differences appear congruent with the different missions and objectives of the two types of programs. There were no differences in the number of years since the doctorate, used as a measure of professional experience.

Addendum to Concerns about Professional Schools

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Professional School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
American Psychologist ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Clinical Psychology Graduate Students

The present research adds to the October 2004 comments in the American Psychologist of Templer and Arikawa who reported that traditional clinical psychology graduate students had greatly higher mean GRE scores than professional school students. The traditional and professional students had mean undergraduate GPAs of 3.62 ( SD = .13) and 3.36 ( SD = .14), respectively. The mean respective percentages of applicants to 148 traditional and 50 professional programs accepted were 10.4 CSD = 9.5) and 44.4 ( SD =19.5), respectively.

The Boulder Model Revisited: The Training of the Clinical Psychologist for Research

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Frank
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Model Program ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Current Formulation ◽  
Clinical Program

The participants at the 1949 Boulder Conference on training espoused noble goals, amongst them being that clinicians should be contributors to the science of psychology as well. The error they made was to think that all students in clinical psychology should be or even could be interested in learning how to do research. Participants of the 1965 Chicago Conference on training recommended revising the Boulder philosophy; viz., not every student in a clinical program should have to learn how to do research, but those students who do, should have a program which could train them accordingly. The opinion was expressed at this Conference that the Boulder Model program did not do an effective job in training people for research. Since the current formulation of the Boulder Model program is not that different from the 1965 model, we must assume that the recommendation to develop a doctoral program for students of clinical psychology who are interested in being researchers has not been done. Sophisticated researchers now take years to develop; they do not enter their professional positions well trained; many years of trial-and-error groping with research strategies eventually helps a person become a competent researcher. However, that is an inefficient way of educating clinical psychologists for research and unsound pedagogically. Suggestions are made as to how the current clinical program can be modified so as to help train researchers more effectively.

Introduction to the special section on Increasing Replicability, Transparency, and Openness in Clinical Psychology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L Tackett ◽  
Josh Miller
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Existing Problems

As psychological research comes under increasing fire for the crisis of replicability, attention has turned to methods and practices that facilitate (or hinder) a more replicable and veridical body of empirical evidence. These trends have focused on “open science” initiatives, including an emphasis on replication, transparency, and data sharing. Despite this broader movement in psychology, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists have been largely absent from the broader conversation on documenting the extent of existing problems as well as generating solutions to problematic methods and practices in our area (Tackett et al., 2017). The goal of the current special section was to bring together psychopathology researchers to explore these and related areas as they pertain to the types of research conducted in clinical psychology and allied disciplines.

Enhancing the contribution of clinical psychology: an under-utilised workforce in public mental health services

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622199264
Author(s):  
Henry Jackson ◽  
Caroline Hunt ◽  
Carol Hulbert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Pathways To Care ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Public Mental Health Services

Objective: Clinical psychologists are practitioners with expertise in mental health, who apply advanced psychological theory and knowledge to their practice in order to assess and treat complex psychological disorders. Given their robust specialised mental health training, clinical psychology is an integral component of the Australian mental health workforce, but is under-utilised. Recent reviews have identified significant problems with Australia’s mental health system, including unequal access to clinical psychology services and fragmentation of service delivery, including convoluted pathways to care. Conclusions: Clinical psychology is well placed to contribute meaningfully to public mental health services (PMHS). We describe what clinical psychologists currently contribute to team-based care in PMHS, how we could further contribute and the barriers to making more extensive contributions. We identify significant historical and organisational factors that have limited the contribution made by clinical psychologists and provide suggestions for cultural change to PMHS.

Research Mentoring and Women in Clinical Psychology

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith-Anne Dohm ◽  
Wendy Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Main Question ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Research Mentor

The main question explored in this study is whether a woman's choice to do research during her career as a clinical psychologist is associated with having had a research mentor. A sample of 616 women, all members of the American Psychological Association holding a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, completed a survey about their experience with a research mentor. The data show that research mentoring is positively related to a woman in clinical psychology doing research and whether she, in turn, becomes a research mentor for others. The responses of the participants suggest that a model of mentoring that involves relevant training and practical experience in research may increase the likelihood that female clinical psychologists will choose to do research as part of their careers.

A situation analysis of clinical psychology services in South Africa’s public rural primary care settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes H De Kock ◽  
Basil J Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Situation Analysis

The goal of our study was to provide a situation analysis of clinical psychology services in South Africa’s public rural primary healthcare sector. In this setting, the treatment gap between human resources for and the burden of disease for mental illness is as high as 85%. The majority of South Africa’s mental health specialists – clinical psychologists and psychiatrists – practice in the country’s urban and peri-urban private sector. At the advent of South Africa’s democracy, public clinical psychological services were negligible, and the country is still facing challenges in providing human resources. The study was based on the analysis of both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected by interviewing the heads of 160 public hospitals classified as rural by the Department of Health, while secondary data comprised a literature review. The number of clinical psychologists working in the public sector indicated a substantial growth over the last 20 years, while the number employed and/or doing out-reach to public rural primary healthcare areas shows a shortfall. Clinical psychology’s numbers, however, compare favourably to that of other mental health specialists in public rural primary healthcare settings. Since the National Mental Health Summit of 2012, strategies have been implemented to improve access to mental health care. In clinical psychology’s case relating to human resources, these strategies have showed encouraging results with a substantial amount of participating institutions reporting that clinical psychologists form a part of their proposed future staff establishment.

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