Specialty Competencies in Clinical Health Psychology
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated; OUP US; Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199779130
Subjects: Clinical health psychology; Medical care; Ability
Description: As professional psychology has transformed into the practice of psychology as a health profession, a substantial focus has been placed on defining the competencies required for practicing as health service providers. Not all health service providers, however, acquire the essential competencies needed for functioning in medical hospitals and health science center settings, the province of clinical health psychology. It is important to distinguish competencies for practicing as health service providers from competencies for the specialty practice of clinical health psychology. In Specialty Compe.