Title: Specialty Competencies in Clinical Health Psychology
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.
Subjects: Clinical health psychology, Medical care, Ability, Clinical competence, Core competencies, Behavioral Medicine, Standards, HEALTH & FITNESS, Diseases, General, MEDICAL, Clinical Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Internal Medicine