Learning From The Past and Planning For The Future: The Challenges Of And Solutions For Integrating Aging Into Doctoral Psychology Training.
Learning From The Past and Planning For The Future: The Challenges Of And Solutions For Integrating Aging Into Doctoral Psychology Training.
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汲取过去的教训并规划未来:将老龄化纳入博士心理学培训的挑战和解决方案。
DOI:
10.1037/a0029365
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发表时间:
2012
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2
通讯作者:
Siegel,LawrenceJ
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作者:
Holtzer,Roee;Zweig,RichardA;Siegel,LawrenceJ
The long forecast “elder boom” has begun. Beginning in 2011, 10,000 members of the “baby boom” generation began turning 65 each day. This demographic shift in our society mandates that predoctoral programs in clinical psychology incorporate aging as an integral component of their core and elective training. While fully supporting the concept of broad and general training for predoctoral professional psychology programs, we maintain that the infusion of aging into doctoral psychology training curricula has been inadequate. In this article we provide an overview of geropsychology training models and discuss the challenges involved in incorporating aging into the curriculum of predoctoral training in clinical psychology. Potential solutions and examples for accelerating infusion of aging knowledge base are discussed in the context of different geropsychology training models. We conclude that providing services to this rapidly growing segment of our population presents both an employment opportunity to broaden the reach of our profession, as well as an ethical responsibility to train future professionals who will practice within their area of knowledge and expertise.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)