Continuing Professional Development for Clinical Psychologists: A Practical Handbook

✍ Scribed by Laura Golding, Ian Gray

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 254
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This handbook provides a practical self-help guide to continuing professional development for clinical psychologists.

• Takes a 'hands-on' approach, addressing the many practical issues in identifying, evaluating and meeting continuing professional development needs.
• Outlines the importance of life-long learning for clinical psychologists.
• Explores the continuing professional development needs of clinical psychologists at different stages of their careers.
• Includes a chapter on the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and its implications for applied psychologists.

• Gives examples of good practice; considers likely future developments in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Continuing Professional Development for Clinical Psychologists......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1. What a Difference a Day Makes......Page 17
2. CPD: Why Bother?......Page 23
3. The NHS Policy Context......Page 39
4. A Practical Guide to Meeting CPD Needs Gundi Kiemle with special contributions......Page 63
5. CPD and Newly Qualified Clinical Psychologists......Page 97
6. Continuing Professional Development Mid-Career......Page 118
7. CPD and Service Managers......Page 141
8. Evaluating CPD: A Practical Framework Illustrated with Clinical Supervision......Page 165
9. The British Psychological Society and CPD......Page 191
10. CPD – The Multiprofessional Context......Page 206
11. The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework......Page 221
12. Conclusions and Future Directions......Page 235
Index......Page 246