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Zusatztext ...subtly encourages the profession of psychology to move toward international standards for quality assurance. Klappentext This book examines the tools needed for evaluating the crucial components of quality assurance and professional accountability in psychology - education, training, accreditation and designation, licensing and credentialing, ethics, mobility, and continuing professional development - from an international perspective. It features practices in the US, Canada, the European Union, Latin America and Australia, summarising the progress made in implementing quality assurance across the globe and offering diverse perspectives as to how the wider international community can promote it. Zusammenfassung Psychology has become a global profession. Professionals are now readily able to practice in geographic areas far from where they were trained. In practice, psychology has a social contract with the public to promote human and societal welfare, all the while responsible for the constant upkeep of systems that promote, maintain, and demand quality from health care professionals. This book examines the tools needed for evaluating the crucial components of quality assurance - education, training, accreditation and designation, licensing and credentialing, ethics, mobility, and continuing professional development - from an international perspective, with a specific focus on practices in the US, Canada, the European Union, Latin America and Australia. An international team of contributors synthesizes the progress made in implementing quality assurance mechanisms across the globe and offers diverse perspectives as to how the wider international community can promote quality and mobility. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Elizabeth M. Altmaier and Judy E. Hall: Introduction to International Quality Assurance for Psychology 2: Paul D. Nelson, Cynthia D. Belar, Catherine A. Grus, and Susan Zlotlow: Quality Assessment in Higher Education through Accreditation Cameo 1. ASPPB/National Register Designation Project Cameo 2. Accreditation in Canada 3: Sandra Greenberg and I. Leon Smith: Methods to Evaluate Competency and to Enhance Quality Assurance Internationally and Across Professions 4: Pierre L.J. Ritchie: Codes of Ethics, Conduct, and Standards as Vehicles of Accountability 5: Laura Hernandez-Guzman and Juan Jose Sanchez-Sosa: Latin America 5: Laura Hernandez-Guzman and Juan Jose Sanchez-Sosa: Practice and Regulation of Professional Psychology in Latin America 6: Ingrid Lunt: Professional Mobility and Quality Assurance within the European Union 7: Henk T. van der Molen and Klaas H. Visser: The Netherlands 7: Henk T. van der Molen and Klaas H. Visser: Accountability of Psychology in the Netherlands Cameo 5. Education and Training of a Professional Psychologist in South Africa: A Personal Perspective Cameo 6. Accountability in Professional Psychology: The Improvement in Mainland China 9: George Stricker: Quality Assurance in Professional Psychology Education 10: Merry Bullock and Judy E. Hall: The Promotion of International Mobility 11: George Hurley: Synthesis and Concluding Comments ...
