A Critical Analysis of Systemic Problems With Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Training: Contributing Factors and Collaborative Solutions

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-286

  Hutchings, Philinda Smith ^a   Mangione, Lorraine ^b   Dobbins, James E ^c   Wechsler, Frederick S ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advocacy; doctoral training; internship training; professional psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349151613     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.1.4.276     Document Type: Article

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