Psychology Trainees With Competence Problems: From Individual to Ecological Conceptualizations

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 183-192

  Forrest, Linda ^a   Miller, David S Shen ^a   Elman, Nancy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological model; faculty gatekeeping; impairment; insufficient competence; professional competence problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749168408     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.2.4.183     Document Type: Article

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