Attitude, knowledge, and skill competencies for practice in professional geropsychology: Implications for training and building a geropsychology workforce

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-84

  Karel, Michele J ^a,b   Knight, Bob G ^c   Duffy, Michael ^d   Hinrichsen, Gregory A ^e   Zeiss, Antonette M ^f  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Continuing education; Geropsychology; Older adults; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954857630     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018372     Document Type: Article

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