Life-long learning for psychologists: Current status and a vision for the future

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-297

  Wise, Erica H ^a   Sturm, Cynthia A ^b   Nutt, Roberta L ^c   Rodolfa, Emil ^d   Schaffer, Jack B ^e   Webb, Carol ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Independent Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Continuing education; Ethics; Life long learning; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956544836     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020424     Document Type: Article

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