Supply And Demand of Psychologists
Date:2019-05-11 Source:未知
There are a number of pressing issues which need to be addressed regarding the supply of and demand for psychologists in UK..
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A large proportion of the psychology workforce is approaching retirement. Who will take their places? How many people do we need to train?
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How should we plan to ensure that there are enough psychologists in areas such as prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation?
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Will we have an adequate number of psychologists to conduct research, train future students, and develop programs?
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We have data about the number of students entering and graduating from psychology programs, but little about the nature of their training, and even less about their career paths after graduation.
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We lack information on how many psychologists are actively practicing in the jurisdiction in which they are licensed
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How many are publicly versus privately funded?
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How many are in health versus correctional versus school?
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How many are full-time versus part-time? etc.
These questions and many more are key issues for the IPS. To further explore issues related to need, supply and demand, the IPS struck a task force in 2008 (see sidebar) and in 2013 organized and hosted a Summit (see sidebar).