Postdoctoral Training and Licensure Amidst COVID-19

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Postdoctoral Training and Licensure Amidst COVID-19

Sriya Bhattacharyya, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Montefiore Medical Center

Wayne Siegel, PhD, ABPP

Chair, Postdoctoral Committee, APPIC

Training Director, Minneapolis VA

Alex Siegel, JD, PhD

Director of Professional Affairs, ASPPB

Moderator

Eddy Ameen, PhD

Associate Executive Director of

Early Career & Graduate Student Affairs, APA

When your postdoc did or will start:

2018 or 201921%

202046%

202120%

20227%

NA/Unk.6%

Your level of concern about getting licensed on schedule:

Slightly32%

Somewhat30%

Very18%

Not at all8%

NA12%

Sriya Bhattacharryya, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Montefiore Medical Center

New York

My office

• Center for Health Equity

Home office

• bedroom

John’s Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center & NYC.gov

News-medical.net

Nydailynews.com

Support Centers

Allies Network

“The first noble truth says simply that it’s part of being human to feel discomfort. … The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It’s who we are right now, and that’s what we can make friends with and celebrate.”

― Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

Wayne Siegel,

PhD, ABPP

Chair, Postdoctoral Committee, APPIC

Training Director, Minneapolis VA

Minnesota

APPIC resources: www.appic.org

Alex Siegel,

JD, PhD

Director of Professional Affairs

ASPPB

Pennsylvania / Georgia

Unintended Consequences Of COVID-19 • Students- not having enough practicum, internship or post doc hours to

meet state requirements for licensure, moving to pass-fail grading, distance learning

• Applicants- testing sites were closed and are just beginning to open in some states, is telepsych supervision allowed to meet experience requirement, temporary licensure without taking exam(have to take it later, interferes with mobility)

• Psychologists- renewals for licensure, CE for renewals, interjurisdictional practice, discipline, differences in open and closed states, differences in laws in the different jurisdictions

What ASPPB is planning to do

• Talk with all stakeholders:• Education

• Training (CCTC and CCPPP)

• State and provincial psychological associations

• Practice (APA and CPA)

• Regulatory Community (ACPRO, BARC, Chairs and member jurisdictions)

• APA Committees: APAGS and CECP

• APA attorneys in Practice – Legal and Regulatory Affairs

• Other professions (FSMB, ABSW, etc.)

Questions

& Answers