Professor Craig Gonsalvez FAPS
Craig’s contributions to psychology education as both a clinical psychologist and academic have been in areas of practitioner training and supervision, and competency pedagogy and assessment across a 25-year period. He is a recognised expert in clinical supervision, has contributed a large number of scholarly publications to the area and delivered several keynote addresses at international conferences. At the national level, he has served as Chair of Course Approvals for the APS Clinical College for a five-year period, and received the 2009 APS College of Clinical Psychologists Award of Distinction.
Craig’s contributions to competency pedagogy are documented in a large number of scientific publications and have been recognised by several research grants and Australian Awards for University Teaching, including a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2016) and a Teaching Excellence Award (2017). In assessment, Craig has been the leader of a multi-site study involving 11 universities that have contributed to the design, refinement and evaluation of innovative competency instruments – the Clinical Psychology Practicum Competency Rating Scale (CYPRS) and the Vignette-Matching Assessment Tool (VMAT) which are currently used by more than 25 universities.
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