Education and research

April 2011

The APS Annual Conference will be held this year in the nation’s capital, Canberra, from 4 to 8 October. The Conference program will focus on the relationship between research and practice and will feature keynote presentations, workshops, individual papers, symposia and posters, and a new...

April 2011

The Scientific and Executive Committees of the 30th International Congress of Psychology have extended an invitation to APS members to attend and/or present at the 2012 International Congress of Psychology. The Congress is held under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological...

April 2011 | Dr Janet Bryan, Dr Rob Ranzijn, Cathy Balfour, Dr Michelle Tuckey and Associate Professor Kurt Lushington

Undergraduate psychology degree programs are a popular choice for students embarking on university studies, with most schools or departments of psychology enrolling many hundreds or even over a thousand first-year commencers. While some students have no intention of continuing with psychology...

April 2011 | Dr Nicholas Voudouris

In November 2010 the Psychology Board of Australia released a consultation paper titled Proposed registration standard: Limited Registration for Teaching or Research. Since the Psychology Board already requires registration of academics who provide supervision of casework to students in...

April 2011 | Dr Nicholas Voudouris

APS members will be provided with online access to over 550 international psychology and behavioural science journals as a new member benefit from April this year. The Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection database is one of the world's largest psychology literature databases...

February 2011 | Dr Kathryn von Treuer, et al.

Psychology is entering an era of increasing accountability in student training. To meet this expectation, a paradigm shift in the teaching of postgraduate psychology is required. But what constitutes competence in our profession/graduates? A shift to a ‘competency model' is needed...

December 2010 | Dr Nicholas Voudouris

More explicit and transparent competency-based assessment in the education and training of Australian psychologists is on the way, driven by two main factors. The first is an increased emphasis by government on assuring in a transparent and accountable way that professionals are sufficiently...

December 2010

The Australian Government has recently introduced a mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) requirement for psychologists who provide ‘Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS)’ Medicare items under the Better Access initiative. The mandatory CPD is a requirement of...

October 2010 | Athena Politis, Vicky Mrowinski and Dr Nicholas Voudouris

Professionals working in alcohol and other drug (AOD) services increasingly encounter clients who experience co-existing mental health problems. Staff members in AOD agencies therefore need to have skills in the treatment and management of mental health problems as well as AOD problems. Mental...