Mission Statement #
Training Tomorrow’s Psychologist in the Discipline and Practice of Psychology with Rural and Underserved Patients
The mission of NPTC closely aligns with the vision and mission of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Rural Health (CRH). The mission of NPTC emulates that of the CRH in the following ways: 1) ensuring availability of behavioral and physical health services; 2) improving the availability and retention of psychologists; 3) increasing psychological services; and 4) encouraging integrative care to reduce behavioral health care stigmas.
Aims
The National Psychology Training Consortium seeks to train prospective psychologists in the discipline and practice of clinical psychology by employing an empirically-informed competency-based practitioner-scholar model. The three program aims include the following:
- Aim 1: To provide broad and general training in psychology with emphasis on applied empirical knowledge within their setting.
- Aim 2: To prepare psychology interns to competently address the needs of diverse populations, with emphasis on underserved.
- Aim 3: To socialize psychology interns to use critical thinking, problem solving, and meaningful self-reflection to facilitate life-long professional development.
The program uses these aims to provide experiences in clinical learning environments that are responsive to the changing needs of diverse communities.
For more detailed information about NPTC’s Overview and Philosophy of the Training Program, please visit our Training Philosophy page.
Committee on Rural Health Mission. (2012). Retrieved February 28, 2012, from http://www.apa.org/practice/programs/rural/committee/mission.aspx
Text for the Overview and Philosophy Training Program can be located in the Organizational Overview section of Kintone.