Letter from American Psychological Association to National Register About Continuing Education Credits

September 14, 2005 Letter From American Psychological Association to National Register About Continuing Education Credits This letter from American Psychological Association (APA) executive director of education Dr. Cynthia Belar specifies the APA change in position about the evaluation of programs training psychologists in psychopharmacology. The four key points are:Instructional coursework should be administered for academic credit   Instruction must be through a regionally-accredited institution of higher learning; the APA sponsor approval system is not an accrediting mechanism for this type of instruction   Psychologists should have medical and psychopharmacological knowledge before beginning postdoctoral training   Programs seeking to provide this training . . .