Asserts the advantage of employing the PsyD degree both affirmatively, as a certificate of professional competence in psychology, and restrictively, to exclude inadequately trained people from the practice of professional psychology. (Author)

Discusses themes surfacing at the National Conference on Scientist-Practitioner Education and Training for the Professional Practice of Psychology (Gainesville, Florida, January 16-20, 1990), including the necessity of the scientist-practitioner model and importance of integrating the various parts. A conference policy statement describes the…

Conducted a survey to determine current support for the "Boulder model," a form of clinical training in psychology. Surveyed 90 directors of doctoral programs and 58 terminal masters programs. Directors of 97.8 percent of the doctoral programs and 74.1 percent of the masters programs followed the Boulder model. (JB)