The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology: New data–practical implications.

Abstract

This paper provides a summary of the data released by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards describing the performance of 7,402 doctoral candidates for licensure who took the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) from April 2008 through July 2010. The data provide a snapshot of the factors (gender, type of degree, program accreditation status, program specialty, program size, time since graduation, study method, amount of time spent studying) that were related to performance on the EPPP. Implications of these performance factors are discussed and suggestions are provided.

A Qualitative Analysis of Early Career Women’s Adjustment to Work in Professional Psychology: Practitioners’ Reflections

“…These interventions are especially encouraged during the internship and postdoctoral years. EPPP failure rates have been estimated to be between 24% and 35% (Schaffer et al, 2012; Sharpless & Barber, 2009), which is much higher than the failure rates for medical and pharmacy licensing which were reported to be in the single digits (see Sharpless & Barber, 2009, for comparison data). Employers and supervisors must advocate for ECPs in clinical settings to help administrators understand the different licensing exam realities for psychologists relative to other vocations of similar socioeconomic prestige.…”

Doctoral training in clinical psychology across 23 years: Continuity and change

“…The amount of debt tends to be higher for PsyD graduates, due in large part to more limited funding during graduate training (Doran, Kraha, Marks, Ameen, & El‐Ghoroury, ; Michalski et al., 2011). PsyD students also tend to encounter more struggles securing an APA‐accredited internship, and earn lower average scores on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (Schaffer et al., ; Graham & Kim, ; Templer et al., ; Templer & Tangen, ).…”

“…PsyD students also tend to encounter more struggles securing an APA-accredited internship, and earn lower average scores on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (Schaffer et al, 2012;Graham & Kim, 2011;Templer & Tangen, 2013).…”

An Evaluation of the Mental Health, Financial Stress, and Anticipated Debt-at-Graduation Across Clinical and Counseling PhD and PsyD Students

“…While heterogeneity exists across PsyD programs, they differ from PhD programs in several structural ways (Mayne et al, 1994;Norcross, Castle, et al, 2004;Norcross et al, 2010;Norcross et al, 2005;Norcross et al, 1998;Schaffer et al, 2012). For instance, PsyD programs are more likely to accept a broader array of students (roughly 50% acceptance rates) with significantly lower GRE scores compared to PhD programs (Norcross et al, 2010).…”