TRAINING CHILD CLINICAL PREDOCTORAL INTERNS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS IN ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES - AN EXPERIENTIAL MODEL

The purpose of this article is to outline an experiential professional issues and ethics seminar program developed for predoctoral psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows in the child psychology training program at Stanford University Medical School. It is imperative that trainees develop a comprehensive and practical understanding of both ethical principles and professional issues before completing their academic and clinical training in psychology. A review of this seminar program may help other internship and postdoctoral training programs develop or fine-tune their methods of educating trainees in both professional issues and ethics.