I agree with Betty, except that I would personally make her #3 my #1. On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Everett, Betty L. <EverettBettyL@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi just some thoughts from my perspective. 1. The issues of the > role in primary care , integrated medicine is a top priority to me. A > second issue perhaps not as global is the difficulties with funding > internships and training. I would love to find a way for interns to be > credentialed to bill insurance for services ( maybe we will do away with > the fee for service concept but I think that is a long time coming!). So, > one idea is provisional Ph.D. during internship year so a license > accepted by institutions, insurance as practitioners….. A significant > third issue to me is leadership in taking back from 3rd party payers > significant clinical decisions. > > > > *From:* arpaleadership-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > arpaleadership-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ghormley, Courtney O. > *Sent:* Thursday, February 05, 2015 10:15 AM > *To:* arpaleadership@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [arpaleadership] Pre-Work for Council Strategic Issue > Discussion > > > > Greetings ArPA Leadership, > > > > As your APA Council of Representatives member, I am preparing for our > upcoming council meeting (February 19-22) in Washington, DC. Each Council > representative has been asked to poll our respective Executive Committee > about the most critical, top three, strategic issues facing the discipline > over the next 5-10 years. > > > > Note that by “strategic issues facing psychology” we mean high level, > overarching concerns that will influence many if not most areas of > psychology in the next decade or so and/or that will influence how > psychology interacts with the world around it. Examples might include > psychology’s role in primary care and globalization/internationalization. > > These results will be aggregated by APA staff and be made use of during > the Council strategic issue discussions. > > > > What I need from you is input! As a group, we need to decide on ArPA’s > top three, critical, strategic issues that we believe are facing the > discipline over the next 5-10 years, and I’ll be sure to communicate this > to APA for discussion at the upcoming Council meeting. > > > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts! > > > > Courtney Ghormley > > APA Council Representative from Arkansas > > > > Courtney O. Ghormley, PhD, ABPP > > Geropsychologist / Geriatric Neuropsychology > > Board Certified in Geropsychology > > > > Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System > > 2200 Fort Roots Drive (3B-Geriatrics) > North Little Rock, AR 72114 > > 501-257-3234 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > -- Kristin J. Addison-Brown, PhD Owner/Clinical Neuropsychologist NEA Neuropsychology, PLLC 304 Southwest Square Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401 Ph: 870-203-6085 Fax: 870-203-6083 neaneuropsychology.com