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10 ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES FROM THE APA PRACTICE ORGANIZATION | apapracticecentral.org staff. CPR consists of more than 35 organizations, including APAPO, representing a variety of licensed non-physician health care professionals. The meeting focused on advocacy packets disseminated by AMA that erroneously outlined the education, training and credentials of various non-physician disciplines, including psychology. The packets were made available in states where organized medicine opposes attempts by non-physician organizations to broaden their scope of practice. CPR members provided numerous examples of inaccuracies in the modules and requested that AMA withdraw them. The high-level AMA representatives indicated that the modules would be considered for revisions.  the conference, attendees met with more than 300 members of Congress and staff to address advocacy issues of importance to practicing psychologists and consumers of psychological services. 8 7 Convening the 28th annual State Leadership Conference. In March 2011, the annual APAPO State Leadership Conference attracted nearly 500 psychology leaders to Washington, DC, to participate in workshops, symposia and networking opportunities. On the final day of Gaining introduction of federal legislation to include psychologists in the Medicare definition of “physician.” In late February and early March 2011, key allies of professional psychology in the Senate and House introduced legislation to include psychologists in the Medicare definition of “physician.” This is an important step toward ensuring that psychologists are able to provide Medicare mental health services free of unnecessary physician supervision requirements that hinder patient access. Visits to congressional offices by APA Practice Organization 2011 State Leadership Conference attendees, and subsequent grassroots emails and calls, resulted in several dozen cosponsors being added to the bills. Continued on the next page http://www.apapracticecentral.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - December 2011

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Willpower Pioneer Wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize
Single-Sex Schooling Called Into Question by Prominent Researchers
Maternal Depression Stunts Childhood Growth, Research Suggests
For Boys, Sharing May Seem Like a Waste of Time
Good News for Postdoc Applicants
In Brief
Treatment Guideline Development Now Under Way
Government Relations Update
Psychologist Named Va Mental Health Chief
The Limits of Eyewitness Testimony
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Deconstructing Suicide
Questionnaire
A Focus on Interdisciplinarity
A Time of ‘Enormous Change’
The Science Behind Team Science
Good Science Requires Good Conflict
A New Paradigm of Care
Speaking of Education
Science Directions
New Labels, New Attitudes?
Psychologist Profile
Early Career Psychology
Unintended Consequences
Better Options for Troubled Teens
Saving Lives, One Organ at a Time
New Journal Editors
APA News
Division Spotlight
Guidelines for the Conduct of President-Elect Nominations and Elections
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

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