PROFESSIONAL-TRAINING IN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS - ARTICULATING MODELSAND OUTCOMES

This article calls for reconsideration and evaluation of training mode ls among explicitly religious doctoral training programs. In light of recent modifications to the American Psychological Association (APA) a ccreditation criteria (APA, 1995), the authors consider the range of r elevant training missions for religious institutions as well as implic ations for subsequent components of the curriculum. Recommendations ar e offered regarding mission congruent student outcomes, and programs a re encouraged to utilize outcome data in ongoing consideration of the programs' rationale and structure. The article concludes with brief co nsideration of the wisdom of creating a religious organization to act in collaboration with APA in evaluating the uniquely religious mission s and outcomes of such programs.