The Society For Military Psychology

Division 19 Continuing Education Committee

Goals Related to Doctoral- Psychologists and Students in Psychology

The Society for Military Psychology is one of the original 19 charter divisions established by the APA (APA Division 19) in 1945. The Society for Military Psychology seeks to serve as the premier organization for military psychology. The Division 19 Continuing Education Committee (Div. 19 CEC) is among the standing committees in Division 19, and it is responsible for developing policy and program recommendations for the Society’s continuing professional education program and for working collaboratively with the APA Office of Continuing Education Sponsor Approval to implement this policy and program recommendations. The Div. 19 CEC goals related to doctoral-level psychologists and students in psychology are:

  1. Facilitate the development and implementation of CE opportunities for doctoral-level military and civilian psychologists serving on any component of the U.S Department of Defense and seeking CE credits to renew their psychology license.
  2. The development of high-quality APA preconvention CE opportunities for doctoral-level psychologists, undergraduate and graduate students in psychology with emphasis on military psychology topics.
  3. The development of high-quality CE programs schedule outside APA annual meetings with an emphasis on military psychology for doctoral-level psychologists, and undergraduate and graduate students in psychology.
Chair: Dr. William L. Brim, PsyD
 
 
Dr. William Brim is the Director of the DoD Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology. In addition, he is the Senior Psychology Consultant for PESI, Inc in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where he chairs the Psychology Advisory Committee and oversees continuing education programming for psychologists. Dr. Brim is an Air Force veteran.
 
He is currently serving the Division as Chair of the Continuing Education Committee with the task to oversee the Division’s status as an APA approved CE sponsor.  The CEC supports the Division by developing and fostering high quality military related continuing education opportunities for the division.  For the submission of continuing education programs to Div. 19 CEC and consultation regarding the process established by this division to submit such programs for review, please contact Dr. Brim at Division19CEC@gmail.com

Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D., Member
Michelle A. Perry, Ph.D., Member
Ryan Hess, PhD., Member
Zachary Kane Jones, Member

Summary of Division 19 CE Committee Application Process
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Guidelines for Submitting CE Applications to Division 19 CE Committee (PDF document)

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Appendix A: The Mechanism for Ensuring the Security of Tests and Proprietary Information (Word document)

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Appendix B: APA Division 19 Continuing Education Application Form (Word document)

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Appendix C: APA Div. 19 Evaluation Form for CE Programs/ Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences (Word document)

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Appendix D1: Sign-in-Sheet for Face-to-Face CE Programs (Word document)

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Appendix D2: Sign-in-Sheet for Webinar CE Programs (Pdf document)

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Appendix E: Example of the General Format for the Certification of Attendance (Word document)

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Appendix F: Summary of Results for the Evaluation of the CE Program (Word document)

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Appendix G: Guidelines for Dealing with Participant Complaints (PDF document)

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Appendix H: Guidelines from APA Education Directorate About Levels of Programming (Word document)

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Appendix I: Items Required for the Promotion of CE Programs Approved by Div. 19 (Word document)