The fights

Two live fights over who gets to be called a psychologist, and how they are trained.

AustraliaA five-year route to registrationThe Psychology Board of Australia consulted on replacing the six-year route to registration with one five-year degree, removing the internship year and the national exam for domestic graduates, and will recommend the change to the federal government.Decided, awaiting government Read more →Canada · OntarioOne "psychologist" title from a master's degreeOntario's psychology regulator voted to register master's graduates as psychologists and cut post-degree experience from four years to one. The proposal is now with Ontario's Health Minister; the title change would also need the legislature to amend the Act.Decided, awaiting government Read more →

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