ABSTRACT
In the course of their deliberations, the conferees attempted to sketch a prospectus for producing a corps of well-trained, rigorous, professionally skillful, science-valuing clinical psychologists whose responsiveness to social needs would rest on careful, systematic observations of meaningful, often complicated, problems. In any case, the Conference agreed that graduate education should take cognizance of undergraduate preparation, granting advanced standing where warranted. Particularly to be avoided is the repetition of courses and instructional material at both educational levels. The Conference, therefore, made it a special point to deal with subdoctoral education and, indeed, conferees attempted to give attention to the undergraduate level as well. In the case of subdoctoral graduate education, the Conference dealt with the issues in some detail, adopting a statement which not only spells out practices to be avoided but suggests some positive steps as well, though, too, time did not allow coming to grips with all of the underlying issues and problems.
