Hi, need to submit a 1000 words paper on the topic Waldens Clinical Psychology Program: Competencies, Strengths and Weaknesses.

Hi, need to submit a 1000 words paper on the topic Waldens Clinical Psychology Program: Competencies, Strengths and Weaknesses. Walden’s Clinical Psychology Program: Competencies, Strengths and Weaknesses

Such questions are as a result of its lack of accreditation by the American Psychology Association. Stake holders in the medical fraternity are thus critic of the clinical psychology program owing to the nature of uncertainties about whether it meets standards and competences expected of a medical institution.

The American Psychology Association is responsible for ensuring that the study and practice of psychology is not only with regard to certain standards but also follows ethical principles. Of all the institutes accredited to disseminate knowledge in clinical psychology and counseling psychology however, Walden University is not among them. Walden University enrollment officers however guide students to understand standards of accreditation and how they affect them in the employment market. The course is also not recognized by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards/National Register. This means that one cannot be a licensed psychologist especially in the fields of Clinical Psychology and counseling psychology by studying at this institution and this deals it a major blow. Although some students prefer undertaking these psychological disciplines with the knowledge that they may not be licensed practitioners in the end, most prefer not to take this risk. Without accreditation, most students prefer to opt elsewhere in pursuit of degrees in the medical profession.

Despite the shortcoming in the lack of accreditation, Walden University does have its pack of aces.