The Consensus Conference and Combined‐Integrated model of doctoral training in professional psychology—Overview of Part 2: Broader implications and potential applications of the Combined‐Integrated model

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AbstractThis special series of articles on the Consensus Conference and Combined‐Integrated (C‐I) model of doctoral training in professional psychology consists of 13 articles in two successive issues of the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Six articles were presented in Part 1 (Vol. 60, Issue 9), which collectively described the “nature and scope” of the C‐I model (e.g., historic and definitional issues; the potential advantages of this model; implications for the profession). In Part 2 of this special series (Vol. 60, Issue 10), articles 7 through 12 address the broader implications and potential applications of the C‐I model within a range of professional and societal contexts (e.g., for interprofessional collaboration; the health care field; development of a global curriculum; the unified psychology movement; issues of assessment and professional identity; and higher education); article 13 provides a summary of the series as well as a discussion of future directions. As an overview, this paper reviews the articles in Part 1 and describes the various topics of the articles in Part 2. Taken together, the articles in this special series are designed to provide a coherent account of how and why the C‐I model is timely and relevant, and therefore warrants serious consideration by the larger education and training community in professional psychology. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.