Authors: Gathercoal, Kathleen A.; Adams, Wayne V.

Journal of Psychology & Christianity, Vol. 23(4), Winter2004, pp. 320-324

Abstract: The Graduate School of Clinical Psychology (GSCP) of George Fox University seeks to train practitioner- scholars. Application of the Boyer (1997) model of scholarship allows us to reconceptualize the relationship between clinical and scholarly aspects of psychology and clarifies that scholarship permeates everything a psychologist does. The GSCP program promotes the full integration of clinical and scholarly aspects of psychology by providing a supportive environment within which students develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes about research. Formal structures such as classes organized around cohorts and clinical and research teams, where mentoring in this model takes place, support students’ preparation as practitioner-scholars.