{"id":3627,"date":"2018-03-21T00:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/sections\/hospitals\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:53:03","slug":"hospitals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Psychologists<\/p>\n

Chair: Lesley Graff<\/h4>\n

lgraff@hsc.mb.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Mission:<\/h4>\n

The Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centers Section will provide a forum for psychologists who are employed, practice, teach, or conduct research in hospitals and other health care settings.<\/p>\n

In pursuance of this purpose, the Section:<\/p>\n

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  1. provides information to members about current activities, events, research and practice developments in the area;<\/li>\n
  2. organizes sessions at the annual CPA Convention that are of interest to members;<\/li>\n
  3. represents the interests of the Section within CPA through initiating such activities as position papers, guidelines, benchmarks, policy statements, and special meetings;<\/li>\n
  4. makes representations, on behalf of its members to external organizations or agencies with the approval of the Executive Committee of the CPA Board of Directors;<\/li>\n
  5. supports psychology leadership in their advocacy for administrative support for psychology practice and research;<\/li>\n
  6. promotes standards of clinical service and practice-based research; and<\/li>\n
  7. shares information among Canadian hospitals and health care settings regarding best practice services and the development and deployment of psychologists.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Recent Section Activities<\/h2>\n

    The Section Executive are engaged in a number of advocacy efforts related to professional practice in publicly-funded health settings, in order to ensure robust access to specialist psychological care.<\/p>\n

    2026 CPA Conference in Montreal, QC<\/h3>\n
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    Dr. Stephanie Greenham moderated the Section\u2019s invited panel discussion Current practices in advanced assessment: Psychologist expertise as an essential part of complex care in hospital settings<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \n(L to R) Drs Andrea Piotrowski, Jane Heintz Grove, Stephanie Greenham, Vasilis Pallikaras<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The PHHC and Student sections jointly organized a panel discussion on The future of clinical psychology in Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \n(L to R) Drs. Lesley Graff, Jacquie Cohen, Laurie Ford, Ms. Alzena Ilie, Drs Nicolas Narvaez Linares, Jonathan Weiss<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Did you know…<\/h3>\n