On Board with Professional Psychology is requesting brief articles for our next issue, to be published in July 2024. Please consider submitting pieces that would be broadly informative to ABPP specialists across disciplines, as well as pieces that address hot topics from within your speciality. We welcome your pitches and ideas. Potential topics may include:
- Current topics in your field. What are people within your specialty talking about?
- Exciting new projects being done by specialists
- Methods for attracting new candidates to your specialty
- Topics relevant to specialists’ work and training (e.g. license mobility, recent legislation, prescription privileges, training programs and standards)
- Highlighting specialists working with unique populations, or in unique settings
- Specialists using their credentials in interesting ways (e.g. working with the legal system, working in multidisciplinary settings, creating specialty clinics, playing pivotal roles in training programs and organizational systems)
- Using research, services, or expertise to solve real-world problems
- Topics relevant to the ABPP psychologist workforce
- Organizational updates and strategic plans within ABPP
- Opportunities and events for further training
- Obituaries and in memoria
Writers should submit pitches (a few sentences detailing your proposal) or ideas to the Editorial Team before submitting full articles. Submit pitches through our online Submission Form, or by emailing the Editor, Dr. Alexander Khaddouma, at editor@abpp.org. Once pitches are approved, the deadline for full submissions is April 15, 2024 for inclusion in the July 2024 issue.Â
Articles will be 500-1500 words in length, written in an easily understandable and succinct style, and may include links to other websites or references. At least one author of the article must be an ABPP board-certified specialist. All submissions will be reviewed by the ABPP Communications Committee prior to publication.
We are also accepting submissions for a future spotlight on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role within your specialty. Please share your ideas, experiences, and knowledge, including (but not limited to):
- How AI may influence the ABPP examination process (e.g. practice samples, professional statements, oral and written exams)
- Interesting ways that your specialty is using AI technologies
- Ethical and legal considerations when using AI
- How AI may influence service provision, consultation, and research activities among specialists