INS NYC 2024 Program

Symposium	Symposia 11 Program Schedule 02/16/2024 01:45 pm - 03:15 pm Room: Broadway Ballroom Symposia 11: Asian Neuropsychologists: Global Insights on Training, Education, Barriers, and Future Directions Simposium #2 Clinical Neuropsychology in Asia: Variability in Training Models, Barriers and the Need for Standardization of Training Guideline Maiko Sakamoto, Saga University, Saga, Japan Vigneswaran Veeramuthu, Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Malaysia & Society of Clinical Neuropsychology (Malaysia), Kota Damansara, Malaysia Yang Cheng, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Poorselvi Palanisamy, Unified Brain Health Care, Chennai, India Category: Inclusion and Diversity/Multiculturalism Keyword 1: ethnicity Keyword 2: cross-cultural issues Keyword 3: inclusion Objective: To provide an overview of the diverse training models in clinical neuropsychology across Asia, particularly in East, South and Southeast Asia. The potential barriers to the development of these models for training and competency, as well as the need for standardization training guidelines across these regions were explored. Participants and Methods: The present study involved an online international survey of existing training models, practices, and frameworks for clinical neuropsychologists across Asia. It engaged relevant stakeholders, local professional organizations or agencies representing clinical neuropsychologists, if any, as well as the clinician practitioners. Results: The current findings suggest that majority of the participating countries in the survey do not have an explicit structured training guideline, in exception of Australia and Taiwan while countries such as Japan, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam are in different stages of developing structured programs, training pathways, core competencies, regulatory frameworks, and practice guidelines. Various barriers to developing comparable training programs to those in Northern American countries and the United Kingdom exist. These include lack of local resources, educators, training opportunities, and expertise. Conclusions: A divergent training model appears appropriate for culture-specific context and needs for each Asian country; however, it is also important to have certain agreement and consistency in education, training, fundamental competence and skills to have through a collectively agreed international framework/ guideline for Asia.

Symposium

02/16/2024
01:45 pm - 03:15 pm
Room: Broadway Ballroom

Symposia 11: Asian Neuropsychologists: Global Insights on Training, Education, Barriers, and Future Directions

Simposium #2

Clinical Neuropsychology in Asia: Variability in Training Models, Barriers and the Need for Standardization of Training Guideline

Maiko Sakamoto, Saga University, Saga, Japan
Vigneswaran Veeramuthu, Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara, Malaysia & Society of Clinical Neuropsychology (Malaysia), Kota Damansara, Malaysia
Yang Cheng, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Poorselvi Palanisamy, Unified Brain Health Care, Chennai, India

Category: Inclusion and Diversity/Multiculturalism

Keyword 1: ethnicity
Keyword 2: cross-cultural issues
Keyword 3: inclusion

Objective:

To provide an overview of the diverse training models in clinical neuropsychology across Asia, particularly in East, South and Southeast Asia. The potential barriers to the development of these models for training and competency, as well as the need for standardization training guidelines across these regions were explored.

Participants and Methods:

The present study involved an online international survey of existing training models, practices, and frameworks for clinical neuropsychologists across Asia. It engaged relevant stakeholders, local professional organizations or agencies representing clinical neuropsychologists, if any, as well as the clinician practitioners.

Results:

The current findings suggest that majority of the participating countries in the survey do not have an explicit structured training guideline, in exception of Australia and Taiwan while countries such as Japan, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam are in different stages of developing structured programs, training pathways, core competencies, regulatory frameworks, and practice guidelines. Various barriers to developing comparable training programs to those in Northern American countries and the United Kingdom exist. These include lack of local resources, educators, training opportunities, and expertise.

Conclusions:

A divergent training model appears appropriate for culture-specific context and needs for each Asian country; however, it is also important to have certain agreement and consistency in education, training, fundamental competence and skills to have through a collectively agreed international framework/ guideline for Asia.