Reflections on the Health Service Psychology Education Collaborative Blueprint

The Blueprint for Education and Training developed by the Health Service Psychology Education Collaborative (2013) articulates a series of critical recommendations made by an interorganizational group that was convened to address both the changing nature of professional psychology and the current concerns in professional education and training. The Collaborative examined the preparation of health service psychologists in the context of scientific foundations, societal needs, and the 21st century health care system. This article provides a brief overview of that effort as a preface to further commentary in subsequent papers in this series.