EFPA-EuroPsy

 

Project 8 - Clinical Neuropsychology: Promoting, monitoring, and evaluating the specific minimum requirements for the EuroPsy specialist standard and certificate in Clinical Neuropsychology 

Intended Goal

In collaboration with the National EuroPsy Committees (NEC), outlining how to promote, monitor, and evaluate the specialist standards for Clinical Neuropsychology (new in the 2025 EuroPsy Regulations).

EFPA Purpose contribution: Develop psychology: i. Develop psychology education, science, and professional practice

Specific Objectives

  1. Update and Enhance EuroPsy Online Content – How to Promote
  • Conduct an overview of the EFPA/EuroPsy website and selected national EuroPsy website contents.
  • Revise EuroPsy national website content document to include Clinical Neuropsychology by providing drafted content to national websites and, if needed, the EFPA/EuroPsy website.
  • Ensure content is clear, concise, and includes FAQs if needed, enabling promotion via EFPA channels (News, LinkedIn, etc.).
  • Provide FESN and other relevant stakeholders with clear, ready-to-use text explaining EuroPsy regulations and Clinical Neuropsychology to be placed on their website.
  1. Facilitate Knowledge Sharing and Engagement with NECs – How to Monitor
  • Update the Annual Report Form template with questions relevant to Clinical Neuropsychology.
  • Present updated EuroPsy information on Clinical Neuropsychology at the 2026 EuroPsy Representatives’ meeting.
  • Organise an in-person workshop at the next EuroPsy Representatives’ meeting and a follow-up online workshop for NECs who could not attend in person.
  • Collect feedback from NECs and needs from workshops to guide further support
  • Assess findings to determine if a further project is needed, and prepare a project fiche if required.
  1. Provide active support and mentoring to the NECs - How to Evaluate the Standards
  • Draft a simple method (e.g. one page flowchart) and additional guidance (e.g. FAQs) on how to evaluate the correspondence of national education and training, as well as competence framework and the EuroPsy Specialist Standard in Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Organize a webinar for NECs who wish to start awarding certificates in clinical neuropsychology and record it for NECs who could not attend.
  • Prepare the material (flowchart, FAQs, webinar PowerPoint and recording) so it can be disseminated via SharePoint for NECs and presented as available information at the next EuroPsy Representatives’ meeting

Planned Activities

  • Expected starting date: Q4 2025
  • Expected delivery date: Q4 2026

Expected Results

Clear and consistent information on Clinical Neuropsychology will be available across EFPA EuroPsy website and national websites, NECs will be informed and engaged through workshops, new evaluation instruments and updated reporting tools, and Annual Reports will provide reliable data to support dissemination and identify future project needs

Estimated Resource Needs and Availabilities

 

Estimated needs

Comments

Volunteers / Staff from FMs

Core group of EEC chair, EEC Clinical Neuropsychology appointee and AHWG coordinator (if different), and EuroPsy Management Assistant. 

 

AHWG of 4-6 neuropsychologists (with academic teaching and practitioner experience) (+chair/EEC liaison):

  • Knowledge of the specialism
  • Research or practice experience of some standing in the specialism
  • Experience of teaching either on educational programmes or of supporting trainees in professional practice
  • Understanding of how competence frameworks are developed and used
  • (Desirable) understanding of the EuroPsy standard of competence and some familiarity with the EuroPsy Regulations

(Collectively) covering both FM/NEC countries that have already contributed to the development of the Specific Minimum Requirements for the EuroPsy Specialist Standard and Certificate in Clinical Neuropsychology and others that now wish to issue the certificate. 

 

The project will make optimal use of EFPA’s existing resources while also identifying further needs and how they can be met.

 

 

Time and resources
 

Core group: 

  • Email correspondence and individual work 2025-2026 estimated total of 10 hours

Wider group:

  • Drafting, review of drafts, review and incorporation of feedback etc and email correspondence (individual work) 2025-2026 estimated total of 70 hours

 

Number and type of expected meetings*

Core group: 

  • Online-meetings 2025-2026 estimated total of 4 x 1 hours

Wider group: 

  • Online-meetings 2025-2026 estimated total of 4 x 2 hours
  • Webinar-presentation (online) 2 webinars of 90 minutes each, recorded
  • In persons / hybrid: 1 (2026), location: Brussels

 

 

IT tools **
  • Zoom / Teams

 

 

Other

 

 

 * FM (or other external source(s) agreed by EFPA as appropriate) will be expected to cover any cost of travelling, accommodation and subsistence in the event of face-to-face meetings.  All meetings that are held in person, however, should also be hybrid to allow attendance by project team members for whom in person attendance is not an option. 

Meeting rooms, refreshments/ lunch and hybrid meeting technology are provided by EFPA Head Office for in-person meetings in Brussels.  Overall costs for the face-to-face meeting are thereby reduced by using EFPA’s Head Office facility in Brussels and in the absence of good reason to the contrary this should be the preferred venue.  Meeting in Brussels also facilitates project management and support by the Head Office. 

** EFPA’s head office resources will be available for dissemination, project management, and IT support.