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Integrating science and practice: Reclaiming the science in practice
Author(s) -
Carter Jean A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10112
Subject(s) - scholarship , psychology , psychological science , engineering ethics , clinical practice , epistemology , medicine , social psychology , political science , nursing , engineering , philosophy , law
This article is intended to be somewhat provocative, stimulating discussion in our efforts to better integrate science and practice. Three major areas of divisiveness between science and practice are posited—understanding of practitioners' approach to practice, definition of scholarship, and the role of theory and diagnosis in practice. Some general principles are offered that may further our thinking about integration of the applications of science in the practice of psychology and the participation of practitioners in science: (a) all practitioners do evidence‐based practice; (b) scholarship has many forms, each of which provides an important piece of the puzzle of advancing knowledge; and (c) “eclectic” is a theoretically and practically meaningful term. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 58: 1285–1290, 2002.