Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2025. Vol. 14, no. 4, 190–201
https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140411
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)
Ideology, technology, and contradictions in the accreditation of medical psychologists
Abstract
Context and relevance. The formation of professional standards and a regulatory framework has made it possible to create a stable model for the accreditation of medical psychologists. However, issues related to qualification requirements and inconsistencies in some regulations remain unresolved. The main problems of accreditation include contradictions between orders of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, complexity of submitting documents, and the need for unified requirements for professional retraining. Objective. Analysis of ideological foundations, organizational and technological features, and regulatory contradictions in the accreditation process for medical psychologists in Russia. Methods and materials. Analysis of regulatory documents; sociological research in the form of an online survey of subscribers to the telegram-channel (N = 141); statistical data processing. Results. An analysis of regulatory documents and survey data showed that the main difficulties in the accreditation of medical psychologists were contradictions in the requirements of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, difficulties in passing testing, especially in matters related to neuropsychology and cardiopulmonary resuscitation stations. Most specialists (89%) successfully passed accreditation, linking this with professional stability and job satisfaction. Conclusions. Accreditation of medical psychologists plays a key role in maintaining their professional status and the quality of their work, but it is necessary to improve the regulatory framework, unify requirements, and provide advisory support for specialists.
General Information
Keywords: accreditation, medical psychologists, professional standards, qualification requirements, regulatory framework, professional community
Journal rubric: Problems of Specialist Training
OpenAlex trends: Psychology of Development and Education, Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health, Healthcare Systems and Public Health
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140411
Received 01.04.2025
Revised 29.10.2025
Accepted
Published
For citation: Izyumova, I.A., Kucheryavenko, I.A., Nikishina, V.B., Razuvaeva, T.N. (2025). Ideology, technology, and contradictions in the accreditation of medical psychologists. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 14(4), 190–201. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140411
© Izyumova I.A., Kucheryavenko I.A., Nikishina V.B., Razuvaeva T.N., 2025
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Information About the Authors
Contribution of the authors
Irina A. Izyumova — development of the research concept, data collection and analysis, critical revision and scientific editing of the manuscript.
Kucheryavenko I.A. — participation in the development of the concept, visualization of the results, preparation of the initial version of the manuscript.
Razuvaeva T.N. — participation in the formulation of the research concept, preparation of graphic and tabular material, writing a draft manuscript.
Nikishina V.B. — verification of data reliability (validation), review and editorial revision of the final text.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethics statement
The study was reviewed and approved by the Faculty Ethics Committee of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Approval No. 18, dated November 27, 2023).
Informed consent with an electronic signature to participate in this study was provided by the respondents.
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