Membership Information

Susan Kuper, director of APA’s Membership Department, responds:

I would like to thank Dr. Gudeman for his excellent suggestions. Though the Membership Department currently has available a brochure called “An Invitation to Membership,” which is mailed to prospective members when inquiring about membership, this brochure does not specifically address all of the questions posed in Dr. Scully’s column or in Dr. Gudeman’s letter.

APA’s Web site does contain information on the membership application process, qualifications for membership, categories of entry membership, and CME requirements for members. To address the inclusion of Dr. Gudeman’s suggestion, however, the “Join APA” page of the Web site now has a link to “Frequently Asked Questions” for prospective members, and the “Members Corner” section of the Web site has a link to “Frequently Asked Questions” about membership dues and status. We also plan to condense the FAQs into a printed brochure that can be mailed to prospective members.

The FAQs for prospective members are posted at www.psych.org/apa_members/nonmemberfaqs.cfm, and the FAQs for members are posted at www.psych.org/apa_members/memberfaqs.cfm.