Searching for Water in the Desert: Challenges In a Time of Good Applicant Scarcity (1 hour), Jeni McCutcheon, Psy.D., ABPP, Jocelyn Roland, Ph.D., ABPP, Meredith Rimmer, Ph.D., Kyle Hunneke, Psy.D., and Gina Gallivan, Ph.D., ABPP

•      Identify two agency challenges related to a lack of quality applicants

•      Name two psychology practice challenges related to a lack of quality applicants

•      Describe ways to maintain relationships and be of service to agencies during good applicant scarcity

Current Trends in Psychological Fitness For Duty Evaluations (1 hour), Lewis Schlosser, Ph.D., ABPP

•      Identify 2 aspects of the philosophical underpinning of the FFDE as a component of officer wellness

•      Identify 2 trends in the reasons for FFDE referrals in the 2021 sample when compared to the 2015 sample

•      Identify 2 trends in the outcomes of FFDE in the 2021 sample when compared to the 2015 sample

Innovations in Assessment Methodology: Virtual Administration and Evaluation, Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD and Mike Roberts, PhD, ABPP (1 hour)

•      Discuss the validity of virtual test proctoring.

•      Describe the challenge of maintaining psychological records in a remote assessment practice.

Investigating Bias Among Public Safety Applicants: A review of base rates, behavioral correlates, and psychological test correlates, Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD and Mike Roberts, PhD, ABPP (1 hour)

•      Discuss the challenges faced by screening psychologists when assessing applicant bias.

•      List behavioral correlates of biased beliefs.

•      Discuss the challenges of establishing validity of an explicit bias measure.