The certified public psychologist (tentative name) was introduced as a versatile profession, which covers the fields of medical, healthcare, welfare services, industry, and law. In this study, I report the process of how certified public psychologists were introduced, indicate their characteristics in the medical field, and make proposals on their expected roles and associated tasks. Since their professional involvement in psychiatric care, healthcare, and welfare settings has shifted from hospital- to community-based care, the care system has also changed from a team-based care approach to a multi-professional collaborative system. Experts involved in the multi-professional collaborative system are required to exert their skills based on professional knowledge and experience, and also to be equipped with human strengths as a generalist based on experience accompanied with wide-ranging education. Responding to such a trend, in addition to the payments made for each of their services, such as psychological assessment, treatment, and education, I would like to request financial reimbursement by the medical fee system for professionals working in team-based medical and multi-professional collaborative settings. I strongly hope that certified public psychologists, who have been involved in the medical field for more than half a century, will become financially secure upon being certified through a national qualification, and play an active and worthwhile role as full-time employees in each setting while responding to the needs and expectation of patients, clients, and other medical workers.
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