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Gonsalvez CJ, Riebel T, Nolan LJ, Pohlman S, Bartik W. Supervisor versus self-assessment of trainee competence: Differences across developmental stages and competency domains. J Clin Psychol 2023; 79:2959-2973. [PMID: 37688801 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES This research aimed to systematically examine supervisor-trainee differences in assessments of trainee competencies across domains and developmental stages. METHODS Trainees and supervisors (N = 141 dyads) independently rated trainee performance at the end of placements using the Clinical Psychology Competencies Rating Scale. Based on the number of placement hours completed at the time competence was assessed, the 141 trainees were assigned to three developmental levels (61, 42, and 31 in the groups, respectively). Trajectories of 10 different competencies and trainee-supervisor differences for these competencies were examined across three developmental levels. RESULTS Compared to their supervisor ratings, trainees underestimated their competence during early stages of training, with this discrepancy reducing at Level 2 and reversing into an overestimation at Level 3. Compared to their own ratings for overall competence, trainees rated Relational and Communication, Reflective Practice, and Professionalism domains as relative strengths, and rated their competence on assessment and intervention domains as relative weaknesses. CONCLUSION Growth trajectories derived from supervisor assessments were much flatter than trajectories derived from trainee assessments. As predicted by the impostor theory of practitioner development, trainees significantly underestimated their competence early in training. The trend for trainees to overestimate their competence toward the end of their training is a potential concern that warrants further research.
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- Craig J Gonsalvez
- School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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Wells R, Acarturk C, Mozumder MK, Kurt G, Klein L, Lekkeh SA, Beetar A, Jahan S, Almeamari F, Faruk MO, McGrath M, Alam SF, Alokoud M, Dewan R, Vecih AE, El-Dardery H, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Hammadi H, Hamoud MAS, Hasan MT, Joshi R, Kothaa S, Lamia FKC, Mastrogiovanni C, Najjar H, Nemorin S, Nicholson-Perry K, Prokrity TS, Said Yousef R, Tawakol M, Uygun E, Yasaki W, Wong S, Zarate A, Steel Z, Rosenbaum S. Testing the effectiveness and acceptability of online supportive supervision for mental health practitioners in humanitarian settings: a study protocol for the caring for carers project. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:884. [PMID: 38017407 PMCID: PMC10683137 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05246-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Local humanitarian workers in low and middle-income countries must often contend with potentially morally injurious situations, often with limited resources. This creates barriers to providing sustainable mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to displaced individuals. Clinical supervision is an often neglected part of ensuring high-quality, sustainable care. The Caring for Carers (C4C) project aims to test the effectiveness and acceptability of online group-based supportive supervision on the well-being of MHPSS practitioners, as well as service-user-reported service satisfaction and quality when working with displaced communities in Türkiye, Syria, and Bangladesh. This protocol paper describes the aim, design, and methodology of the C4C project. METHOD A quasi-experimental, mixed-method, community-based participatory research study will be conducted to test the effectiveness of online group-based supportive clinical supervision provided to 50 Syrian and 50 Bangladeshi MHPSS practitioners working with Syrian and Rohingya displaced communities. Monthly data will be collected from the practitioners and their beneficiaries during the active control (six months) and supervision period (16 months over two terms). Outcomes are psychological distress (Kessler-6), burnout (the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory), compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress (Professional Quality of Life Scale), perceived injustice, clinical self-efficacy (Counseling Activity Self-Efficacy Scale), service satisfaction, and quality (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire and an 18-item measure developed in this project). A realist evaluation framework will be used to elucidate the contextual factors, mechanisms, and outcomes of the supervision intervention. DISCUSSION There is a scarcity of evidence on the role of clinical supervision in improving the well-being of MHPSS practitioners and the quality of service they provide to displaced people. By combining qualitative and quantitative data collection, the C4C project will address the long-standing question of the effectiveness and acceptability of clinical supervision in humanitarian settings.
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- Ruth Wells
- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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- Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Action Lab, Department of Human Centred Computing, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- New South Wales Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), Sydney, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychological Science, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Trauma and Disaster Mental Health, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Hope Revival Organization, Gaziantep, Türkiye
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- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Suicide Prevention Subgroup, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Borders LD, Dianna JA, McKibben WB. Clinical supervisor training: a ten-year scoping review across counseling, psychology, and social work. CLINICAL SUPERVISOR 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/07325223.2023.2188624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Barrett JA, Calvert FL, Gonsalvez CJ, Shires AG. A qualitative investigation into perceptions of scientist-practitioner competence within supervision during psychology training programmes. AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00050067.2022.2125282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jessica A. Barrett
- Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith (Kingswood), Australia
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- Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Beckman M, Alfonsson S, Rosendahl I, Berman AH, Lindqvist H. A Behavior-based Coding Tool for Assessing Supervisors' Adherence and Competence: Findings From a Motivational Interviewing Implementation Study. Clin Psychol Psychother 2022; 29:1942-1949. [PMID: 35727807 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Supervision seems to be an essential part of therapist training, and thus also of implementing evidence-based practices. However, there is a shortage of valid and reliable instruments for objective assessment of supervision competence that include both global measures and frequency counts of behavior - two essential aspects of supervisory competence. This study tests the internal consistency and inter-rater reliability of an assessment tool that includes both these measures. Additionally, strategies and techniques used by ten supervisors in 35 Motivational interviewing supervision sessions are described. Codings were conducted after two separate coding training sessions. The internal consistency across the global measures was acceptable (α = 0.70; 0.71). After the second training, the inter-rater reliabilities for all frequency counts were in the moderate to good range, except for two that were in the poor range; inter-rater reliability for one of the four global measures was in the moderate range, and three were in the poor range. A prerequisite for identifying specific supervisor skills central to the development of therapist skills, teaching these skills to supervisors, and performing quality assurance of supervision, is to create instruments that can measure these behaviors. This study is a step in that direction.
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- Maria Beckman
- Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
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- Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
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- Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
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- Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden.,Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
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Teichman Y, Berant E, Shenkman G, Ramot G. Supervisees' perspectives on the contribution of supervision to psychotherapy outcomes. COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/capr.12540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yona Teichman
- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology Reichman University Herzliya Israel
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- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology Reichman University Herzliya Israel
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- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology Reichman University Herzliya Israel
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- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology Reichman University Herzliya Israel
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Tugendrajch SK, Sheerin KM, Andrews JH, Reimers R, Marriott BR, Cho E, Hawley KM. What is the evidence for supervision best practices? CLINICAL SUPERVISOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07325223.2021.1887785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Hurst K, Heruc G, Thornton C, Freeman J, Fursland A, Knight R, Roberts M, Shelton B, Wallis A, Wade T. ANZAED practice and training standards for mental health professionals providing eating disorder treatment. J Eat Disord 2020; 8:58. [PMID: 33292542 PMCID: PMC7604958 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-020-00333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) recently developed general principles and clinical practice standards recommended for mental health clinicians and dietitians providing treatment for people with eating disorders. Separate mental health practice and training standards were then devised as a foundation for strengthening the workforce and providing guidance to professional training programs and service providers on the minimal standards required for practice in the eating disorder field. RECOMMENDATIONS The present recommendations for mental health professionals providing eating disorder treatment describe the following practice and training standards: eating disorder treatment foundations (including co-ordination of services, establishing a positive therapeutic alliance, professional responsibility and knowledge of levels of care), assessment, diagnosis, intervention (including evidence-based intervention, managing psychiatric risk and managing co-morbid mental health problems), and monitoring and evaluation. CONCLUSIONS Further work is required to disseminate these standards to clinicians providing services across Australia to people with eating disorders, and to support adherence in the clinic room where they can translate to improved outcomes for clients. Pathways to supporting adherence include expert supervision of practice, incorporation in training and supervised practice in university settings, and support with checklists that can be used by consumers and referring professionals.
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- Kim Hurst
- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia.
- Eating Disorder Service, Robina Private Hospital, Robina, Australia.
- School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
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- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia
- Eating Disorder Service, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia
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- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia
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- Western Australia Eating Disorders Outreach & Consultation Service, Nedlands, Australia
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- Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
- The Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia
- Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- National Eating Disorders Collaboration, Melbourne, Australia
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- Eating Disorder Service, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, Australia
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- Blackbird Initiative, Órama Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Watkins CE. What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years. COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/capr.12287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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