title: Evaluation of therapist candidates.
abstract: The authors describe one phase of a four-step procedure designed to more fully evaluate candidates for psychotherapist positions. All applicants must conduct an interview with a patient, which is observed and evaluated by a team of staff members to assess diagnostic skills. This procedure has not only proved valuable in the program for which it was designed but has been extended to other programs and proposed for use in peer review.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008824:Michigan; D010380:Peer Review; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D000078329:Workforce