title: Patterns of learning in family therapy training.
abstract: This study presents the results of an evaluation of two cohorts of trainees who had completed a 2-year training program in family therapy. The 15 trainees were assessed in the areas of perceptual/conceptual, intervention/executive skills and personal development both pre- and post-training. Although the group results showed skill acquisition in all areas assessed, the individual results revealed a complexity in performance glossed over by the group analysis. Trainees' learning commenced from different baselines, advanced at different rates, and there was a marked discrepancy between self-reports of improvements (or otherwise) and the results of the observer-rated measures. We recommend that increasing attention be paid to individual differences in learning styles in training and in evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Bouverie Family Therapy Center, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Perlesz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stolk
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Firestone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003071:Cognition; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards; D014739:Victoria