title: Assessment training in clinical psychology doctoral programs: what should we teach? What do we teach?
abstract: All clinical psychology doctoral programs accredited by the American Psychological Association provide training in psychological assessment. However, what the programs teach and how they teach it vary widely. So, also, do beliefs about what should be taught. In this study, program descriptive materials and course syllabi from 84 programs were analyzed. Findings highlight commonalities in basic course content and supervised practice in administering, scoring, and interpreting assessment instruments as well as differences in coverage of psychometric and other assessment-related topics and in the extent to which lectures, labs, and practica are integrated.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. rchilds@oise.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Childs
authors.forename: Lorraine D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Eyde
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013663:Teaching