A systematic program to enhance clinician group skills in an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
This article describes the collaborative effort of a team of discipline directors, administrators, and academicians to create a systematic program to enhance the group competencies of a large clinical staff working at a state hospital. The effects of the program were tested by a quasi-experimental field study. Quantitative measures of group process provided limited support for program effectiveness. Stronger support came from qualitative inquiry. The development and effectiveness of the program is examined within a larger context of group programs housed in large health care organizations.
Burlingame
Gary M
GM
Dept. of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 238 TLRB, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Earnshaw
Dallas
D
Hoag
Matthew
M
Barlow
Sally H
SH
Richardson
Elizabeth J
EJ
Donnell
Alison J
AJ
Villani
Jacob
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome