Effectiveness of a structured training program in psychotherapeutic skills used in clinical interviews for psychiatry and clinical psychology residents.
The authors evaluated a training program based on a structured manual of psychotherapeutic skills, using a randomized controlled design. The experimental group consisted of 135 residents from 12 teaching units in Spain. To control the improvement in therapeutic skills that could be attributed to the training received during the residency, the authors compared the experimental group with a control group of 35 residents from three teaching units. Two types of assessment instruments were used: a paper-and-pencil questionnaire based on clinical cases and a videotape of a role-playing interview. Both were given before and after the experimental group attended the training program. The experimental group shows a statistically significant improvement compared with the control group in both measurements.
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain. afliria@gmail.com
Alberto
A
Fernandez-Liria
Beatriz
B
Rodriguez-Vega
Deborah
D
Ortiz-Sanchez
Isabel
I
Baldor Tubet
Carlos
C
Gonzalez-Juarez
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D013030:Spain