title: A comparison of seminar and computer based training on the accuracy and reliability of raters using the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS).
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare two methods to conduct CGAS rater training. A total of 648 raters were randomized to training (CD or seminar), and rated five cases before and 12 months after training. The ICC at baseline/end of study was 0.71/0.78 (seminar), 0.76/0.78 (CD), and 0.67/0.79 (comparison). There were no differences in training effect in terms of agreement with expert ratings, which speaks in favor of using the less resource-demanding CD. However, the effect was modest in both groups, and untrained comparison group improved of the same order of magnitude, which proposes more extensive training.
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, BUP-divisionen, PO Box 17564, SE-11891, Stockholm, Sweden. anna.lundh@sll.se
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundh
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Carl Johan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013663:Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*