title: What Did They Learn? Effects of a Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workshop on Community Therapists' Knowledge.
abstract: Knowledge gain has been identified as necessary but not sufficient for therapist behavior change. Declarative knowledge, or factual knowledge, is thought to serve as a prerequisite for procedural knowledge, the how to knowledge system, and reflective knowledge, the skill refinement system. The study aimed to examine how a 1-day workshop affected therapist cognitive behavioral therapy declarative knowledge. Participating community therapists completed a test before and after training that assessed cognitive behavioral therapy knowledge. Results suggest that the workshop significantly increased declarative knowledge. However, post-training total scores remained moderately low, with several questions answered incorrectly despite content coverage in the workshop. These findings may have important implications for structuring effective cognitive behavioral therapy training efforts and for the successful implementation of cognitive behavioral therapy in community settings.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, 1101 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA. scottks@indiana.edu.
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: University of Oregon, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klech
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, 1101 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.|University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195-6560, USA.
authors.forename: Cara C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, 100B Haggar Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
authors.forename: Anne D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000193:education*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009922:Oregon; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Assessment; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Declarative knowledge; Training