title: A New Scale for the Assessment of Competences in Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Scales for assessing competence in CBT make an important contribution to research and practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a novel scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  A new structured assessment tool is described, which draws on a widely-used CBT competence framework to identify relevant areas of clinical practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Scale content was clarified through piloting and review by a range of stakeholders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pending formal testing of the psychometric properties, the scale is ready for use to assess competences in cognitive and behavioural therapy.
authors.affiliation: University College London,UK.
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003071:Cognition; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Cognitive behaviour therapy; competence; therapist competence