ABSTRACT

Objective

Accreditation guidelines for professional psychology training have shifted from specifying educational inputs to emphasising attainment of core competency outputs. However, attention to both inputs and outputs are needed. Clinical practicum logs represent a neglected source of information to help guide training program development. The present article describes the development and preliminary data from a purpose‐built electronic web‐based log application for recording practicum activities.

Method

Participants were 76 university clinical psychology trainees who had completed at least 1,000-hr of practicum. Trainees recorded the time engaged in various practicum activities into the electronic log application.

Results

Trainees recorded practicum hours across 74 different placements. Most (43%) of the 72,494 entries were for activities supporting direct client work such as preparation and case notes. Direct client contact (37%) and supervision (20%) were next most frequent. On average, each trainee saw 78 clients for individual work and the average number of contacts was 3.69. The most frequent primary problems treated were anxiety disorders (28%) and depressive disorders (16%). Treatment of substance use disorders was rare (2%) as was work with older adults (2.6%), despite high needs in communities.

Conclusions

This descriptive study provides an example of an electronic log application and preliminary data from the application. The need to link such data to competency assessments is highlighted, as this will provide stronger evidence‐based decision making regarding minimum training standards. Further, by allowing real‐time monitoring of student progress, such applications can inform decisions about individual trainee's practicum progress and needs.

中文翻译：

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输出与输入：需要更好地跟踪和研究专业心理学实习时间

摘要

客观的

专业心理学培训的认证指南已经从指定教育投入转变为强调核心能力产出的实现。但是，需要注意输入和输出。临床实习日志代表了一个被忽视的信息来源，以帮助指导培训计划的发展。本文描述了一个专门用于记录实习活动的基于 Web 的电子日志应用程序的开发和初步数据。

方法

参与者是 76 名完成了至少 1,000 小时实习的大学临床心理学学员。学员将从事各种实习活动的时间记录到电子日志应用程序中。

结果

学员记录了 74 个不同实习的实习时间。72,494 个条目中的大多数（43%）用于支持直接客户工作的活动，例如准备和案例说明。其次是直接客户联系（37%）和监督（20%）。平均而言，每位受训者为个人工作看到了 78 个客户，平均接触次数为 3.69。最常见的主要问题是焦虑症（28%）和抑郁症（16%）。尽管社区的需求很高，但对物质使用障碍的治疗很少见（2%），与老年人一起工作（2.6%）也是如此。

结论

该描述性研究提供了一个电子日志应用程序的示例和来自该应用程序的初步数据。强调了将此类数据与能力评估联系起来的必要性，因为这将提供关于最低培训标准的更有力的基于证据的决策。此外，通过允许实时监控学生的进度，此类应用程序可以为有关个别学员的实习进度和需求的决策提供信息。