ABSTRACT

This piece is a commentary on an important article, “An examination of accreditation standards between Australian and US/Canadian doctoral programs in clinical psychology”. The commentary complements and extends the original article by providing additional data on clinical supervision and examination requirements for clinical psychology training in the US and Australia. Indications that end-of-placement supervisor assessments are less reliable than expected, extremely low fail-rates during training, and the absence of a comprehensive and rigorous final examination for Registration with AOPE together constitute a serious concern and raise the possibility of a compromised competence assessment system. Inadequate assessment matters especially in the context of reduced clinical supervision requirements within the new accreditation standards.

KEY POINTS

What is already known about this topic:

1. The commentary analyses and comments on an important submission to the journal, “An examination of accreditation standards between Australian and US/Canadian Doctoral programs in clinical psychology.”

What this topic adds:

1. APAC requirements for clinical supervision are much lower than the APA requirements.

2. Unlike their US counterparts, clinical psychology trainees are not required to pass a final, bench-marked examination to gain registration with AOPE/licensure.

3. Less than satisfactory validity of end-of-placement supervisor assessments, extremely low fail-rates during training, and the absence of a comprehensive and rigorous final examination for Registration with AOPE are indicators of a deficient system of competence assessment.

摘要

这篇文章是对一篇重要文章的评论，“澳大利亚和美国/加拿大临床心理学博士课程的认证标准审查”。该评论通过提供有关美国和澳大利亚临床心理学培训的临床监督和考试要求的额外数据来补充和扩展原始文章。实习结束时主管评估不如预期可靠的迹象、培训期间极低的失败率以及缺乏全面和严格的 AOPE 注册期末考试共同构成了严重问题，并增加了能力受损的可能性评估系统。评估不充分很重要，尤其是在新认证标准中临床监督要求降低的情况下。

关键点

关于这个主题的已知信息：

1. 评论分析并评论了一份重要的投稿，“澳大利亚和美国/加拿大临床心理学博士课程之间的认证标准审查”。

本主题添加的内容：

1. APAC 对临床监督的要求远低于 APA 的要求。

2. 与美国同行不同，临床心理学学员无需通过最终的基准考试即可获得 AOPE/执照注册。

3. 实习结束时主管评估的有效性不令人满意，培训期间的失败率极低，以及没有全面而严格的 AOPE 注册期末考试，这些都是能力评估系统缺陷的指标。