Cost effectiveness of clinical training in a community mental health center.

Greenberg, David J.; Cradock, Carroll; Godbole, Anil; Temkin, Ted

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“…Equally important, advanced trainees could choose not to sacrifice social support, productive research endeavors, or therapeutic relationships during a critical time of personal and professional development. Such ventures could also bring great benefits to local service organizations because they may improve service to client populations while increasing overall net revenues (Greenberg, Cradock, Godbole, & Temkin, 1998).…”

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The predoctoral internship: Is current training anachronistic?

Thorp¹,

O’Donohue²,

Gregg³

2005

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The historical context of the predoctoral internship system is contrasted with the current state of graduate training. The internship system emerged because psychology students often acquired insufficient clinical experience during graduate training in the mid-20th century. However, modern graduate training typically involves extensive supervised clinical contact prior to internship. Moreover, traditional internships exact significant financial, psychological, and personal costs from students. The authors conclude with a discussion of recent progress in the internship process, promising alternatives to traditional internship training (i.e., elective internship training, distributed clinical training, and the affiliated internship model), and implications for the profession. STEVEN R. THORP earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Duke University Medical Center. He is currently a research health science specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. He is interested in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in older adults, treatment outcome research, dialectical behavior therapy, and couples research and therapy. WILLIAM T. O'DONOHUE received his PhD in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the Nicholas Cummings Professor of Organized Behavioral Health Care Delivery at the

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The predoctoral internship: Is current training anachronistic?

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Gregg³

2005

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…An increasing number of internships are requiring a completed doctoral thesis, or at least a defended doctoral thesis proposal, before interviewing graduate students so that the internship will result in more productive and efficient work by the interns (Megargee, 2001). Greenberg et al (1998) also suggest that attention to the psychology trainee mix could improve the efficiency of the internship site. Psychology interns with more experience are likely to be valuable and productive members of the staff on site, but are required to be paid a set stipend.…”

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“…Ensuring interns are provided with a comprehensive orientation period may also be useful. According to Greenberg et al (1998), the rate at which interns integrate into the site is a major variable that impacts the cost effectiveness of a program. Interns generally find the first few weeks of the internship program to be particularly stressful and confusing, as they cope with adjusting to a new setting, meeting new colleagues, and learning the clinical and administrative tasks required of them.…”

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“…The researchers evaluated several aspects of the training program, including monetary cost of the program and revenues generated by the interns. Greenberg et al (1998) determined that the total revenues generated by the 19 trainees involved in the internship program amounted to US$336,000. When including grant and nongrant revenues, the income generated by the trainees totalled US$715,000, or 30% of the total revenues for the relevant mental health centre programs.…”

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“…On the other hand, senior staff members were involved in more consultation and teaching activities than interns. In examining the cost of these services, Schauble et In an attempt to address some of the limitations of the Schauble et al (1989) study, Greenberg et al (1998) evaluated the costs of a psychology internship training program at a U.S. urban mental health centre. Greenberg et al chose to examine the training program for an entire year, spanning from July 1994 to July 1995.…”

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Costs of predoctoral clinical psychology internship training in a Canadian health care setting.

Klein

Nicholson

2006

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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Financial pressures on institutional health care in Canada in recent years have led to substantial pressures on institutional psychological services. These pressures have resulted in the elimination or substantial diminution of psychological services in some of these institutions, including the discontinuation of many longstanding psychology internship programs. It is therefore important for psychologists to demonstrate their cost-efficiency in delivering services. However, evidence for this efficiency in the current Canadian context is lacking. This investigation examines the costs and clinical activities of the interns and staff at a major Canadian teaching hospital in order to determine the degree to which the internship is a cost-efficient method of delivering services. The results indicate that there is a small increased cost to having the services delivered through an internship program. The results are viewed as part of a balanced scorecard approach to the evaluation of an internship program. From such a perspective, other factors can be seen as balancing out the slightly increased cost. Also, a number of strategies are outlined for increasing internship cost-efficiency.

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Cost effectiveness of clinical training in a community mental health center.

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The predoctoral internship: Is current training anachronistic?

The predoctoral internship: Is current training anachronistic?

Costs of predoctoral clinical psychology internship training in a Canadian health care setting.

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