The Boulder Model Revisited: The Training of the Clinical Psychologist for Research

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Frank
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Model Program ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Current Formulation ◽  
Clinical Program

The participants at the 1949 Boulder Conference on training espoused noble goals, amongst them being that clinicians should be contributors to the science of psychology as well. The error they made was to think that all students in clinical psychology should be or even could be interested in learning how to do research. Participants of the 1965 Chicago Conference on training recommended revising the Boulder philosophy; viz., not every student in a clinical program should have to learn how to do research, but those students who do, should have a program which could train them accordingly. The opinion was expressed at this Conference that the Boulder Model program did not do an effective job in training people for research. Since the current formulation of the Boulder Model program is not that different from the 1965 model, we must assume that the recommendation to develop a doctoral program for students of clinical psychology who are interested in being researchers has not been done. Sophisticated researchers now take years to develop; they do not enter their professional positions well trained; many years of trial-and-error groping with research strategies eventually helps a person become a competent researcher. However, that is an inefficient way of educating clinical psychologists for research and unsound pedagogically. Suggestions are made as to how the current clinical program can be modified so as to help train researchers more effectively.

Research Mentoring and Women in Clinical Psychology

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith-Anne Dohm ◽  
Wendy Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Main Question ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Research Mentor

The main question explored in this study is whether a woman's choice to do research during her career as a clinical psychologist is associated with having had a research mentor. A sample of 616 women, all members of the American Psychological Association holding a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, completed a survey about their experience with a research mentor. The data show that research mentoring is positively related to a woman in clinical psychology doing research and whether she, in turn, becomes a research mentor for others. The responses of the participants suggest that a model of mentoring that involves relevant training and practical experience in research may increase the likelihood that female clinical psychologists will choose to do research as part of their careers.

Psychology of the Scientist: LXXXI. Professional School and Traditional Program Graduates: Comparison on Measures of Achievement in Clinical Psychology

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 951-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer ◽  
Marie E. Tomeo ◽  
Stephen R. Pointkowski ◽  
David Mitroff ◽  
Ronda N. Niederhauser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Professional Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
Traditional Program ◽  
Traditional Programs

Clinical psychologists who graduated from traditional programs and those who graduated from professional schools were compared on both scientifically and professionally oriented criteria of achievement and recognition. Upon controlling for year of graduation from a doctoral program, the professional school graduates were less likely to be APA fellows, less likely to be on the editorial board of specified research oriented journals in clinical psychology, less likely to have diplomate status in the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), less likely to have been president of state psychological associations, and less likely to have been APPIC internship directors.

The Boulder Model Revisited

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Frank
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Model Program

If we can differentiate the Boulder philosophy (that is, the intent of the participants at the 1949 Boulder Conference on training in clinical psychology) from the Boulder-model program (that is, the actual program of education which materialized), we would have to agree with Raimy who in 1984 suggests that the Boulder program (that is, the program the participants at the Boulder Conference hoped would materialize) has never been actualized. The philosophy of the Boulder program was that clinical work in psychology should be based on scientific data and that the clinical psychologist should be expected to do research to contribute to the corpus of ideas in clinical psychology. In Frank's recent essays the training of the clinical psychologist for research was discussed; in this essay, the degree to which clinical training is based on scientific data and the data of basic psychology, is discussed. The conclusion is drawn that the foundation of clinical work by psychologists is not basic psychology. The influence of this observation on clinical training was discussed and recommendations made to modify the current clinical programs so that the Boulder philosophy might actually be actualized.

scholarly journals Clinical psychology in Lithuania: Current developments in training and legislation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evaldas Kazlauskas ◽  
Neringa Grigutyte
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This paper presents an overview of the current status in training and legislation of clinical psychology in Lithuania. Clinical psychology training at the university level in Lithuania started soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and was influenced by the social context and historical-political situation in the country. Currently, legislation for clinical psychology in Lithuania is in progress, and several promising regulations for psychology in health care were introduced in the last decade. However, psychologists, including clinical psychologists, are not licensed in Lithuania. The lack of legislation for psychology is the main obstacle for the recognition and establishment of clinical psychology in the country. In health care, the title ‘clinical psychologist’ is not common; ‘medical psychologist’ is the title used instead to refer to both clinical psychologists and health psychologists. We conclude that while the development of clinical psychology in Lithuania is promising, there is still a long way to go to establish clinical psychology as an important profession in Lithuania.

The Clinical Psychologist: A Generalist with Specialist Training

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Dana
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Over Time

Training for clinical psychology has been predicated upon the model of the specialist. No attempt has been made to train students in programs designed on the basis of research results. Currently, we have performance criteria. We can label the structure and content of programs. The interaction of program variables and student variables could be studied over time. Such research would suggest the applicability of specialist or generalist models for the training of clinical psychologists. Rationalists, wearing square hats, Think, in square rooms, Looking at the floor, Looking at the ceiling. They confine themselves To right-angled triangles. If they tried rhomboids, Cones, waving lines, ellipses— As, for example, the ellipse of the half moon— Rationalists would wear sombreros. (Stevens, 1957)

scholarly journals Group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 444-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Scandurra ◽  
Simona Picariello ◽  
Daniela Scafaro ◽  
Vincenzo Bochicchio ◽  
Paolo Valerio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Training Device ◽  
Psychodynamic Counselling

Metacognitive skills and agency are among the main psychological abilities a clinical psychologist should have. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in final-year undergraduates in clinical psychology within an educational context. Thirty-three final-year students of clinical psychology participated in an experiential laboratory lasting two months. Participants completed measures regarding metacognitive skills and agency at pre-, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up assessment. The results suggested that group psychodynamic counselling made students feel more capable of recognizing emotional states, understanding causal relationships, inferring mental states of others in terms of beliefs, desires, intentions, and expectations, and thinking critically. Furthermore, the group psychodynamic counselling helped students to feel more able to derive pathways to desired goals and to motivate themselves via agency thinking to use those pathways. Thus, the study confirmed the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists.

Some Comments on the Draft Ethical Code for South African Clinical Psychologists

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Swartz
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Ethical Code ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
The Public ◽  
Liberal Ideology

This article responds to the challenge implicit in the words ‘provisional draft’ appended to the title of the Ethical principles of Clinical Psychologists proposed for the SAICP by Steere and Wassenaar. An ethical code should be understood not only as a device for protecting and aiding the public but also as a way in which clinical psychology defines itself as a profession. It may even be the case that this second aspect of the code is the more powerful. The code rests on three assumptions: those of universalism, voluntarism and individualism, all of which can be viewed as relating to an underlying liberal ideology. The position of the clinical psychologist who does not accept this ideology is raised. Formalizing the code into anything more than a ‘provisional draft’ may obscure the historic specificity of the code and the particular views and interests it serves.

Introduction to the special section on Increasing Replicability, Transparency, and Openness in Clinical Psychology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L Tackett ◽  
Josh Miller
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Existing Problems

As psychological research comes under increasing fire for the crisis of replicability, attention has turned to methods and practices that facilitate (or hinder) a more replicable and veridical body of empirical evidence. These trends have focused on “open science” initiatives, including an emphasis on replication, transparency, and data sharing. Despite this broader movement in psychology, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists have been largely absent from the broader conversation on documenting the extent of existing problems as well as generating solutions to problematic methods and practices in our area (Tackett et al., 2017). The goal of the current special section was to bring together psychopathology researchers to explore these and related areas as they pertain to the types of research conducted in clinical psychology and allied disciplines.

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