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Published Online: August 2013

Mental Health Clinicians’ Motivation to Invest in Training: Results From a Practice-Based Research Network Survey

Abstract

Objectives

Little is known about why clinicians seek training or about their willingness to invest in it.

Methods

Results from a Web-based survey of 318 clinicians in a practice-based research network were used to examine factors that motivate clinicians to seek training or forgo training (“deal breakers”) and their willingness to invest time and money in training.

Results

Clinicians desired training that teaches advanced versus basic clinical skills, that covers an area they see as central to the needs of their clients, and that provides continuing education credit. Training that requires clinical supervision or the use of a manualized intervention was not a deal breaker for most clinicians. However, the amount of time and money most clinicians reported being willing to invest in training fell far short of the requirements for learning most evidence-based treatments.

Conclusions

Training strategies that combine high intensity with lower cost may be needed.

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Cover: Summer Afternoon, by William Dean Fausett, 1943. Oil and tempera on masonite, 30 × 38 inches. Collection of the San Antonio Art League and Museum, San Antonio, Texas.

Psychiatric Services
Pages: 816 - 818
PubMed: 23903609

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Published in print: August 2013
Published online: 15 October 2014

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Byron J. Powell, A.M.
Mr. Powell and Dr. Proctor are affiliated with the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130 (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. McMillen is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago. Dr. Hawley is with the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia.
J. Curtis McMillen, Ph.D.
Mr. Powell and Dr. Proctor are affiliated with the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130 (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. McMillen is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago. Dr. Hawley is with the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Kristin M. Hawley, Ph.D.
Mr. Powell and Dr. Proctor are affiliated with the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130 (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. McMillen is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago. Dr. Hawley is with the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Enola K. Proctor, Ph.D.
Mr. Powell and Dr. Proctor are affiliated with the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130 (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. McMillen is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago. Dr. Hawley is with the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia.

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