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Evaluating the Teaching of a Method of Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. P. Maguire ,
D. P. Goldberg ,
R. F. Hobson ,
F. Margison ,
S. Moss  and
T. O'Dowd
G. P. Maguire
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
D. P. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, The University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
R. F. Hobson
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
F. Margison
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary
S. Moss
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
T. O'Dowd
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
*
∗Correspondence
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Summary

A teaching package was produced to help trainees in psychiatry learn the techniques specific to a ‘conversational model’ of psychotherapy, prior to group supervision. This consisted of a booklet and three videotapes. The third tape used a micro-counselling approach to illustrate each key skill and was viewed together with a teacher. After this, trainees met in groups of three with a psychotherapist for eight weekly sessions. To evaluate this teaching, 12 trainees were asked to interview simulated patients before and after they used the package and after supervision. These interviews were recorded on videotape and rated. There were significant improvements on most of the key skills as a result of this training, and nine of the 12 trainees improved considerably. There was a strong negative correlation between improvement scores and a biological orientation to psychiatry. It is concluded that the teaching package is an economic but effective way of helping trainees learn the basics of a method of psychotherapy before they are given supervision.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 6 , June 1984 , pp. 575 - 580
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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