Scaling Up Psychological Treatments: A Countrywide Test of the Online Training of Therapists
| Autor: | Marianne E. O'Connor, Elizabeth Allen, Suzanne Bailey-Straebler, Zafra Cooper, Christopher G. Fairburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty cognitive behavior therapy education Health Informatics eating disorders dissemination Mean difference 03 medical and health sciences Health services 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Competence (human resources) Psychological treatment Internet Original Paper training Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 05 social sciences Cognition medicine.disease Mental health 030227 psychiatry 3. Good health psychotherapy Eating disorders Physical therapy Female Training program Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| ISSN: | 1438-8871 1439-4456 |
| Popis: | Background A major barrier to the widespread dissemination of psychological treatments is the way that therapists are trained. The current method is not scalable. Objective To conduct a proof-of concept study of “web-centred training”, a scalable online method for training therapists. Methods The Irish Health Service Executive identified mental health professionals across the country whom they wanted to be trained in a specific psychological treatment for eating disorders. These therapists were given access to a “web-centred training” programme in transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders. The training was accompanied by a scalable form of support consisting of brief encouraging telephone calls from a non-specialist. The trainee therapists completed a validated measure of therapist competence before and after the training. Results One hundred and two therapists embarked upon the training programme, 84.3% (86/102) of whom completed it. There was a substantial increase in their competence scores following the training (mean difference=5.84; 95% Cl -6.62 to -5.05; P Conclusions Web-centred training proved feasible and acceptable, and resulted in a marked increase in therapist competence scores. If these findings are replicated, web-centred training would provide a means of simultaneously training large numbers of geographically dispersed trainees at low cost, thereby overcoming a major obstacle to the widespread dissemination of psychological treatments. |
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