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Movement Retraining using Real-time Feedback of Performance
Published on: January 17, 2013
Teaching accountability: using client feedback to train effective family therapists
Jacqueline A Sparks1, Tiffani S Kisler, Jerome F Adams
1University of Rhode Island, RI, USA. jsparks@uri.edu
Abstract:
The AAMFT Task Force on Core Competencies (Nelson et al., 2007) proposed that marriage and family therapy (MFT) educators teach and provide evidence of trainee competence beyond coursework and accrued clinical hours. This article describes the integration of a systematic client feedback protocol into an MFT-accredited program's curricula to address the call for outcome-based learning. Outcome management (OM) provides a framework for teaching and assessing trainee effectiveness. Continuous incorporation of client feedback embodies collaborative, strengths-based, integrative, and diversity-centered program values. Students learn a system for being accountable to clients, the profession, and service communities.
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