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Meeting the Needs of Evidence‐based Practice in Family Therapy: Developing the Scientist‐practitioner Model
Author(s) -
Crane D. Russell,
Hafen Jr. McArthur
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00206
Subject(s) - clinical practice , family therapy , psychology , engineering ethics , field (mathematics) , medical education , psychotherapist , medicine , nursing , engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
Effective models of clinical training have been and continue to be a primary topic of discussion in the field of family therapy, particularly given the needs of evidence‐based practice. This article outlines the major historical and contemporary struggles of one such model of clinical training and practice: the scientist‐practitioner model. Throughout the article, the principles of the scientist‐practitioner model and evidence‐based practices are compared and contrasted. Suggestions for overcoming the contemporary challenges faced by the scientist‐practitioner in a family therapy practice or in an educational environment are discussed.