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Teaching Accountability: Using Client Feedback to Train Effective Family Therapists
Author(s) -
Sparks Jacqueline A.,
Kisler Tiffani S.,
Adams Jerome F.,
Blumen Dale G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00224.x
Subject(s) - coursework , accreditation , curriculum , medical education , competence (human resources) , accountability , psychology , family therapy , core competency , task force , medicine , pedagogy , psychotherapist , social psychology , public administration , marketing , political science , law , business
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.