Interviewing Skills and Field Placement Training of U.S. Army Mental Health Paraprofessionals - a Follow-Up Study.
Abstract
This follow-up study reviews the procedures and findings of the initial study which concluded that the use of simulations when compared to field placement practicum is a much more effective device for training Mental Health Paraprofessionals in interviewing. However since the study was conducted in an 'artificial' environment, it was emphasized that the true measure of a student's interviewing proficiency must come from actual interviews with real clients in an on-the-job situation. The follow-up study hypothesized that those graduates who participated in field placement as students would be rated higher by their supervisors than those graduates who participated in intensive interviewing practicum as student members of the role playing group. Interviewing evaluation forms with instructions were mailed to 38 supervisors of the course graduates after they had been in their jobs for at least two months. After data was received from supervisors, scores were recorded according to the graduates membership (either role playing or field placement group) in the Pilot Study. A t-test was then used to determine which group was rated higher by job supervisors concerning the on-the-job interviewing performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 12, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA058625
Entities
People
- Joseph Di Paolo
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences