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- Title
Continuing Education: A Review of the Empirical Support for Psychotherapy Training Offered to Québec Psychologists.
- Authors
Beaulieu, Leah; Butler, Bryan P.; Parker, Daniel G.; Drapeau, Martin
- Abstract
This comprehensive review examined the continuing education (CE) training offered to psychologists by the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec (OPQ [College of Psychologists of Québec]). The aim was to determine the extent to which the CE workshops advertised by the OPQ promote evidence-based practices. All 26 psychotherapies that advertised for training in the OPQ official journal, Psychologie Québec, were systematically evaluated to determine the quantity and quality of available evidence in support of their effects. The results indicate that nearly half of the psychotherapies promoted in OPQ-approved workshops are not yet supported with research. These findings suggest that psychologists in Québec may be receiving suboptimal training, which may in turn have a negative impact on psychotherapy service users. Recommendations for the regulatory bodies, the trainers developing and providing these CE workshops, and the psychologists enrolling in these workshops are discussed.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); EDUCATION of psychologists; PROFESSIONAL standards; EVIDENCE-based medicine; CONTINUING education; ADVERTISING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ADULT education workshops; QUEBECOIS
- Publication
Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 2020, Vol 61, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0708-5591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/cap0000198