CE Webinar: Intern Intel: Data-Driven Improvements for Psychology Training Programs

Description

Presenter Bios

Dr. Love Sterk is a senior staff consultant with Clover Educational Consulting Group. Prior to joining Clover in 2021, Chrissie was the Training Director at the Wake Forest University Counseling Center, developing a brand new psychology internship program there and earning APA accreditation in record time. With Clover, she helps new and established programs with the extensive self-study process, including collecting and organizing training data.

Kimberly Fairbank is a Senior Researcher and Evaluation Consultant with Clover Educational Consulting Group. She has over 9 years of evaluation and behavioral health experience in community mental health, research, and K-12 education. Kimberly is passionate about “helping the helpers” and uses her research, data analysis, and evaluation expertise to improve behavioral health programming and develop creative solutions for non-profits to instill evaluation practices within their organizational culture.

Abstract

APA accredited programs and those seeking accreditation are asked to describe throughout the self study how they actively engage in ongoing quality improvement efforts. However, in practice, these plans may be forgotten or training teams may not know how to best use the data that is collected. This session will focus on helping training programs effectively make use of intern and alumni feedback in a manner that allows for real-time program enhancements and long-term sustainability. Case studies will be used to demonstrate practical strategies.

Learning Objectives

• Describe APA expectations around quality improvement.
• Identify key types and sources of feedback collected from interns and alumni throughout the training cycle.
• Name at least 3 practical strategies for real-time use of intern and alumni feedback.
• Develop a plan for use of feedback for continuous quality improvement.