Evaluation of an Internet-based Training Program to Improve Cross-cultural Competencies in Psychotherapists
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 173
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Transcultural Competencies of Psychotherapists Questionnaire (TKKP; Reichardt et. al., in prep.)
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a web-based training program with text-based information as well as practical exercises can improve cross-cultural competencies in therapists.
详细描述
As the number of patients from diverse cultures increases in psychotherapeutic care, cross-cultural competencies of therapists become increasingly important. In particular, mental health care of patients with immigration background needs to be improved as studies show that these patients drop out of treatment more often and benefit less from therapy. In addition, patients with immigration background and refugees show higher prevalences in mental illnesses. Nevertheless, evaluated training programs to improve cross-cultural competencies in psychotherapists are lacking. In particular, web-based training programs, which allow therapists to work time-flexible and at their own pace on a training, are, to date, missing completely.
For the current study, a web-based training program to improve therapists' cross-cultural competencies was developed. It is based on existing conceptions of cross-cultural competencies. The developed program consists of six modules with the following contents: definitions and conceptions of culture, the role of cross-cultural competencies in psychotherapy, the influence of prejudices and discrimination as well as the role of migration and acculturation, and culturally sensitive diagnostics. The modules contain PDF-files with text-based information, video files, case studies with associated questions as well as practical exercises. The main focus of the training is the participants' self-reflection concerning their conceptions of (their own) culture and their beliefs about culturally diverse patients. The training group will be compared to two other groups, i.e. an education only and a waitlist control group. Whereas the waitlist control group will not receive any training materials, the education only group will receive a slimmed down version of the training consisting only of text-based information files.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •current psychotherapeutic work
- •Internet access
- •sufficient German language skills
- •ongoing or completed training in Psychotherapy
排除标准
- •too much previous knowledge about cross-cultural competencies (> 10h training)
研究组 & 干预措施
Training
In the training group, participants work six weeks on the training program, one module per week. The modules contain PDF-files with text-based information, video files, case studies with associated questions as well as practical exercises that participants perform independently. The main purpose of this intervention is the improvement of cross-cultural competencies in psychotherapists
干预措施: Training (Behavioral)
Education only
In the education only group, participants work six weeks on a slimmed down version of the training program. The modules only contain text-based information without any exercises. After completion, participants receive access to the practical exercises, case studies and video files as well. Main purpose of the education only group is to determine whether the practical part of the training program can offer additional benefit.
干预措施: Education only (Behavioral)
Waiting control
Initially, participants do not receive any training contents. After a six week waiting period, they can participate in the training program as well. Modules are equivalent to those of the training group. Purpose of this group is to determine whether the training program is effective.
结局指标
主要结局
Transcultural Competencies of Psychotherapists Questionnaire (TKKP; Reichardt et. al., in prep.)
时间窗: pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training); follow up (6 month after training completion)
Change in cross-cultural psychotherapeutic competencies
Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI; Sodowsky, 1994)
时间窗: pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training); follow-up (6 month after training completion)
Change in cross-cultural psychotherapeutic competencies
次要结局
- Cultural sensitivity in actual psychotherapeutic work I(pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training), follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Training satisfaction scale(post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training); follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Learning success scale(post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training); follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Knowledge regarding the provision of cross-cultural psychotherapy(post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training))
- Cultural sensitivity in actual psychotherapeutic work II(pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training), follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Cultural sensitivity in actual psychotherapeutic work III(pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training), follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Cultural sensitivity in actual psychotherapeutic work IV(pre-training, post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training), follow-up (6 month after training completion))
- Cultural sensitivity in psychotherapeutic work (Behavioural change measure)(post-training (6 weeks after the start of the training), 2 months after training completion; follow-up (6 month after training completion))
研究者
Cornelia Weise
Assistant Professor
Philipps University Marburg Medical Center