Promoting clinical expertise in academic faculty supervisors.

Surveyed 71 training clinic directors at American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited clinical psychology doctoral programs to determine the role of departmental policies in encouraging clinical faculty to maintain and develop their clinical skills. Ss estimated the amount of current clinical faculty involvement in direct service work, the relationship between such involvement and effectiveness at clinical supervision, and the weight given to supervisory skill in departmental promotion and tenure decisions. Supervisory skill was positively related to the supervisor's level of current clinical activity. However, Ss in many programs felt that the quality of supervision was being ignored in tenure and promotion determinations. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)