Teaching the MMPI: APA-approved clinical internships.

A questionnaire on teaching of the MMPI was sent to 139 American Psychological Association-approved clinical internship programs. The questionnaire asked the faculty member primarily responsible for teaching psychological assessments to indicate how much of an intern's time was spent in psychological assessment; whether the test was taught didactically and, if so, how; how many interns received clinical supervision on the test; and whether interns completed research employing the MMPI. It was found that (a) 78% of the programs teach the MMPI, (b) 99% of the programs that teach the MMPI supervise its clinical use, (c) 86% of the internships that teach the test offer seminars dealing with it, and (d) interns do research with the MMPI in 54% of the programs that deal with it. (35 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)