Facilitating professional development through analogic methods.

Becoming a professional involves the acquisition of specialized knowledge and skills, changes in self-concept, and internalization of attitudes and norms consistent with the professional role. Teachers and supervisors are usually more effective in teaching professional knowledge and techniques than in helping students with broader developmental tasks. Growth in both domains can be facilitated through analogic interpretation of themes and processes of small training groups. The use of this method in professional training is described. (57 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A training model to facilitate professional effectiveness in power- and sex-salient situations.

Designed a brief, experiential training model to help 36 professional psychology students examine both internal and external constraints to flexible use of power and to increase their effectiveness in power- and sex-salient situations. Ss' evaluations indicate that this model, which was offered as an elective course in a professional training setting, was successful in achieving its goals. The rationale for this model and the steps in its design are described. The model may be considered as a supplement to the socialization process of any professional training program. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)