National Psychiatry Trainee Survey: Exploring the Quality and Value of the Psychotherapy Long Case

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* 2. If you are a higher trainee please indicate your specialty (please select both specialties if you are on a dual higher training programme)

Forensic

CAMHS

Psychotherapy

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* 3. Please indicate which deanery/LETB (local education training board) you completed/or are completing your core psychotherapy training with

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* 4. Is/was there a Medical Psychotherapist (Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy) running your local core psychotherapy training scheme?

If there was no medical training, who led it? Can you comment?

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* 5. The psychotherapy long case is an essential core curriculum requirement and is defined as a psychotherapy treatment (any modality) delivered over more than 20 sessions. How far through your long case are you?

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* 6. Which modality are you completing/ did you complete your long-case in?

Psychodynamic/psychoanalytic

Systemic family therapy

CAT

CBT

DBT

Other (please specify)

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* 7. The psychotherapy long case is an essential core curriculum requirement; do you think it is an important part of core training?

Yes

Please give reasons for your answer

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* 8. Quality of Psychotherapy Long Case Training and Supervision: Did you attend supervision before you started your long case?

Yes (please respond to Q9)

No (please respond to Q10)

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* 9. If yes, please indicate the duration

Less than 1 month

1-2 months

2-3 months

More than 3 months

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* 10. How frequently do/did you attend supervision specifically for your psychotherapy long case?

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* 11. My supervision is:

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* 12. Please choose your supervisors’ qualification:

Other (please specify)

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* 13. During my psychotherapy supervision: I could speak to my supervisor freely about how I felt about my patient.

Completely Disagree

Completely Agree

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* 14. During my psychotherapy supervision: My supervisor helped me to understand my patient’s unconscious communication and how this manifested in the therapeutic dynamic, including in my own feelings.

Completely disagree

Completely agree

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* 15. During my psychotherapy supervision: I felt comfortable to speak about problems that arose in the work with my patient.

Completely disagree

Completely agree

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* 16. During my psychotherapy supervision: I felt that my supervisor was aware of and helping to manage any risk that arose in the work with my patient.

Completely disagree

Completely agree

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* 17. During my psychotherapy supervision: Overall I felt my supervision was of high quality.

Completely disagree

Completely agree

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* 18. Personal therapy is not a requirement of psychiatry training but is often a required component for other professionals training in psychotherapy. Some psychiatry trainees choose to pursue personal therapy during their psychotherapy experience. Did you have personal therapy while undertaking your psychotherapy long case?

Yes

Prefer not to say

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* 19. Please write additional comment about what is/was helpful and unhelpful about your supervision

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* 20. Did you experience any barriers to completing a psychotherapy long case?

Yes

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* 21. If yes, please tick all that were applicable

Difficulty in identifying a suitable supervisor

Failure to provide protected time to see the patient

Failure to provide protected time to access supervision

Delay in the allocation of a patient

Patient factors e.g. drop out

identifying a suitable location and room to see the patient

Other (please detail)

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* 22. The importance of the psychotherapy long case is recognised in my training scheme by my consultant trainers (those who are not medical psychotherapists)

Complete disagreement

Complete agreement

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* 23. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to become a better listener

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 24. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to understand and manage boundaries between doctor and patient

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 25. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to understand and imagine my patients’ experience and to put myself in his or her shoes

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 26. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to manage challenging interactions with patients

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 27. The psychotherapy long case has increased my awareness of my emotional responses to patients

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 28. The psychotherapy long case has made me more aware of how the ways that I feel about a patient may influence how I behave with that patient, including influencing the treatment plan that I make

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 29. The psychotherapy long case has increased my ability to formulate my patients’ problems and to consider a more holistic (i.e. biopsychosocial) approach

Complete disagreement

Complete agreement

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* 30. The psychotherapy long case has increased my confidence in recommending a psychological therapy to my patients

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 31. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to better understand team dynamics present in my workplace and has positively improved my ability to work within a team and lead a team

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 32. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to value continuity of care

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 33. The psychotherapy long case has equipped me with the skills to become a more resilient clinician

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 34. I use skills learnt during my psychotherapy training in my day to day practice

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 35. I am more likely to enjoy my work when I feel I am working psychotherapeutically with my patients in day to day practice

Complete Disagreement

Complete Agreement

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* 36. Please write any further comments about the value of psychotherapy long case training

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* 37. Many thanks for completing this survey. If you would like to be entered into a prize draw to win £50 Amazon voucher, please enter your email address below:

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* 1. Background: Please indicate your training grade

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* 2. If you are a higher trainee please indicate your specialty (please select both specialties if you are on a dual higher training programme)

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* 3. Please indicate which deanery/LETB (local education training board) you completed/or are completing your core psychotherapy training with

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* 4. Is/was there a Medical Psychotherapist (Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy) running your local core psychotherapy training scheme?

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* 5. The psychotherapy long case is an essential core curriculum requirement and is defined as a psychotherapy treatment (any modality) delivered over more than 20 sessions. How far through your long case are you?

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* 6. Which modality are you completing/ did you complete your long-case in?

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* 7. The psychotherapy long case is an essential core curriculum requirement; do you think it is an important part of core training?

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* 8. Quality of Psychotherapy Long Case Training and Supervision: Did you attend supervision before you started your long case?

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* 9. If yes, please indicate the duration

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* 10. How frequently do/did you attend supervision specifically for your psychotherapy long case?

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* 11. My supervision is:

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* 12. Please choose your supervisors’ qualification:

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* 13. During my psychotherapy supervision: I could speak to my supervisor freely about how I felt about my patient.

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* 14. During my psychotherapy supervision: My supervisor helped me to understand my patient’s unconscious communication and how this manifested in the therapeutic dynamic, including in my own feelings.

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* 15. During my psychotherapy supervision: I felt comfortable to speak about problems that arose in the work with my patient.

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* 16. During my psychotherapy supervision: I felt that my supervisor was aware of and helping to manage any risk that arose in the work with my patient.

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* 17. During my psychotherapy supervision: Overall I felt my supervision was of high quality.

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* 19. Please write additional comment about what is/was helpful and unhelpful about your supervision

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* 20. Did you experience any barriers to completing a psychotherapy long case?

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* 21. If yes, please tick all that were applicable

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* 22. The importance of the psychotherapy long case is recognised in my training scheme by my consultant trainers (those who are not medical psychotherapists)

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* 23. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to become a better listener

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* 24. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to understand and manage boundaries between doctor and patient

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* 25. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to understand and imagine my patients’ experience and to put myself in his or her shoes

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* 26. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to manage challenging interactions with patients

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* 27. The psychotherapy long case has increased my awareness of my emotional responses to patients

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* 28. The psychotherapy long case has made me more aware of how the ways that I feel about a patient may influence how I behave with that patient, including influencing the treatment plan that I make

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* 29. The psychotherapy long case has increased my ability to formulate my patients’ problems and to consider a more holistic (i.e. biopsychosocial) approach

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* 30. The psychotherapy long case has increased my confidence in recommending a psychological therapy to my patients

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* 31. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to better understand team dynamics present in my workplace and has positively improved my ability to work within a team and lead a team

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* 32. The psychotherapy long case has helped me to value continuity of care

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* 33. The psychotherapy long case has equipped me with the skills to become a more resilient clinician

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* 34. I use skills learnt during my psychotherapy training in my day to day practice

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* 35. I am more likely to enjoy my work when I feel I am working psychotherapeutically with my patients in day to day practice

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* 36. Please write any further comments about the value of psychotherapy long case training

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* 37. Many thanks for completing this survey. If you would like to be entered into a prize draw to win £50 Amazon voucher, please enter your email address below: