Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1516-1519
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Supervision and the professional development of the psychiatric resident
JJ Drucker, DB Klass and M Strizich
The authors used a questionnaire survey to study the way psychiatric
residents experience their psychotherapy supervisors at two points in their
training. Results show that second-year residents were more critical in
their evaluations of supervisors than first- or third-year residents and
that there appeared to be a characteristic progression in the experience of
residents from year to year. The authors believe that the resident's
experience of supervision reflects a developmental process, which others
have described and viewed as important in the formation of identity as a
psychiatrist.
