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The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns
Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| author2 | Marchetti-Mercer, Maria Chiara |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22822 The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns Marchetti-Mercer, Maria Chiara upetd@ais.up.ac.za Kuhn, Carin Internship Learning experience Qualitative research Peer group Support systems Intern psychologist Psychiatric context Multi-disciplinary team Phenomenology Supervision UCTD Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. The internship year is of paramount importance in the vocational training of clinical psychologists. This event assists the student in making the transition from trainee to professional. During the internship year intern psychologists undergo various transitions, for example a change in roles and a change in learning style. The motivation for this study arose from the researcher's own experience of the internship year in a psychiatric training hospital. The study aims at investigating other intern clinical psychologists' experience of their internship year. The intention of this study is to present descriptions of these experiences. The research design of this study is qualitative, using a phenomenological approach. A phenomenological approach has been followed to return to the phenomenon internship in an attempt to reach the lived world of the respondents. Emphasis is placed on the respondents' perceptions of their experience of the internship year. An informal, unstructured interview was conducted with each research participant. Audio tape recordings of the interviews were transcribed. On analysis of the protocols, several themes were extracted. Each respondent did not necessarily experience each of the identified themes. The themes are discussed in chapter four and linked to the existing literature. The following themes have been identified: the value of the learning experience, a sense of apprehension, the experience of stress, the importance of support, the importance of supervision and mentorship, a sense of not belonging, a sense of isolation from social contexts, the challenges concerning culture, and a sense of achievement. The researcher hopes to make a contribution towards the understanding of intern clinical psychologists’ experience of the internship year. It is also hoped that through this study, further research in this field will be encouraged. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:48:34Z 2004-02-10 2013-09-06T13:48:34Z 2003-04-23 2005-02-10 2004-01-12 Dissertation Kuhn, C 2003, The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22822 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22822 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01122004-101811/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Internship Learning experience Qualitative research Peer group Support systems Intern psychologist Psychiatric context Multi-disciplinary team Phenomenology Supervision UCTD The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title | The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title_full | The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title_fullStr | The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title_full_unstemmed | The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title_short | The internship year : the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| title_sort | internship year the experience of clinical psychology interns |
| topic | Internship Learning experience Qualitative research Peer group Support systems Intern psychologist Psychiatric context Multi-disciplinary team Phenomenology Supervision UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22822 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01122004-101811/ |