Philosophy and goals

Mission Statement

The mission of our residency program is to provide excellent clinical, ethical and professional training to enable residents to become highly competent, caring clinical psychologists able to function in complex, interdisciplinary health and mental health settings.

Philosophy and Objectives

In keeping with our commitment to the scientist practitioner model of our residency, we are committed to training exemplary clinical psychologists. That is, we are training psychologists who base their practice on knowledge and research, and who provide care that is respectful and appropriate to the needs of the client (i.e. taking into account such things as their developmental level, age, gender, cultural background and other characteristics). Their practice as psychologists is based on clinical judgment drawn from direct experience and expertise with a number of different assessment and therapy techniques. In other words, we are committed to training psychologists who will meet or exceed the national and provincial standards of practice for professional psychologists. Our training model is broad based and experiential and we are committed to the belief that this is an opportunity for the students to get exposure to, and training in, a wide range of skills and in working with a very diverse population. It is a training year where the emphasis is on learning rather than on simply increasing department productivity.

These values are in concert with those developed for BC Children’s Hospital as an institution, as articulated in the following statement:

“In our daily efforts we will: strive for excellence in providing the best possible quality patient care, education, and research; demonstrate respect for each other’s unique qualities; be open and honest; work cooperatively and collaboratively with each other, those we serve and our other partners; act with compassion and empathy; be optimistic, courageous and innovative; be accountable; and be just and fair with people and act with a social conscience.”

In addition, the hospital has a strong commitment to treatment, teaching and research in child health. Advancing knowledge has been identified as a specific aspect of the strategic plan, defined as:

“maximizing collaboration with UBC and the Research Institute as well as other academic institutions in the province to optimize the research and educational opportunities focused on the health needs of children and youth”.

Following directly from our philosophy and values are a number of specific goals and objectives for our residency program.

Goals

Based on Fouad et al (2009). Competency benchmarks: A developmental model for understanding and measuring competence in professional psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Vol 3 (4, Suppl), S5-S26.

Goal 1: Competence in Professionalism

Goal 2: Competence in Reflective Practice, Self-Awareness, and Self-Care

Goal 3: Competence in Scientific Knowledge and Methods

Goal 4: Competence in Relationships

Goal 5: Competence in Individual and Cultural Diversity

Goal 6: Competence in Ethical-Legal Standards and Policy

Goal 7: Competence in Interdisciplinary Systems

Goal 8: Competence in Assessment

Goal 9: Competence in Intervention

Goal 10: Competence in Consultation

Goal 11; Competence in Research/Evaluation

Goal 12: Competence in Supervision

Goal 13: Competence in Teaching

Goal 14: Competence in Management/Administration

Goal 15: Competence in Advocacy

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