TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - An approach to evaluating competence in assessing and managing violence risk
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - McNiel, Dale E.
A1  - Hung, Erick K.
A1  - Cramer, Robert J.
A1  - Hall, Stephen E.
A1  - Binder, Renée L.
SP  - 90
EP  - 92
VL  - 62
IS  - 1
N2  - Objective: The authors developed and evaluated a tool for assessing competency in violence risk assessment and management. Methods: The Competency Assessment Instrument for Violence Risk (CAI-V) was based on the literature on violence risk assessment, which was complemented by feedback from faculty focus groups. In an objective structured clinical examination, 31 faculty observers used the CAI-V to rate the performance of 31 learners' (26 psychiatry residents and five psychology interns) risk assessments of standardized (simulated) patients. In an interrater reliability study, six faculty members rated video-recorded risk assessments. Results: The CAI-V had good internal consistency reliability (α=.93). Senior learners performed better on the CAI-V than junior learners, supporting the instrument's concurrent validity. Interrater reliability was good (intraclass correlation coefficient=.93). Participants reported that the CAI-V provided a helpful structure for feedback and supervision. Conclusions: The results supported the potential of this new approach for appraising competency in violence risk assessment and management. (Psychiatric Services 62:90-92, 2011).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.62.1.90
ID  - ref1
ER  -