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SynthesisBMC psychology2019

Empirical research in clinical supervision: a systematic review and suggestions for future studies.

Franziska Kühne, Jana Maas, Sophia Wiesenthal, Florian Weck

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMC psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Telesupervision in Psychotherapy: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franziska KühneDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. dr.franziska.kuehne@uni-potsdam.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-5247
Jana MaasDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Sophia WiesenthalDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
Florian WeckDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
University of Potsdam · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough clinical supervision is considered to be a major component of the development and maintenance of psychotherapeutic competencies, and despite an increase in supervision research, the empirical evidence on the topic remains sparse.

methodsBecause most previous reviews lack methodological rigor, we aimed to review the status and quality of the empirical literature on clinical supervision, and to provide suggestions for future research. MEDLINE, PsycInfo and the Web of Science Core Collection were searched and the review was conducted according to current guidelines. From the review results, we derived suggestions for future research on clinical supervision.

resultsThe systematic literature search identified 19 publications from 15 empirical studies. Taking into account the review results, the following suggestions for further research emerged: Supervision research would benefit from proper descriptions of how studies are conducted according to current guidelines, more methodologically rigorous empirical studies, the investigation of active supervision interventions, from taking diverse outcome domains into account, and from investigating supervision from a meta-theoretical perspective.

conclusionsIn all, the systematic review supported the notion that supervision research often lags behind psychotherapy research in general. Still, the results offer detailed starting points for further supervision research.

trial registrationPROSPERO; CRD42017072606 , registered on June 20, 2017.

Indexed as

Clinical CompetenceEmpirical ResearchForecastingHumansPsychology, ClinicalClinical supervisionEvidence-based psychotherapySupervisionSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID31439041
PMCPMC6706910
OpenAlexW2969728898

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