Psychotherapy Training for Residents: Reconciling Requirements With Evidence-Based, Competency-Focused Practice

ObjectiveThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) changed the training requirements in psychotherapy, moving toward evidence-based therapies and emphasizing competence and proficiency as outcomes of training. This article examines whether the therapies selected for training are evidence based and the authors review research concerning methods for training …