End-of-placement failure rates among clinical psychology trainees:exceptional training and outstanding trainees or poor gate-keeping?

Objectives: The objective of this multisite study was to examine failure rates across placements during clinical psychology training.Method: Placement supervisors from nine clinical psychology programmes used the Clinical Psychology Practicum Competencies Rating Scale (CΨPRS) to rate trainees’ competencies at the end of one of four placements (P1, P2, P3, P4).Results: Out of a total of 1449 placements, seventeen (1.17%) placements were failed,...