Research Outputs
Project outcomes have been disseminated in a number of scientific journals, and at multiple national and international conferences, and workshops as indicated below.
Project Reports
Gonsalvez, C.J., Terry, J., Deane, F. P. (2016). Using standardised vignettes to assess practicum competencies in psychology and other disciplines. Final Report(opens in a new window). Canberra: Department of Education and Training. ISBN 978-1-76051-008-4
Gonsalvez, C.J. (2012). The vignette-matching procedure: An innovative approach to assess competencies in psychology and clinical practicum. Final report(opens in a new window). Sydney: Australian Learning and Teaching Council. ISBN 978 1 921916 59 5.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Gonsalvez, C. J., Wahnoon, T., & Deane, F.P. (2017). Goal-setting, Feedback, and Assessment Practices Reported by Australian Clinical Supervisors(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52, 21-30. doi: 10.1111/ap.12175
- Gonsalvez, C. J., Deane, F. P., & O'Donovan, A. (2017). Introduction to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Professional Supervision: Challenges and Practice Implications.(opens in a new window) Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 83–85. doi:10.1111/ap.12276
- Gonsalvez, C. J., Hamid, G., Savage, N. M., & Livni, D. (2017). The Supervision Evaluation and Supervisory Competence Scale: Psychometric Validation(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 94–103. doi:10.1111/ap.12269
- Morris, E. M. J., & Bilich-Eric, L. (2017). A Framework to Support Experiential Learning and Psychological Flexibility in Supervision: SHAPE(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 104–113. doi:10.1111/ap.12267
- Nicholson Perry, K., Donovan, M., Knight, R., & Shires, A. (2017). Addressing Professional Competency Problems in Clinical Psychology Trainees(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 121–129. doi:10.1111/ap.12268
- Shires, A., Vrklevski, L., Hyde, J., Bliokas, V., & Simmons, A. (2017). Barriers to provision of external clinical psychology student placements(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 140–148. doi:10.1111/ap.12254
- Terry, J., Gonsalvez, C., & Deane, F. P. (2017). Brief Online Training with Standardised Vignettes Reduces Inflated Supervisor Ratings of Trainee Practitioner Competencies(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 52(2), 130-139. doi:10.1111/ap.12250
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Deane, F.P., Blackman, R., Matthias, M., Knight, R., Nasstasia, Y., Shires, A., Nicholson Perry, K., Allan, C., Bliokas, V. (2015). The hierarchical clustering of clinical psychology practicum competencies: A multisite study of supervisor ratings(opens in a new window). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 22, 390-403. doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12123
- Deane, F. P., Gonsalvez, C., Blackman, R., Saffioti, D. and Andresen, R. (2015). Issues in the Development of e-supervision in Professional Psychology: A Review(opens in a new window). Australian Psychologist, 50(3); 241–247. doi: 10.1111/ap.12107
- Hill, H., Crowe, T., & Gonsalvez, C.J. (2015). Reflective dialogue in clinical supervision: A pilot study involving collaborative review of supervision videos(opens in a new window). Psychotherapy Research. DOI:10.1080/10503307.2014.996795
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Deane, F.P., Caputi, P. (2015). Consistency of supervisor and peer ratings of assessment interviews conducted by psychology trainees(opens in a new window). British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2015.1068927
- Gonsalvez, C.J., & Crowe, T. (2014). Evaluation of Psychology Practitioner Competence in Clinical Supervision(opens in a new window). American Journal of Psychotherapy, 68(2), 177-93.
- Bushnell JA, Gonsalvez CG, Blackman R, Deane F, Bliokas V, Nicholson-Perry K, Shires A, Nasstasia Y, Allan C, and Knight R, (2013) . Assessing ourselves: Is the assessment of performance in Clinical Psychology field placements due to biased raters or defective rating instruments?(opens in a new window) Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists 23(3), 1-9.
- Gonsalvez, C. J., et al. (2013). Assessment of psychology competencies in field placements: Standardized vignettes reduce rater bias(opens in a new window). Training and Education in Professional Practice, 7, 99-111.
- Gonsalvez, C. J., & Freestone, J. (2007). Field supervisors' assessments of trainee performance: Are they reliable and valid?(opens in a new window) Australian Psychologist, 42, 23-32.
Awards
Award Title | 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching - Award for Teaching Excellence (Social and Behavioural Sciences) |
Year | 2017 |
Description | Awarded for the outstanding quality of teaching resources developed to enhance the quality of clinical supervision in higher education. |
Awarded to | Prof. Craig Gonsalvez |
Award Title | Office for Learning and Teaching National Award |
Year | 2016 |
Description | Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: For Enhancing Placement Outcomes and Experiences for Psychology Students Through Competency-Based Supervision, Training and Assessment. |
Awarded to | Prof. Craig Gonsalvez |
Award Title | Office for Learning & Teaching, Innovation and Development Research Grant (ID14-3639), $220,000 |
Year | 2014 |
Description | Using standardised vignettes to assess practicum competencies in psychology and other disciplines. |
Awarded to | Leaders: Western Sydney University: Craig Gonsalvez University of Wollongong: Frank Deane, John Bushnell Partners: University of Wollongong: Mark Donovan, Russell Blackman University of Newcastle: Yasmina Nasstasia Australian College of Applied Psychology: Kathryn Nicholson Perry University of Technology, Sydney: Alice Shires Macquarie University: Roslyn Knight University of New South Wales: Chien Gooi University of New England: Lisa Patterson-Kane Australian National University: Lynda Billich-Eric University of Glasgow, United Kingdom: Hamish McLeod; Gavin Richardson University of Canterbury, New Zealand: Eileen Britt |
Award Title | Australian Learning &Teaching Council (ALTC), Research grant (PP10-1624). $105,000 |
Year | 2010 |
Description | The vignette-matching procedure: An innovative approach to assess student competencies in psychology and clinical practicum. |
Awarded to | Leaders: University of Wollongong: Craig Gonsalvez & John Bushnell Partners: University of NSW: Alice Shires Macquarie University: Roslyn Knight University of Western Sydney: Kathryn Nicholson Perry University of Wollongong: Chris Allan University of Newcastle: Yasmina Nasstasia University of Sydney: Judy Hyde |
Conferences and Workshops
- Gonsalvez, C. (2019). Ten Key Domains That Constitute Practitioner Competence: An Empirical Cluster Analytic Solution and its Implications for Training and Supervision. Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC), Charleston, USA (March 2019).
- Gonsalvez, C. (2019). Recent Insights into Competency-Based Assessment & Evaluation:
Advancing Clinical Supervision. Conference on Clinical Supervision, Los Angeles, USA (March 2019). - Richardson, G. & McLeod, H. (2018). Assessing Clinical Competence with a Computerised Vignette Matching Tasks: A comparison of Trainees in the UK & Australia.(opens in a new window) Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology Conference (GTiPC), Glasgow, UK (November 2018).
- Gonsalvez, C., Gooi, C., Shires, A., & Deane, F. (2018). Innovations in Competence Assessment: The Vignette-Matching Assessment Tool: Presentation 1. Panel discussion at the International Congress of Psychology Training Clinics, Annual Meeting of the Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC), Hawaii (March 2018).
- Shires, A., Gonsalvez, C., Gooi, C., & Terry, J. (2018). Innovations in Competence Assessment: The Vignette-Matching Assessment Tool: Presentation 2. Panel discussion at the International Congress of Psychology Training Clinics, Annual Meeting of the Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC), Hawaii (March 2018).
- Gonsalvez, C.J. (2017). Assessment of supervisee competence by supervisors: Progress, pitfalls and promises.(opens in a new window) Invited keynote presentation at the 13th International Interdisciplinary Clinical Supervision Conference at New York, June 14-16, 2017
- Gonsalvez, C. J. (2017). Using the CΨPRS to identify students with competence problems: Problems, solutions and future directions.(opens in a new window) Paper presented at the Queensland Health & University Forum, Brisbane, September 28, 2017
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Deane, FD, Knight, R., Nasstasia, Y., Gooi, C., Shires, A., Nicholson Perry, K., Donovan, M., Bartik, W., Billich-Eric, L. (2017). Key findings from a multisite project on competence assessment.(opens in a new window) Paper presented at the Clinical Psychology Course Directors Forum, Brisbane, June 2017.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Blackman, R., Deane, FD, Donovan, M., Gooi, C., Knight, R., Nasstasia, Y., Nicholson, L., Nicholson Perry, K., Shires, A., Bartik, W., (2017). Assessment of Practicum competencies in Clinical Psychology: Key findings and Future Directions. Australian and New Zealand Psychology Training Clinic Directors Conference (Oct 2017).
- Assessing Clinical Psychology Practicum Competencies: Tools and Techniques for Supervisors(opens in a new window) (2016). Supervisor Workshops presented by Donovan, M., Brisbane QLD (April 2016), & Nicholson Perry, K., Melbourne VIC (May 2016).
- Donovan, M., Nicholson Perry, K., Knight, R., & Shires, A. (2016). Trainees with professional competence problems(opens in a new window), Clinical Psychology Programs Placement Coordinators Meeting, Melbourne, June.
- Gonsalvez, C. (2016). Innovations in the assessment of practicum competencies: The use of standardised vignettes, Twelfth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Garden City, New York, June.
- Deane, F. P., Gonsalvez, C., Terry, J., & Blackman, R. (2016). Development and acceptability of a vignette-matching procedure to assess clinical psychology trainees' competencies in field placements(opens in a new window) 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan, July.
- Richardson, G. (2015), Trainers in Clinical Psychology Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, November.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Deane, F.P., Terry, J., & Middleton, J (2015, October). Critical issues in the measurement of psychologist practitioners' competencies, 50th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD.
- Knight, R. (2015, October). Assessment of underperforming provisional psychologists in Clinical Masters programs(opens in a new window), 50th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD.
- Middleton, J., Ratajec, H. E., Blackman, R., Nasstasia, Y., Knight. R., & Gonsalvez, C.J,. (2015, October). The organisation of clinical psychology competencies into clusters, 50th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD.
- Terry, J., Shires, A., Nicholson Perry, K., Ratajec, H.E. (2015, October). Developmental trajectory of clinical psychology competencies across domains(opens in a new window), 50th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD.
- Bushnell, J.A., et al. (2015, March) Is the Vignette Matching Task a way to get less biased supervisor assessments of student performance?(opens in a new window) Annual Conference of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, Auckland.
- Shires, A., (2015, April). Using Standardised Vignettes to Assess Practicum Competencies in Psychology and Other Disciplines(opens in a new window), Why Health Matters: Bench to Bedside and Beyond UTS Research Symposium, UTS.
- McLeod, H. J., and Richardson, G. (2015) Using Standardised Vignettes to Assess Practicum Competencies in Psychology and other Disciplines(opens in a new window), Supervisor Orientation, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
- Gonsalvez C.J., et al. (2014, December) Innovations in the assessment of practicum competencies: Designing for Learning Showcase , UWS, Sydney.
- Gonsalvez C.J., et al. (2014, December) Assessment of Clinical Psychology Practicum Competencies. Challenges and Innovations, Advances in Clinical & Health Psychology at the Clinical and Health Psychology Research Initiative (CaPHRI), UWS, Sydney.
- McLeod, H. J., and Richardson, G. (2014, November). Assessing clinical competence using vignette matching procedures. (opens in a new window) Paper presented at the Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology (GTiCP) Conference, Belfast, UK.
- Bushnell JA, Gonsalvez CG, Blackman R, Deane F, Bliokas V, Nicholson-Perry K, Shires A, Nasstasia Y, Allan C, and Knight R. (2013, April). Crumbling in the cornerstones of clinical psychology? Bias in practice-based assessments of student competencies(opens in a new window). Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, Dunedin, NZ.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Knight, R., Nicholson Perry, K., Shires, A., Allan, C., Blackman, R., Bushnell, J., Hyde, J., & Nasstasia, Y. (2011, May). Rating clinical competencies in externships. Can we enhance training outcomes? (opens in a new window)Paper presented at the Clinical Psychology Curriculum Conference, Brisbane, QLD.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Shires, A., Allan, C., Knight, R., Nicholson Perry, K., Blackman, R., Webster ,R., Bushnell, J., Hyde, J., & Nasstasia, Y. (2011, June). A multi-site study on the assessment of clinical psychology competencies by field supervisors: Should vignettes replace rating scales? (opens in a new window)Paper presented at the Seventh International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Adelphi University, New York.
- Gonsalvez, CJ, Bushnell, J, Blackman, R, Nasstasia, Y, Nicholson Perry, K, Allan, C, Knight, R, Shires, A, & Hyde, J (2011, October). The use of vignettes to capture clinical psychology practicum competencies: vignette standardization and preliminary results. (opens in a new window)Paper presented a the Australian Technology Network of Universities Conference. Curtin University, Perth, WA.
- Bushnell, J, Nicholson Perry, K, Blackman, R, Allan, C, Nasstasia, Y, Knight, R, Shires, A, Deane, F, Bliokis, V, & Gonsalvez, CJ (2011, October). Where Angels fear to tread: leniency and halo effects in practicum-based assessment of student competencies. (opens in a new window)Paper presented at the Australian Technology Network of Universities Conference. Curtin University, Perth, WA.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., Knight, R., Nicholson Perry, K., Shires, A., Allan, C., Blackman, R., Bushnell, J., Hyde, J. & Nasstasia, Y. (2011, June). The Vignette Project: An Innovative Method To Assess Practicum Competencies. (opens in a new window)Paper presented at a Clinical Psychology Workshop, Field Supervisors' Assessment of Trainee Competence in Clinical Psychology: Evidence and Practice. Carleton Clinic, Cumbria, National Health Service, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 13 June 2011.
- Gonsalvez, C.J., et al. (2011). The vignette procedure as an instrument of competency measurement: preliminary results and future directions. (opens in a new window)Invited presentation at the Annual Psychology Clinic Directors Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 25-26 November 2011.