I regret in advance, any offence I may inadvertently give to others who do not like to be compared to clinicians.
I have enjoyed this debate, but have found it difficult to get invested. Those of us who are clinicians familiar with the clinical research, have had to come to terms with the knowledge that having a Ph.D. does not necessarily make us any better at clinical practice than practitioners with masters degrees (or even less in some studies - EEK). MANY people were very invested in the idea that more education would make you a better clinician, but the data did not support their position. It MAY be that a PhD (or active research) makes someone a better teacher. It seems right and feels right and makes perfect sense (or not). However, I am not going to get my feathers ruffled over the question until there is good research. I am honest with my students and my clients about the findings regarding therapists, and remind myself to be humble, unbiased and non-territorial whenever humanly possible. I am going to remain open-minded about teaching and the benefits conferred by a PhD. When someone does a well-controlled prospective study on a representative sample of students randomly assigned to education level of professor, I will be the first in line to read the results : ) --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
