Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the experience and evaluation of trainees regarding the training courses of professional clinical psychology to investigate the implications of current training courses. The following are the selection criteria. 1) Having undergone all of the training course in Korea (graduate program and hospital training), 2) Having finished graduate program within 3 years or experiened hospital training in the last 2 years, 3) Having trained in a hospital that has been established for more than 5 years and with at least 10 interviewed trainees. According to the criteria, we recruited 10 trainees. After the semi-structured interviews, we analyzed the data accordance with the consensual qualitative research (CQR). The analysis revealed 6 themes and 27 categories: 1) motivation for wanting to be a clinical psychologist, 2) reason for choosing the particular graduate school, 3) reason for choosing the particular hospital, 4) experience and evaluation during the graduate program, 5) experience and evaluation during hospital practice courses, and 6) the meaning of training courses. Based on the results, positive evaluations and negative evaluations are comprehensively discussed, and recommendation on improving the negative aspects are provided.