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How common is it to receive an "unsatisfactory" practicum evaluation as a grad student? How much does it hurt you come internship application time?
I'm a third year in a university-based clinical psychology PhD program. It's a balanced program, but my primary focus is on research, and I plan to go into academia. I just received an "unsatisfactory" evaluation from one of my clinical practicum supervisors. I think a large part of the problem was just a poor fit between me and the practicum and my supervisor (it was a very therapy-heavy prac, which is not my main interest, and we just had very different approaches to therapy overall--there were no ethical concerns, etc). I do plan to take some of the suggested areas of improvement to heart and work on them, but right now, I'm honestly just worried that getting such a negative evaluation could have serious repercussions for me with regards to my program and applying for internship.
My previous prac evals have been pretty balanced, noting both areas of strength and areas of suggested improvement. Also, I received a much more balanced eval from a different supervisor at the same site last year.
I'm taking an extra year before internship to work on research, and so I'm not applying to internship until the year after next.
Any advice, especially personal experiences from people who have received poor practicum evaluations and "bounced back," would be greatly appreciated.
I'm a third year in a university-based clinical psychology PhD program. It's a balanced program, but my primary focus is on research, and I plan to go into academia. I just received an "unsatisfactory" evaluation from one of my clinical practicum supervisors. I think a large part of the problem was just a poor fit between me and the practicum and my supervisor (it was a very therapy-heavy prac, which is not my main interest, and we just had very different approaches to therapy overall--there were no ethical concerns, etc). I do plan to take some of the suggested areas of improvement to heart and work on them, but right now, I'm honestly just worried that getting such a negative evaluation could have serious repercussions for me with regards to my program and applying for internship.
My previous prac evals have been pretty balanced, noting both areas of strength and areas of suggested improvement. Also, I received a much more balanced eval from a different supervisor at the same site last year.
I'm taking an extra year before internship to work on research, and so I'm not applying to internship until the year after next.
Any advice, especially personal experiences from people who have received poor practicum evaluations and "bounced back," would be greatly appreciated.