Compton Michael T, Chien Victoria H
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr., S.E., Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Sep;59(9):1049-51. doi: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.9.1049.
This study examined whether knowledge scores of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officers would decline in the months following CIT training and whether shorter time since training would be a significant predictor of mental health knowledge retention. This study also examined whether sociodemographic and work-related characteristics would predict knowledge retention.
Eighty-eight CIT officers trained within the past three years completed an online survey containing sociodemographic and work-related questions and 17 of the 40 items used on the knowledge test that is administered at the end of training. Officers' posttraining and follow-up exam scores were matched.
As expected, knowledge scores decreased significantly in the months after CIT training. Less experienced officers had lower follow-up scores. However, time elapsed since training did not predict knowledge retention.
The findings indicate that CIT officers would benefit from continuing education about mental illnesses and that more seasoned officers may be better candidates for CIT training, at least in terms of knowledge retention.
本研究调查了危机干预团队（CIT）警官的知识得分在CIT培训后的几个月内是否会下降，以及距培训时间较短是否会成为心理健康知识保留的重要预测因素。本研究还调查了社会人口统计学和工作相关特征是否能预测知识保留情况。
在过去三年中接受培训的88名CIT警官完成了一项在线调查，其中包含社会人口统计学和工作相关问题，以及培训结束时进行的知识测试中使用的40个项目中的17个。将警官的培训后和随访考试成绩进行匹配。
正如预期的那样，CIT培训后的几个月里，知识得分显著下降。经验不足的警官随访得分较低。然而，距培训的时间并不能预测知识保留情况。
研究结果表明，CIT警官将从关于精神疾病的继续教育中受益，并且经验更丰富的警官可能是CIT培训的更好人选，至少在知识保留方面如此。
