Course Details

Course TitleAssessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel With the MMPI-3: A Practical Guide book-based exam
Date Varies
ProviderMMPI/MPQ Workshops & Symposium, sponsored by Kent State University and coordinated by the University of Minnesota Press
Phone612-626-2972
Emailmouax388@umn.edu
Website https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/training-opportunities/
LocationN/A
Credit Hours9
Instructor(s)Book authors David Corey and Yossef Ben-Porath
Method of InstructionIndependent Learning
Approving AgencyOther
Course Syllabus A Practical Guide MMPI-3 - Descr + LOs_Final.pdf

Course Description

The material presented in the course focuses on use of the MMPI-3 in assessments of police and other public safety personnel. The course provides the information necessary for a qualified user to interpret MMPI-3 results in police and public safety settings. Factors unique to police and public safety candidate selection require adjustments to standard guidelines when interpreting MMPI-3 scores. David M. Corey and Yossef S. Ben-Porath’s latest book broadly focuses on use of the MMPI-3 in both prehire suitability evaluations and posthire fitness-for-duty evaluations of individuals in public safety occupations. This practical guide was written for clinicians who conduct evaluations of incumbent public safety personnel as well as candidates for law enforcement, correctional, firefighter/medic, or emergency dispatcher positions. The chapters are devoted to foundational and practical knowledge required for conducting these evaluations, including a concise primer on the MMPI-3, common procedural and legal requirements, and contextual factors affecting evaluations. The book also provides case illustrations that demonstrate use of integrative models in preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations and includes expanded coverage of the updated MMPI-3 Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR) as well as the newly released Correctional Candidate Interpretive Report (CCIR), Dispatcher Candidate Interpretive Report (DCIR), and Firefighter Candidate Interpretive Report (FCIR).

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

  1. Discuss legal considerations in preemployment psychological evaluations
  2. Describe procedures and best practices in preemployment psychological evaluations of public safety candidates
  3. Discuss the research literature available to guide use of the MMPI-3 in preemployment psychological and fitness-for-duty evaluations
  4. Describe the basic elements of the four MMPI-3 Public Safety Candidate Interpretive Reports (PSCIRs): the Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR), the Correctional Candidate Interpretive Report (CCIR), the Dispatcher Candidate Interpretive Report (DCIR), and the Firefighter Candidate Interpretive Report (FCIR)
  5. Discuss ways to integrate findings from the MMPI-3 PSCIRs with other sources to reach a suitability determination
  6. Discuss legal considerations in fitness-for-duty evaluations
  7. Describe procedures and best practices in fitness-for-duty evaluations
  8. Discuss use of the MMPI-3 in fitness-for-duty evaluations