Course Details

Course Title	Assessing Police & Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF book-based exam
Date	Varies
Provider	MMPI Workshops & Symposium, sponsored by Kent State University and coordinated by the University of Minnesota Press
Phone	612-301-4821
Email	nickerso@umn.edu
Website	https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/training-opportunities/book-based-exams/mmpi-2-rf-police-book-exam-details
Location	N/A
Credit Hours	9
Instructor(s)	Book authors David Corey and Yossef Ben-Porath
Method of Instruction	Independent Learning
Approving Agency	APA
Course Syllabus

Course Description

The material presented in the book focuses on use of the MMPI-2-RF in assessments of police and other public safety personnel. The book provides the information necessary for a qualified user to interpret MMPI-2-RF results in public safety settings. The book content builds on the psychometric and assessment foundations provided by doctoral-level psychology training programs and tests examinees’ knowledge by discussing: foundational requirements of preemployment evaluations, special considerations and interpretive guidelines for using the MMPI-2-RF in preemployment assessments of public safety candidates, best practices for use of the MMPI-2-RF Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR), and the recommended approach for developing an integrated MMPI-2-RF interpretation.

Course Objectives

Discuss legal considerations in preemployment psychological evaluations?
Describe procedures and best practices in preemployment psychological evaluations?
Discuss the research literature available to guide use of the MMPI-2-RF in preemployment psychological and fitness for duty evaluations
Describe the basic elements of the MMPI-2-RF: Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR) ?
Discuss ways to integrate MMPI-2-RF Score Report and PCIR findings with other sources to reach a suitability determination?
Discuss legal considerations in fitness-for-duty evaluations?
Describe procedures and best practices in fitness-for-duty evaluations
Discuss use of the MMPI-2-RF in fitness-for-duty evaluations