| Gatekeeping in doctoral-level clinical psychology graduate programs, or the screening, remediation, and potential termination of doctoral candidates, is a controversial topic that is accompanied by many diverse thoughts and feelings among faculty, supervisors, and trainees. In relative comparison, less research has been conducted in the examination of trainee perceptions of gatekeeping than faculty and supervisors' points of view. This study intends to examine trainees' perceptions of the gatekeeping process by conducting qualitative interviews and coding for themes that arise from the data by utilizing a modified consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology. The author hypothesizes that trainees might exhibit ambivalence in their views regarding gatekeeping, and perhaps might experience a heightened sense of continuous surveillance from evaluators, which underlies a sense of perpetual stress. |
