Once a prospective trainee fills out an application for one of our training programs, a TPI associate will review the information and will then schedule either an in person meeting or a teleconference to discuss various training options. Our Premier PANSS Training Program is designed to improve PANSS rating skills and SCI-PANSS interviewing skills through the use of highly interactive didactic and applied training methods. This includes the use of videos, live interviews, and web-based training. Depending on a rater’s level of experience and the types of training methods employed, it may take anywhere between three days to two month to complete the training process from beginning to end.
An integral aspect of our training programs is the personalized expert advice and focused, individualized supplemental training raters will receive pertaining to scoring and rating techniques, as well as to interviewing skills. Our goal is to help raters maintain their skills over time. This requires periodic follow-ups on rater skills using re-certification and supplemental training – not just in the context of a single study, but throughout a rater’s entire career.