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Professional Practice in Psychology II builds on Research and Professional Practice (PSYC20056) to further develop your practical skills. These professional competencies are required by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) in preparation for the Internship Program to gain General Registration in Psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia. This includes the culturally-sensitive, evidence-based practice of psychology, both autonomously and as a member of a multidisciplinary team. During your practicum, you will continue to develop your knowledge and skills in therapeutic processes, and formulate and share case conceptualisations and intervention plans.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: PSYC20056 Research and Professional Practice.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Unit Teaching Evaluations.
Students indicated that some of the lectures were lengthy and they would instead like more time for class activities.
Consider inclusion of more class activities to break up lengthy lectures and provide more opportunities for application of learning.
Feedback from Student Unit Teaching Evaluations.
Students found the integration of 'real-world' examples from professional practice to be useful and engaging.
Continue to integrate real-world examples from professional practice.
- Conduct psychology assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and associated activities.
- Apply ethical decision making in psychological practice.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, specialist, and nonspecialist audiences.
- Critically reflect on knowledge, skills, and ability to independently provide psychological services.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||
| 3 - Presentation - 0% | ||||
| 4 - Case Study - 0% | ||||
| 5 - Written Assessment - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||