This assessment provides you with the opportunity to prepare for the completion of your Internship Program Plan. The assessment will consist of two parts:

    PART A requires you to respond to questions/considerations taken from the Psychology Board of Australia Guidelines for the 5+1 internship program.

    PART B requires you to respond to criteria that will be found in Section F of the Internship Program Plan (INPP-76) which relates to the core competencies to be achieved throughout your internship.

Both documents can be easily located on the Psychology Board of Australia website for your reference.

A more detailed Information Sheet will be found under the Assessment tab on Moodle in week 1.

This assessment is pass/fail and you must get a mark of 28 or more to pass:

Part A:

• Clear description of placement type
• Needs and goals clearly expressed
• Consideration of supervision requirements
• Clear discussion of your expectation and desires of supervision
• Consideration rights and responsibilities of all parties in supervision
• Payment arrangements clearly discussed
• Consideration of record keeping and documentation
• Consideration of secondary supervisor
• How to deal with ethical issues discussed

Part B:

• Knowledge of discipline
• Ethical legal and professional issues
• Psychological assessments
• Intervention strategies
• Research and Evaluation
• Communication
• Working with diverse groups
• Discussion of supervision needs and delegation
• Evidence of critical thought given to the placement
• Evidence of self - reflection
• Clarity and precision of writing inc. APA format

Students will read a case study and identify any personal needs, sources of information, and responsibility, the ethical dilemma, action and alternatives, negatives and positives of each action, choice of action, and why this was chosen above other alternatives.

Students who do not pass this test will be offered an opportunity to re-sit this assessment but will not be permitted to commence simulated client-work until the test has been passed.

Your critique will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Identification of any personal needs, sources of information, and responsibility
• Clear description and identification of ethical dilemma
• Clear discussion of factors involved in the ethical dilemma
• Identification and evaluation of action and alternatives
• The negatives and positives of each action described
• Description of your choice of action
• Explanation of why you chose this action above the others

Inter-professional Education (IPE) involves the collaboration between different health professions to learn about, from, and with, other disciplines, to enhance treatment and improve health outcomes for patient/client care. The IPE process will involve collaboration across the disciplines of Psychology, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Pathology, to provide assessment and intervention recommendations for a mutual patient/client.

You will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team through a dedicated Moodle site to develop:

1. An assessment plan for your client

2. An intervention plan for your client

After each multi-disciplinary team meeting, you will also write a 250-word reflection using the provided checklist for team meeting observations as a guide. You will submit one (1) reflection for the assessment plan meeting and one (1) reflection for the intervention plan meeting; two (2) reflections in total.

In both reflections, you will critically reflect on your observations within the multi-disciplinary team meeting, and consider how you might adjust your future practice, based on your experience and learnings.

To achieve a Pass you need to achieve a minimum of 28 marks out of 40. You will submit your IPE group's assessment plan and intervention plan to Moodle, along with a reflection for each.

Assessment Plan (10 marks)

• All relevant sections of plan are completed
• Presenting problems clearly outlined
• Client/Family goals are clearly outlined
• Assessment goals and plan are clearly outlined
• Assessment plan links to family and care team goals

2. Intervention Plan (10 marks)

• All relevant sections of the plan completed
• Presenting problems clearly outlined
• Client/Family goals are clearly outlined
• Intervention goals and plan are clearly outlined
• Intervention plan links to family and care team goals

2. Reflection - 250 words x 2 (10 marks each)

• Meeting observations are succinctly described
• Demonstrated critical reflection, including reflexivity
• Clear connection between reflections and future practice
• Professional writing style, within word limit 
• Adherence to APA formatting and referencing conventions

You will be required to submit a completed Research Plan which will include:

• A proposed research question
• An information source/literature search strategy
• An outline of the proposed evaluation method and approach being applied

1. Formatting and APA Style (5 marks)

• The title page is included and formatted appropriately 
• Adherence to APA Style in the record 
• Correctly formatted reference list 

2. Research Question. A Clear statement of the research evaluation question in a specified formulation approach (5

marks).

3. Literature Search Domains (10/100) All needed domains included for the specified formulation approach (5 marks). Clear definition of domain meanings provided (5 marks). 4. Search Strategy (20/100)

• All needed domains included for the specified formulation approach
• Clear definition of domain meanings provided

4. Search Strategy (20/100)

• Identification of appropriate keywords with an indication of use of thesaurus and MeSH Browser / Emtree 
• Clear Search strategy that includes limits and proposed databases
• Article selection criteria provided

5. Background Rationale (30/100)

• Provides a clear overview of relevant and appropriate literature and research evidence
• Describes the rationale for the review in the context of what is already known about the topic area 

• Provides an explicit statement of evaluation question/s being addressed with reference to relevant details such as participants/population, intervention/area of professional practice, comparisons, outcomes, study

design/approach 

6. Proposed Evaluation Method (20/100)

• Provides a clear overview of chosen method/approach 
• Provides a rationale/justification for the chosen method/approach 
• Describes all proposed data/information sources 
• Identifies potential ethical considerations 

Proposed Analysis. Provides a clear plan for analysis of evaluation outcomes (10/100)

Total Score /100

As part of the Master of Professional Psychology course, you are required to complete a psychology practicum. This psychology practicum will be completed across two units, this unit (PSYC20056 Research and Professional Practice 1), and the partner unit (PSYC29002 Professional Practice 2). The psychology practicum must be 300 hours of psychological practice comprising at least 90 hours of simulated direct client contact, client-related activities, and individual and group supervision. The practicum portfolio assessment for this unit comprises the main elements of the first component of your psychology practicum.

You will be required to maintain your practicum portfolio in a OneDrive folder that is accessible to your individual supervisor and the Head of Course. This folder must include all your recorded simulated practice (roleplays), and required, completed documentation, such as roleplay records, supervision records, logbook, and your practicum review (once completed). Only the material inside your OneDrive practicum portfolio can be counted towards completion of your psychology practicum and therefore towards completion of your practicum hours.

You will review your progress towards and obtain feedback about your competency development with your individual supervisor throughout the term, including in a collaborative mid-term review. At the end of the term, you will conduct a practicum review using the practicum review document provided. The practicum review document must indicate that you have achieved sufficient competencies to pass the first component of the practicum. The review must also include a log of the materials comprising your practicum portfolio contained within OneDrive and include the OneDrive link. The practicum review must be signed by yourself and your individual supervisor before being uploaded to Moodle.

To pass this assessment item you will be required to maintain the OneDrive practicum portfolio throughout the term for review at your individual supervision sessions and by the Head of Course. Only the material inside your OneDrive practicum portfolio can be counted towards completion of your psychology practicum, and this material must match the information in the supervision records, logbook, and practicum review document submitted through Moodle.

The criteria are set out in the practicum review document and cover the competency areas which define the critical capabilities and attributes deemed necessary to ensure that graduates are equipped to practice psychology safely and effectively subsequent to graduation. It is expected that across the entire Master of Professional Psychology course, students will demonstrate incremental development across these competency areas. In addition to these core competencies, the student and individual supervisor are asked to reflect on the student’s response to supervision and course-wide learnings.

Your practicum review will be assessed according to the following criteria. More detail will be provided in the psychology practicum handbook and the practicum review document.

Professional, Legal, and Ethical Duties

• Written and verbal communication
• Psychological documentation
• Relationship-building
• Ethical disclosures and considerations
• Evidence-based practice
• Reflectivity
• Adherence to professional standards

Psychological Assessment

• Observation and history-taking skills
• Formulation
• Practice across the lifespan
• Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
• Cultural competency Risk assessment
• Professional reasoning

Psychological Intervention

• Micro-counselling skills
• Goal-setting skills
• Intervention techniques
• Intervention and session planning
• Integration of key models and guidelines
• Safe practice
• Practice across the lifespan
• Cultural competency
• Risk assessment

Practicum Components

• Progress within individual and group supervision
• Feedback
• Reflectivity and reflective practice
• Competent simulated practice
• Completion of adequate progress towards psychological practicum completion