Unit Profile Correction added on 04-06-20
The due date of Assessment Task 5 - Case Study is amended from Friday Week 12 (5 June 2020) to Wednesday Week 14 (17 June 2020).
Overview
Clinic Team I is the first in a series of Clinic Team units designed to provide you with advanced practice skills required for the professional competencies in clinical psychology specified by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) and to prepare you for the Registrar Program to gain an Area of Practice Endorsement in clinical psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia. By the completion of Clinic Team I, it is expected that you will demonstrate competencies including the demonstrated application of knowledge to practice; an awareness of ethical decision making; competency in assessments and evidence-based interventions with a narrow range of clients at low severity levels; respectful and timely communication, and the capacity to critically self-reflect on your practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisites: PSYC21003 Therapy I: Theory, Research and Practice and PSYC21001 Assessment I
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 1 - 2020
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).
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 feedback
Expertise of staff and high quality supervision, and the integration of classes and clinic was a clear demonstration of how and what we're doing is integrated between learning and professional practice.
Continue delivery of this unit integrating classes and clinical practice.
- Perform clinical psychology assessment, intervention and associated activities
- Apply ethical decision making in clinical psychological practice
- Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Reflect critically on knowledge, skills and ability to provide psychological services.
This unit forms part of the Master of Clinical Psychology course accredited by the Australian Psychological Accreditation Council.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||
3 - Presentation - 0% | ||||
4 - Case Study - 0% | ||||
5 - Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs) - 0% | ||||
6 - In-class Test(s) - 0% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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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 |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||||||
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||||||
3 - Presentation - 0% | ||||||||
4 - Case Study - 0% | ||||||||
5 - Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs) - 0% | ||||||||
6 - In-class Test(s) - 0% |
Textbooks
APS Code of Ethics
(2013)
Authors: Australian Psychological Society
APS
Melbourne Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Binding: Paperback
Clinical Interviewing
6th edition (June 29, 2015) (2015)
Authors: Sommers-Flanagan and Sommers-Flanagan
Wiley
New Jersey New Jersey , USA
ISBN: 1119084237
Binding: Paperback
DSM-5
Edition: 5 (2013)
Authors: APA
APA
ISBN: 9788123923796 / 8123923791.
Binding: Paperback
Getting the Most Out of Clinical Training and Supervision
Edition 1 (2011)
Authors: Carol A. Falender, Edward Shafranske
American Psychological Association
United States
ISBN: 1433810492
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies are available for purchase at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom Conferencing (Webcam and Microphone)
- S Desk
- Archibus
- Outlook affiliate staff address
- Medsvr (wellness drive)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
c.l.thompson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
- Unit requirements
- Clinical interviewing
- Wellness Centre intake form
- Micro-counselling skills
- Mental Status Examination
- Important documents to look at on the Wellness Centre drive:
- Placement agreement form
- Student confidentiality agreement
- Logbook
- Supervision record form
- Supervision feedback rating form
- Group supervision feedback rating form
Chapter
- Clinic Team 1 Unit Profile
- Wellness Centre manual
- Sommers-Flanagan (6th Ed): chapters 1 to 5 and 8 to 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Intensive teaching week 1: Monday to Wednesday, 9 - 12 and 1 – 4
Module/Topic
- Risk assessment and management
- Case notes
- Self-care
- IPE discussion - case 1
Chapter
- Sommers-Flanagan (6th Ed): chapters 6 and 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Intensive teaching week 2: Monday to Wednesday, 9 - 12 and 1 - 4.
- Micro-counselling skills assessment: in-class presentation Wednesday 18 March: upload presentation to Moodle before class starts.
Microcounselling Skills Assessment Due: Week 2 Wednesday (18 Mar 2020) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
- Ethics
- First intake interviews
- Inter-profession education program (IPE), session 1
- Supervisor consultations
- Group supervision
Chapter
- Revision of Sommers-Flanagan chapters from weeks 1 and 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Intensive teaching week 3: Monday to Wednesday, 9 - 12 and 1 - 4.
- Ethics test - Monday 23 March.
- IPE class Tuesday 24 March, 11.00 - 12.30.
- First intake interviews: 26 and 27 March
- Group supervision: Wednesday 25 March, 1.00 - 3.00 p.m. (including Claire's case presentation).
Ethics Test Due: Week 3 Monday (23 Mar 2020) 1:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
- Cognitive assessment
- Intake interviews
Chapter
- WAIS and WISC test manuals
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Individual supervised WAIS assessments - Monday and Tuesday
- 2nd intake interviews - Wednesday
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Culturally-sensitive mental health
- IPE program, session 2
Chapter
- If you haven't already read them, this would be a good time to read Sommers-Flanagan Chapters 1, 2, 7 and 12, or any other chapters that you haven't read
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Clinic placement - Monday and Wednesday, 8.30 to 5.00
- Culturally sensitive mental health workshop - Tuesday.
- IPE class - Tuesday 11.00 to 12.30.
- 1st reflective journal entry due 14 April
Module/Topic
- There are no scheduled activities for this week
Chapter
- None
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Students may continue to work in the clinic on client-related activities, e.g. scoring assessments, writing reports
- Students may NOT book clients this week unless they have permission from a supervisor who will be available at the appointment time
- It is not compulsory to be on campus at all this week
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Public holiday - 20 April
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
- Reflective journal entry due 24 April
Presentation Due: Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020) 1:00 pm AEST
Reflective Practice Journal Due: Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Psychopharmacology workshop
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Reflective journal entry due 1 May
- Mid-placement review to be done in week 7 or 8
- Psychopharmacology workshop - Thursday & Friday (inluding a quiz)
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Public holiday on 4 May
- Reflective journal entry due 8 May
- Mid-placement review to be done in week 7 or 8
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Reflective journal entry due 15 May
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Reflective journal entry due 22 May
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Reflective journal entry due 29 May
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
Module/Topic
- Clinic placement
- Group supervision - final session for Term 1
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Complete set of reflective journal entries due 9 June
- End of placement review to be done 1 - 12 June
- Group supervision - Friday afternoon, 1.00 to 3.00 p.m
- Placement agreement
- Supervision forms
- End of placement review
- Case report 1
- Complete reflective journal
Make sure you have submitted:
Case Report # 1 Due: Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Placement Documents - Mid-Placement Review and End-Placement Review. Due: Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
- Students may continue work in the Wellness Centre if required
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Make sure you have submitted:
- Placement agreement
- Supervision forms
- End of placement review
- Case report 1
- Complete reflective journal
Module/Topic
- Students may continue work in the Wellness Centre if required
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- There is no exam for this unit
Assessment Tasks:
1 Professional Practice Placement 0%
2 Reflective Practice Assignment 0%
3 Presentation 0%
4 Case Study 0%
5 Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs) 0%
6 In-class Test(s) 0%
1 Direct observation of procedural skills (DOPs)
This task is a presentation of a 10-minute recording of you conducting a counselling session with a classmate role-playing your client. In the recording, you should demonstrate appropriate use of a range of microcounselling skills. You also need to present a critique fo your video. Both files (the counselling video and the critique) are uploaded to Moodle before your presentation.
Week 2 Wednesday (18 Mar 2020) 9:00 am AEST
Upload both files to Moodle before class and present them in class on 18/03/2020.
Week 3 Monday (23 Mar 2020)
Grades will be available on Moodle.
Assignment marker’s feedback and grade:
- Strengths
- Need for improvement / what did not go well
- What could be done differently?
- Further support / reading
- Other (Including timekeeping and audience engagement in presentation).
Students are not expected to conduct a perfect session but are expected to uphold a reasonable standard of skill and an accurate critique of their own performance.
- Perform clinical psychology assessment, intervention and associated activities
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 In-class Test(s)
The ethics test will be held in class on Monday 23 March. Students who do not pass this test will be offered an opportunity to resit but will not be permitted to commence client-related work until the test has been passed.
Week 3 Monday (23 Mar 2020) 1:00 pm AEST
The test will be in class at 1 p.m. on Monday 23 March 2020.
Week 3 Tuesday (24 Mar 2020)
Results will be communicated to students before client work commences on Tuesday.
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
- Negatives and positives of each action described
- Description of your choice of action
- Explanation of why you chose this action above the others
- Apply ethical decision making in clinical psychological practice
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Presentation
This is a case presentation done in class in Group Supervision time. You will have a total of 40 minutes for your presentation, which should be around 25 - 30 minutes of you presenting your case study, followed by 10 - 15 minutes of questions and discussion time. The case can be any client you have seen in the Wellness Centre. the presentation should include information from the intake interview and any other relevant information you have such as referrer reports or test data. You should present your 5P formulation, a differential diagnosis and a one-paragraph written formulation, as well as your plan for further assessment or intervention.
Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020) 1:00 pm AEST
Presentations will be in weeks 6 to 12.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020)
Grades will be available on Moodle.
The Case Presentation is graded Pass/Fail. In order to achieve a grade of Pass, the presentation should include:
• Background (Client Initials or Pseudonym, Gender, Age, Referral source, Reason for Referral, School & Grade, Family/ Lives with.
• Presenting problems
• Previous Assessments & Interventions
• History, including Education & Medical
• General Functioning (E.g.: Sleep, Eating, Organisational skills, Friends, Sport)
• Interview with Child
• Case Formulation - 5 P's (Group does this together)
• Differential diagnosis
• Initial Written Formulation
• Plan for Further Assessment and/or Treatment.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Communication
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
4 Reflective Practice Assignment
In the reflective journal, you explore your own developing professional identity as a clinical psychologist and the relationship between your course experiences and changing sense of professional self.
Whilst there are no specific rules around word limits, it is expected that you would write 400-500 words per week across the term. The journal is to be submitted in Moodle weekly for feedback.
Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Weekly, from week 6 to week 12, on Fridays at 4 p.m., via Moodle.
Review/Exam Week Friday (12 June 2020)
Grades will be available on Moodle.
The journal must be a reasonable attempt at self-reflection. If any student's journal is consistently lacking in reflective ability, this will be discussed with the Unit Coordinator. Some additional remedial work may be required before the assessment task is passed.
- Reflect critically on knowledge, skills and ability to provide psychological services.
- Knowledge
- Self-management
5 Case Study
This is the first of the four Case Study Reports that you will submit in the four Clinic Team units (Clinic Team I, II, III, and IV). For Clinic Team I, your Case Report is a completed client report from an assessment you have done in your Wellness Cenrre placement this term. The report must be deidentified, but does not need any other edits or additions.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Submit via Moodle
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
Grades will be available on Moodle
The report is a deidentified copy of a report that you have written for a client. As such, it will have been reviewed and signed by your Clinical Supervisor. Therefore, the report must be of a sufficiently high standard that your supervisor has signed it for it to be given to a client.
- Apply ethical decision making in clinical psychological practice
- Communicate effectively and professionally with clients, specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Reflect critically on knowledge, skills and ability to provide psychological services.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
6 Professional Practice Placement
This assessment item consists of both placement reviews The two Placement Review forms must be signed by yourself, your supervisor and the Placment Coordinator and must each be uploaded to Moodle. The End of Placement Review form must indicate that you have achieved sufficient competencies to pass the placement and must have a signed summary page from your logbook attached.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Submit both forms via Moodle
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
Grades will be available on Moodle.
The criteria are set out on the Placement Review forms and cover the 6 core 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 Clinical Psychology course students will demonstrate incremental development across these competency areas. It would be expected therefore that for initial placements students may well be rated at a beginner level. In addition to these core competencies, the student and supervisor are asked to reflect on the student’s response to supervision. While it is acceptable to be at level 1 (Beginner) at mid-placement review, there should be some evidence of development of competencies by the end of the placement, with the expected average rating of 1.5 by the end of placement review.
- Perform clinical psychology assessment, intervention and associated activities
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.