CQUniversity Unit Profile.

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.

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.

The Log of Clinical Practice needs to accurately reflect the hours included on the summary page submitted with the End-of-Placement Review. Every week of practice, and each record of supervision, needs to be signed be a supervisor.

Inter-Professional Education documentation needs include your IPE group's provisional formulation and treatment plan. 

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 Psychology 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 formulation, a differential diagnosis and your plan for further assessment or intervention.

The Case Presentation is graded Pass/Fail. In order to achieve a grade of Pass, the presentation should include:

• Background (including client initial or pseudonym, gender, age, referral source, reason for referral) 

• Presenting problems

• Previous assessments and interventions

• Relevant history

• General functioning 

• Case formulation (completed with group)

• Differential diagnosis

• Initial written formulation

• Plan for further assessment or intervention. 

Students are required to submit a case report as described in the 2020 Placement Manual.

Students should use empirically-supported models for case formulation and intervention planning. The report must be accompanied by the cover page template and follow the described format.

The placement supervisor needs to sign off on the report (as it belongs to the placement site and all identifying details need to remain confidential to the placement site). The placement supervisor takes responsibility for the report within the agency. However, as the report is required for assessment of competencies, the student will need to  submit a de-identified copy of the report to Moodle.  For the purpose of this assessment, the placement supervisor is signing to indicate that the report is report is appropriately de-identified to be submitted for the assessment. 

The report is a de-identified 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 competent standard that your supervisor has signed it for it to be given to a client.

This task is a presentation of a 10-minute video recording of you conducting an intervention in clinic. In the recording, you should demonstrate appropriate use of a range of intervention skills at a basic level of competency. You also need to present a critique of your video. The video file is to be saved to your student folder on the Wellness Centre Drive and reviewed with a clinic supervisor. The critique, signed by a supervisor along with an assessment of skill (pass/fail/resubmit) is to be uploaded to Moodle.  

Assignment marker's feedback and grade:

• Strengths
• Need for improvement / what did not go well
• What could be done differently?
• Further support / reading

Students are not expected to conduct a perfect session but are to demonstrate a basic level of competency and an accurate critique of their own performance.