Overview
This unit is part of the sequence of units that culminates in the degree of Master in Clinical Psychology. This unit is intended to provide advanced knowledge in health psychology, behavioural medicine, and rehabilitation practice necessary for working as a Clinical Psychologist.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Academic Course = CG17
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 - 2017
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 graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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 students
Add marks for student presentations on key body systems in week 2.
Course change proposal is submitted and currently being considered by committee.
Feedback from Student
Ensure that Powerpoint slides for assessment 2 (manual presentation) be due and handed in on same day.
Ensure due date for Powerpoint slides is same date for all students.
- Utilise evidence based interventions for management of major clinical health problems including substance use and obesity problems.
- Demonstrate clinical skills in motivational interviewing and relapse prevention
- Integrate the current literature, of relevance to the intersection between physical and psychological health, into clinical practice.
- Understand models of behaviour change and implications for clinical practice
The learning outcomes described for this unit align with APS College and APAC course approval guidelines.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 15% | ||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 45% | ||||
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 | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 15% | ||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 45% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Health Psychology in Australia
(2017)
Authors: Dorrian, Thorsteinsson, Benedetto, Lane-Krebs, et al
Cambridge
Port Melbourne Port Melbourne , VIC , Australia
ISBN: 9781316623954
Binding: Paperback
Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare: Helping Patients change behaviour
(?)
Authors: Rollnick, Miller & Butler
Guilford Press
New York New York , USA
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Re: Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare: Helping Patients change Behaviour. Please note that I have asked the library to purchase a digital copy of this text so students can access via libray. This text is not compulsory but may be helpful particularly for one of your assignments.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
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.
s.blunden@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
- Introduction to course
- Health, definition, measurement and determinants within a cross cultural framework
- Task for week 2; selection of topic area.
Chapter
Health Psychology in Australia. (2017) Dorrien et al Chpt 1 & 2
Clinical references as provided on moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Body's Key Systems
Chapter
Clinical references as presented by colleagues
Events and Submissions/Topic
Class/student presentation of body system and points of interaction with the professional practice of clinical psychology.
Module/Topic
Stress Coping and Illness
Chapter
Chapter 8 Dorrian et al
Clinical references as provided on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Motivational Interviewing
Chapter
View power points and lectures on Moodle
Clinical references as provided on moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lifestyle Factors - Eating Disorders
Chapter
Chapter 5 Dorrian et al
Clinical references as provided on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
During this week you will prepare your MI interview assignment
Motivational Interviewing Video
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
No class will be held this week. Students will need to book time in the Wellness Centre to complete their MI video.
Module/Topic
Lifestyle factors - Obesity
Chapter
Chapter 3 and 5 , Dorrian et al
Nutrition and Models of Behaviour Change
Events and Submissions/Topic
Motivational Interview video due Friday 25th August 2017 at 11.00PM.
Upload to Moodle
Motivational Interviewing Skills Due: Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Sexual health - HIV
Chapter
Reading - some aspects of Chapter 12, Dorrian et al.
Clinical references as provided on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chronic Pain
Chapter
Reading, Chapter 11, Dorrian et al
Clinical references as provided on moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Student Presentations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Student Presentations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Remaining student presentations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Unit Review
Chapter
No Assigned Readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Therapists Manual due Friday October 6th at 11.00 PM.
Presentation and Written Assessment Due: Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No exam for this unit
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Presentation
No Assessment Task Description
Presentation during class time
Graded during presentation
No Assessment Criteria
- Utilise evidence based interventions for management of major clinical health problems including substance use and obesity problems.
- Integrate the current literature, of relevance to the intersection between physical and psychological health, into clinical practice.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Practical Assessment
Students will be required to submit a 30 minute video that demonstrates utilisation of motivational interviewing skills. Students will be required to also submit a critique of their video (no more than 1000 words) identifying strengths and areas of improvement of relevance to their interview.
Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Week 9 Friday (15 Sept 2017)
By email
Assessment criteria will be provided to students via the moodle site
- Utilise evidence based interventions for management of major clinical health problems including substance use and obesity problems.
- Demonstrate clinical skills in motivational interviewing and relapse prevention
- Integrate the current literature, of relevance to the intersection between physical and psychological health, into clinical practice.
- Understand models of behaviour change and implications for clinical practice
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Presentation and Written Assessment
Students will be required to choose an area of health psychology and develop a treatment manual appropriate for use by clinical psychologists. This will include information such as an overview of the area of interest with specific reference to recent research literature relating to issues of aetiology and maintenance of the problem. Aspects of therapeutic intervention must also be provided again with reference to the recent literature. A rationale for a treatment protocol presented with discussion (literature based) of potential treatment problems and solutions. In addition to the development of the manual students will be required to make an in class presentation of the selected area of interest.
The class presentation will be allocated 30 minutes with 10-15 mins time for questions . Overall grades for this piece of work will represent 60% for the manual and 40% for the class presentation.
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017) 11:00 pm AEST
Student Oral Presentations weeks 9 and 10; Manual due on Friday 6th October 2017
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017)
Assessment Criteria will be provided to students via the moodle site.
- Utilise evidence based interventions for management of major clinical health problems including substance use and obesity problems.
- Integrate the current literature, of relevance to the intersection between physical and psychological health, into clinical practice.
- Understand models of behaviour change and implications for clinical practice
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- 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.
What can you do to act with integrity?
