Overview
This unit forms the capstone project of the Master of Clinical Psychology and Master of Clinical Psychology (Advanced Entry) courses. In this unit, you will conduct a clinical psychology project in which you will engage a community-based partner to conduct a project. The project may involve research or an intervention to be evaluated. You will design and conduct the project, evaluate the project by collecting relevant data, and produce a written report of your project and evaluation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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).
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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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 (in-class).
Students appreciated the resources provided on the Moodle site that supported each stage of their community engagement project.
Maintain and continue to improve the Moodle site to ensure comprehensive, well-organised resources are available for all components of the project.
Feedback from Student feedback (in-class).
Some students expressed concern about presenting multiple sessions as part of their community engagement project, particularly the need to design new resources for each session.
Work closely with students to help them structure their projects and timelines in a way that best fits their community partner setting. Encourage the use of existing resources where appropriate, while supporting the development of new materials when necessary.
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills professionally, ethically, and in a culturally appropriate manner, to design and complete a community-based project that is applicable to clinical psychology.
- Apply assessment and evaluation skills to clinical problems including the acquisition and interpretation of data to inform practice in clinical psychology.
- Communicate project evaluation findings professionally, ethically, and in a culturally appropriate manner fit for a range of audiences.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Research Proposal - 0% | |||
| 2 - Report - 0% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||
| 2 - Communication | |||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||
| 4 - Research | |||
| 5 - Self-management | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||
| 7 - Leadership | |||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | |||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||