CQUniversity Unit Profile.

You will submit a portfolio of placement documentation for Clinical Practice 4, your final placement in your course. The portfolio records your placement arrangements, clinical practice, supervision, informed consent processes, and participation in mid- and end-placement reviews.

As this is your final placement, you are expected to demonstrate practice consistent with readiness for supervised independent practice. This includes safe, ethical and professional practice within your scope; increasing independence with appropriate use of supervision; and integration of psychological knowledge, clinical skills, professional judgement, cultural responsiveness, accessibility considerations, documentation requirements, and reflective practice.

You must submit:

1. Placement Agreement

A completed and signed agreement outlining placement setting, supervision arrangements, and requirements.

2. Mid- and End-of-Placement Reviews

Completed and signed documentation from both placement reviews. The mid-placement review provides feedback on your progress. The end-placement review determines whether you have met the expected final-placement standard.

3. Log of Clinical Practice and Weekly Supervision Records

A complete, accurate and supervisor-verified logbook recording clinical practice hours, supervision hours, critical self-reflection, and placement activities. Supervision records must be completed for each session.

4. Supervisor-Verified Informed Consent Log

A supervisor-verified, de-identified record confirming informed consent for client-related placement and coursework activities.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

To pass this assessment, all components must be complete, accurate, submitted on time, de-identified where required, and signed or supervisor-verified where required.

1. Placement Agreement:

Completed and signed by all required parties.

2. Psychologist Competencies:

Mid- and End-of-Placement Reviews: Completed and signed by all required parties, with evidence of progress at Mid-Placement Review and achievement of the final-placement standard at End-Placement Review.

At the Mid-Placement Review, your progress toward the required final-placement standard across the eight Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) competencies will be reviewed. If concerns are identified, a Placement Support Plan may be developed to support your progress. At the End-Placement Review, you must demonstrate the required final-placement standard across all eight competencies and receive an overall rating of Placement Passed. This assessment provides the primary evidence of clinical competence across the PsyBA professional competencies for psychologists.

The eight competencies are:

1. Applies and builds scientific knowledge of psychology
2. Practises ethically and professionally
3. Exercises professional reflexivity, deliberate practice and self-care
4. Conducts psychological assessments
5. Conducts psychological interventions
6. Communicates and relates effectively
7. Demonstrates a health equity and human rights approach with diverse groups
8. Demonstrates culturally safe and equity-informed practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Across all domains, you are assessed on ethical and professional practice, scientific reasoning, cultural responsiveness, accessibility awareness, digital competence, effective use of supervision, and attention to client safety, risk, strengths, preferences, context, and goals.

3. Log of Clinical Practice and Weekly Supervision Records:

Complete, accurate, and verified.

4. Supervisor-Verified Informed Consent Log:

De-identified, complete, and supervisor-verified.

Resubmission may be permitted where documentation is incomplete or inaccurate.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will submit a 1000-word reflective journal based on your learning during placement. The journal should demonstrate how your experiences have informed your development toward independent practice under supervision.

You will draw on de-identified examples from your placement.

Your reflection must:

• Address ethical decision-making in a complex clinical situation
• Demonstrate critical reflection on your developing practice, including strengths, limits of competence, and use of supervision
• Include cultural responsiveness and cultural safety, including consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples where relevant
• Integrate relevant psychopharmacological considerations
• Consider relevant eHealth or digital practice issues

Your reflection should link your learning to your future practice as an early career psychologist.

Informed Consent and Confidentiality:

You must only use de-identified placement material where informed consent has been obtained and all placement requirements are met.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your own skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

1. Critical Reflection and Professional Development
Demonstrates depth of reflection, self-awareness, and links to future practice.

2. Ethical Decision-Making
Demonstrates understanding of ethical complexity, professional standards, use of supervision, and developing professional judgement.

3. Cultural Responsiveness and Applied Contextual Insight
Demonstrates culturally responsive and equity-informed thinking, including integration of relevant contextual and clinical considerations.

4. Psychopharmacology and Biopsychosocial Reasoning
Demonstrates awareness of psychopharmacological considerations relevant to clinical practice.

5. eHealth and Digital Practice
Demonstrates awareness of safe, ethical and contextually appropriate digital practice.

6. Professional Communication
Clear, concise, and well-structured writing that maintains confidentiality.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will deliver a 30-minute clinical case presentation based on a client from your placement, using de-identified information with informed consent.

The presentation should be structured as a clinical consultation and include:

• Case summary, referral question, presenting concerns, goals, and context
• Assessment information and risk considerations
• A 5P formulation integrating relevant biopsychosocial and contextual factors
• Diagnostic considerations
• Psychopharmacological considerations relevant to the case
• An evidence-informed assessment/intervention plan
• Consideration of service delivery mode (e.g., face-to-face, telehealth)

You will facilitate a brief discussion by responding to questions, considering alternative perspectives, and identifying areas of uncertainty or supervision needs.

Before presenting, you must submit a summary and formulation to the Moodle Assessment Portal, and provide link to 1–2 relevant academic sources to the Moodle Discussion Forum.

Informed Consent and Confidentiality:
You must comply with all placement requirements and only use de-identified client information where informed consent has been obtained.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to submission of this assessment. You must present your case in the week you have been scheduled. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your own skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

1.      Professional Communication
Clear, structured, and appropriate presentation of clinical material.

2.      Clinical Reasoning and Formulation
Coherent integration of assessment, diagnosis, and formulation.

3.      Intervention/Assessment Planning
Evidence-informed and contextually appropriate clinical planning, including consideration of service delivery mode.

4.      Integration of Psychopharmacological, Ethical, and Contextual Factors
Appropriate consideration of medication, ethical issues, and relevant contextual influences.

5.      Professional Discussion and Responsiveness
Effective engagement in discussion and response to questions.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to submission of this assessment. You must present your case in the week you have been scheduled. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your own skills and knowledge.

You are required to submit a 750-word written case study based on a client from your placement using de-identified information. This must be a different client from the one used for your case presentation.

The case study should demonstrate your ability to communicate clinical reasoning in a concise, professional written format.

Your case study should include:

• A brief case summary
• A case conceptualisation
• An assessment or intervention plan
• Consideration of relevant ethical and professional matters
• Consideration of relevant psychopharmacological factors
• Consideration of service delivery, including digital/eHealth practice
• A brief critical reflection on your learning and developing practice

Your work should integrate relevant biopsychosocial and contextual factors within your clinical reasoning.

Supervisor verification is required prior to submission.

Informed Consent and Confidentiality:
You must only use de-identified client information where informed consent has been obtained, and all placement requirements are met.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

1. Professional Written Communication
   Clear, concise, and appropriate clinical writing.
2. Case Conceptualisation and Clinical Reasoning
   Coherent integration of case material, formulation, and relevant biopsychosocial, cultural and contextual factors.
3. Intervention or Assessment Planning
   Appropriate and evidence-informed planning.
4. Ethical, Professional and Culturally Responsive Practice
   Appropriate consideration of ethical, professional, cultural, accessibility and scope-of-practice issues.
5. Psychopharmacological Considerations
   Appropriate consideration of relevant medication-related factors.
6. Digital/eHealth Considerations
   Appropriate consideration of service delivery, including digital practice.
7. Critical Reflection
   Insight into learning, professional development, and use of supervision.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will complete an individual Viva based on a provided clinical case study. During the Viva, you will respond to questions from a panel and demonstrate clinical reasoning appropriate to a student preparing for independent practice under supervision.

The Viva will include:

• Approximately 20 minutes responding to panel questions
• Panel deliberation, followed by feedback and outcome

Questions may address any of the PsyBA competency domains, including:

• assessment and diagnosis
• formulation and intervention
• ethical and professional decision-making
• cultural responsiveness, cultural safety, accessibility and health equity
• psychopharmacology
• eHealth/digital practice
• supervision, consultation and collaboration

You are expected to respond in a way that is safe, ethical, evidence-informed, culturally responsive, and professionally appropriate to the case.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment, you must complete your Viva on the date and time scheduled. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following: 

1. Clinical Knowledge and Assessment Reasoning
   Relevant clinical knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, assessment planning and risk awareness.
2. Case Formulation and Clinical Planning
   Coherent formulation and appropriate assessment, intervention, monitoring, referral or discharge planning.
3. Evidence-Informed Decision-Making
   Use of evidence-informed reasoning, client goals, feedback, strengths, preferences and context.
4. Ethical and Professional Practice
   Safe and appropriate consideration of ethical, legal, professional, risk and scope-of-practice issues.
5. Cultural Responsiveness and Accessibility
   Culturally responsive, culturally safe and equity-informed reasoning, including accessibility and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander considerations where relevant.
6. Psychopharmacological Reasoning
   Relevant consideration of medication-related factors, biopsychosocial formulation, collaboration and limits of the psychologist’s role.
7. Digital/eHealth Reasoning
   Appropriate consideration of digital practice, including suitability, consent, privacy, safety, accessibility and boundaries.
8. Professional Communication and Reflexivity
   Clear professional communication, acknowledgement of uncertainty, use of supervision, and awareness of limits of competence.
    

 If you do not pass the Viva on your first attempt, you may be offered one opportunity to complete a full or partial resit at a later date. You must pass the Viva to pass Clinical Practice 4.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.