PSYC14049 - Professional Practice of Cognitive Therapies

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit focuses on both conceptual and practical implications of cognitive behavioural theories. You will have opportunity to explore and learn the different approaches and theoretical debates for the use of cognitive behavioural theory in evidence-based practice of psychology.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in CC42 Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours).

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 15%
2. Practical Assessment 25%
3. Written Assessment 20%
4. Online Test 40%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 84.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 59.52% response rate.

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.

Source: Student online evaluation
Feedback
Slides for the lecture notes were sometimes confusing but tutorials were good to clarify any confusions
Recommendation
Align weekly lecture and tutorial content.
Action Taken
Lecture notes were summarised in tutorials to ensure lecture notes were clearly understood. Lecture note slides were simplified.
Source: Student online evaluation
Feedback
Assessment criteria need a little more clarity in explaining what is needed.
Recommendation
Review and amend marking rubrics to ensure that marking criteria are clear.
Action Taken
Marking rubrics and marking criteria were revisited and amended to increase clarity where necessary.
Source: Student online evaluation
Feedback
Powerpoints not .pdf so that notes can be added to the slides by the students
Recommendation
Lecture slides will be made accessible in a format so that students can add notes.
Action Taken
Lecture and tutorial slides were reformatted and uploaded as PowerPoint presentations.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
The lectures were informative but would have benefitted from clearer structure.
Recommendation
All the lectures will be reassessed for clarity and structure of content.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
Written feedback on assessments are limited.
Recommendation
Additional overall feedback will be provided in tutorials to supplement individual assessment feedback.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
The students found the assessments, lectures, and tutorials enjoyable.
Recommendation
Similar content will be provided in future units.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply a theoretical and practical understanding of the cognitive therapy model
  2. Use case information to formulate case conceptualisations and basic treatment plans with appropriate processes and principles of cognitive therapy
  3. Apply core principles of ethical and professional practice to therapeutic processes across psychological case studies and themes
  4. Use cognitive therapy processes and decision-making strategies in case-study presentations.

Learning outcomes fulfil the level 2 pre-professional competencies required by the updated Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) guidelines. The learning outcomes also meet the study criteria as specified by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) as appropriate for study at level 8 as stated by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
2 - Practical Assessment •
3 - Written Assessment • •
4 - Online Test • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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