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Unit Synopsis
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 basic knowledge in assessment research, theory and practice necessary for working as a Clinical Psychologist. Specifically this unit provides theory and practice of in clinical assessment selection and implementation and interpretation.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 3. Examination | 50% |
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%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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: SUTE
Multiple students reported a discrepancy between the information of assessments and marking rubrics, compared with the comments of the external marker.
The unit coordinator will mark the assessments, so there's better alignment between information provided in lectures and the comments from marking.
The unit coordinator reviewed the assessment instructions and marked all the assessments in this unit.
Source: SUTE
Several students reported that the marking rubric for the feedback assessment was unclear.
The marking rubric for the feedback asessment will be reviewed and updated.
Marking rubrics and marking criteria were reviewed for all assessments in 2025, to improve the clarity of assessments expectations.
Source: SUTE Unit comments
Students appreciated the video resources and the tutorials to aid them in learning psychometric assessments.
The tutorials will continue to be taught live, while the video resources continue to be offered on Moodle.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit comments
Students would like to receive video resources, specifically for learning the WIAT-III assessment
The unit coordinator will develop video resources, with a focus on administration and scoring of the WIAT-III assessment.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Articulate and demonstrate theoretical, research and practice-based processes underpinning psychological assessment and its techniques.
- Explain rationale for and demonstration of test selection, administration and interpretation.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the major diagnostic classification systems in psychological assessment.
- Interpret functional and assessment information in order to produce evidence-based formulations and client-friendly recommendations.
- Compose informed, succinct, valid and well organised psychological reports that include formulations, and both normative and ipsative recommendations.
- Critically reflect on practice as a way of informing and improving as a learner and as a clinical psychologist.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Examination | • | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Examination | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||