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PSYC21007 - Clinic Team I

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course is part of the sequence of courses that culminates in the degree of Master in Clinical Psychology. This course is intended to provide basic, supervised practice skills necessary for working as a Clinical Psychologist.

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 Program = 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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2010

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Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Rockhampton

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 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 and Written Assessment 100%

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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% 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 feedback comments.
Feedback
There is a lot of content to cover in this unit.
Recommendation
Review content of this unit with a view to structuring the delivery of content on clinical placement days as well as in the weekly scheduled class time.
Action Taken
The content of the unit was reviewed, to reduce the intensive teaching for this unit from 4 to 3 weeks at the beginning of the term. Some of the content was included in the weekly scheduled classes with PSYC20056.
Source: Student feedback comments.
Feedback
Staff were generally very supportive of the learning experiences, and support from staff/supervisors/lecturers was generally of a very high standard. They really worked hard to create a safe learning environment and I believe overall, they did so successfully.
Recommendation
Continue to provide supervision and support to students.
Action Taken
The supervisory team has continued to provide high-quality supervision and support to students, both in class time and across the placement.
Source: Student feedback comments
Feedback
The feedback provided from supervisors about sessions they were monitoring was generally very specific, constructive, useful and professional.
Recommendation
Continue to do direct observation of students' clinical work and to provide immediate feedback based on these observations.
Action Taken
The role of the site supervisor, who can directly observe student work and provide same-day feedback, was continued.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
One student commented that they would like a lecture on report writing
Recommendation
Refer students to the lecture on report writing in PSYC21001 - Assessment 1, which is a co-requisite for PSYC21007.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student Feedback - Email and in-class Feedback
Feedback
Some assessments required clarification and adjustments, in particular, assessment of supervision and placement activity hours, when SONIA (Work Integrated Learning system) stopped working.
Recommendation
Simplify the process for recording hours and record of supervision, and have one consistent process across the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: In-Class Feedback.
Feedback
There was insufficient time for discussion and learning in group supervision.
Recommendation
Move group supervision back to a teaching (rather than clinic) day, so that students have more time to discuss their clinical work in group supervision.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: In-Class Feedback
Feedback
The relevance of the research assignment did not fit with the practice-based focus of this unit.
Recommendation
Remove the research assignment from this unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: In-Class Feedback Email
Feedback
Several students reported having issues with light sensitivity (i.e., experiencing headaches and fatigue) due to the fluorescent lighting in the booked room.
Recommendation
Book teaching and group supervision spaces with natural light and/or replace the existing lighting with alternatives that do not adversely affect students with light sensitivity.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Specific Outcomes/Skills Development: a. the development of practical skills through supervised practice and feedback.
  2. Generic Skills/Attributes (as per Program Proposal)

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