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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. As a follow-up to the Clinic Team I unit, this unit is intended to provide additional 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 |
PSYC21007 - Clinic Team I 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. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 4. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
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.
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 Feedback
One student indicated that the large workload and time pressures impacted their consolidation of learning and their formulation of opinions and recommendations in client reports.
Continue to review student workload to focus on consolidating knowledge to inform clinical opinions and recommendations for interventions.
Student workload was reviewed, and a guidance document was written to support students in consolidating their report-writing skills.
Source: Verbal feedback
Students indicated that it was useful to discuss assessments and to see demonstrations of assessment administration.
Continue to demonstrate the administration of tests during class time.
Lecturers provided access to video-recorded training resources to assist students to learn assessment administration.
Source: SUTE Unit comments and in-class
Students requested amendments to the Log of Hours to reduce errors
Recommend that the Log of Hours be updated to a format the adds up the progressive hours, to reduce user errors.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit comments and in-class
Students request more formal teaching time to assist them to learn the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)
Recommend some dedicated sessions in the Intensive Training block to cover the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) administration and scoring, and encourage students to access individual supervision to assist with interpretation.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Conduct effective evidence based practice interventions across a diverse range of client presentations.
- Describe client presentations across a number of theoretical paradigms.
- Integrate advanced assessment practices into clinical assessments.
- Reflect on the process of ethical decision making and its application in clinical practice.
- Administer effective clinical services that are responsive to areas of cultural and life span diversity.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • | |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
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| 4 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||