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Clinical Placement 1 (PSYC90012)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Students are required to complete 40 days placement in the University of Melbourne Psychology Clinic at Blackwood Street, North Melbourne. The placement will combine patient contact, supervision and the optional delivery of training. Over the 40 days, students are required to complete at least 15 hours of psychological assessments and to accrue a further 85 hours of face-to-face contact with patients (assessment and ongoing treatment of adults). Overall students will carry out 100 hours of psychological assessment and treatment. Most of these hours will be spent providing individual treatment, although there may also be scope of group treatment. Weekly individual supervision will be augmented with fortnightly group supervision. Supervisors for the Clinic placement will be registered as both psychologists and supervisors with the Psychology Board of Australia. They will also be a member (or eligible for membership) of the College of Clinical Psychologists of the Australian Psychological Society. Students undertaking this placement must be provisionally registered with the Psychology Board of Australia and hold current Police and Working with Children's checks.
Students will also be required to attend 10 workshops that address specific clinical skills and are practical in nature.
Intended learning outcomes
The subject aims to provide the students with opportunities to experience a range of clinical presentatin in adult patients and to begin functionning as a clinical psychologist, under the supervision of a supervisor. Students will receive experience in history taking, conducting a mental state examination, arriving at a case formulation and making treatment plans. Under supervision, students will be given the opportunity to develop competence in the proivision of psychological treatments to individuals and (where appropriate) groups. In addition, the subject aims to give the student experience of professional psychology practice, including professional presentation, report writing and record keeping, managing a clinical caseload, and liaision with other professional practitioners.
Generic skills
This placement subject is designed to promote an in-depth understanding of specialist practice, to expand the range of ways in which learning occurs; to develop a capacity to work collaboratively, to confront and manage unfamiliar problems, to value different cultures, and to develop a high regard for human rights, ethics and equity.
Last updated: 3 November 2022