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Clinical Placement 3 (PSYC90078)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
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Students are required to complete 375 hours of placement (equivalent to a 50-day placement) at an external agency, working with either adult or child/adolescent client populations. Students are required to participate in regular weekly supervision. Students undertaking this placement must be provisionally registered with the Psychology Board of Australia and hold current Police and Working with Children’s checks.
External supervisors must be registered psychologists, have at least two years of full-time experience as a psychologist following the award of their postgraduate degree, be a PBA-approved higher degree supervisor and be eligible for membership of the APS Clinical College (ie whose training pathway involved completion of at least clinical masters course).
Intended learning outcomes
The placement aims to provide trainees with:
- exposure to a range of psychopathology
- the opportunity to conduct diagnostic interviews in a clinical setting
- the opportunity to conduct a variety of psychological assessments (e.g., psychometric and projective testing, observational assessments and client self-monitoring).
- the opportunity to be actively involved in the planning and implementation of psychological interventions in two of individual, family, and group formats.
exposure to the wider experience of professional clinical psychology practice in areas such as clinical intake and review meetings, administrative and evaluation functions, in-service education, and so on
Generic skills
- Advanced problem identification and problem solving skills
- Advanced written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
- Advanced information integration skills
Last updated: 3 November 2022