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Clinical Placement 3 (PSYC90014)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
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Students are required to successfully complete field placements of a total of 80 days. Placements may take the form of a single 80-day placement or two 40-day placements. Students must do placements within one (if they choose to do an 80 day placement) or both (if they choose to do 2x40 day placements) of the speciality streams they select in Year 3. It should be noted that over the course of the Masters and Doctoral programs, students are expected to experience a range of placements (eg adult, child or older age placement, specialist placement). Students are also required to participate in the Clinical Case Conference.
Supervisors will be registered psychologists and will also normally be members (or eligible for membership) of the College of Clinical Psychologists of the Australian Psychological Society. The field supervisors will be responsible for ensuring that students are adequately introduced to the field setting and for day-to-day supervision of the student's placement. Field Supervisors will ensure that students are exposed to a range of clinical work, as far as possible allowing the student to function as a Clinical Psychologist within the facility.
Clinical Case Conference
(Co-ordinator: Assoc Prof Mike Kyrios).
There are two major purposes for the clinical case conference. The first is to provide the opportunity (structure, feedback) for students to gain skills in presenting case material in an effective, professional manner, with emphases on the following:
- Selection of material (content and focus on presentation)
- Organisation of the material (format; use of overheads, etc)
- Personal presentation skills
- Physical environment
- Timing of presentations
- Evaluation/feedback
The second is to provide the opportunity for students to discuss selected clinical issues in a large group format, with emphases on the following:
- Focus/purpose for formal case presentations
- Discussion of broad professional and ethical issues
- Implementation
Intended learning outcomes
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Generic skills
Students will be given the opportunity to gain experience with assessment, diagnostic formulation and treatment of clients with a range of disorders within speciality areas. Students will also be given the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to independently provide specific interventions and complex assessments.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
512-912 Clinical Placement 2
Corequisites
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Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
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Students are expected to keep log books of their daily activities including patient contacts, and have completed written summaries of all assessments/interventions conducted with patients to the satisfaction of both field and university supervisors. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
University and field supervisors will jointly determine whether the student has passed the placement. Depending on resource availability both supervisors and the student will formally meet in the middle and/or at the end of the placement to determine progress and outcome. Feedback will be given regularly to the student. | N/A | |
Students will be required to write a report detailing their experiences during the placement, as well as their perceived strengths and weaknesses. Field supervisors will be asked to complete a brief structured report on the student's progress.
| At the end of their placement | N/A |
Additional details
If it becomes apparent during placement that the student's performance is inadequate in some respect, then the supervisors will attempt to rectify deficiencies, if necessary by requiring the student to undergo further training. Students who do not receive a satisfactory report from their placement supervisor may be required to complete further placement experience before being passed in this component
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Carol Hulbert Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 placement days over the year. 1.5 hour conference per week for 24 weeks Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 May 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Year Long contact information
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
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Last updated: 31 January 2024