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Professional Psychology Skills 1 (PSYC90113)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 2
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
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This subject covers a range of fundamental skills and issues pertinent to practicing psychologists. Topics covered include counselling and interviewing techniques (building on content included in PSYC40006), history taking and diagnosis, an introduction to psychopharmacology as it relates to psychological practice, as well as the importance of self-care. The subject will include opportunities for students to practice newly acquired skills through role-plays and simulated client interactions.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand basic counselling and interviewing techniques and their application in professional psychological practice;
- Understand the philosophy and primary techniques in diagnosis of psychopathology and personality disorder;
- Understand basic principles of psychopharmacology, and knowledge of the medications most likely to be encountered in general psychological practice;
- Develop an understanding of the importance of self-care in relation to working as a psychologist.
Skills
On completion of this subject, students should demonstrate competency in:
- Basic interviewing and counselling skills, particularly with respect to history taking and diagnosis of mental health difficulties;
- Identifying their own self-care needs and strategies to address these.
Application of skills and knowledge
On completion of this subject, students should demonstrate competency in:
- Integrating patient history with information derived from multiple sources (e.g. informants and standardized assessment) to determine a diagnosis of mental disorder and suggest basic counselling skills to address patient difficulties.
Generic skills
Students in this subject will be given appropriate opportunity and educational support to develop skills in:
- Analysis and construction of arguments
- Problem-identification and problem-solving in novel contexts
- Written communication in academic assignments and reports
- Workload planning and task management
- Interpersonal and communication skills
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-PROPSYC Master of Professional Psychology
Corequisites
None
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
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Oral presentation - demonstration of basic interview techniques (20 Minutes; 2,000 words equivalent)
| Week 2 | 30% |
Written report - diagnostic work up of case study
| Week 6 | 20% |
Online multiple choice test
| Week 8 | 30% |
Written report - self-reflection on self-care needs
| Week 10 | 20% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Margaret Osborne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 250 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024