PSY5301 Advanced placement and case analysis
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PSY5301 Advanced placement and case analysis is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It needs PSY5103, PSY5104, PSY5106 and PSY5102.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PSY5301
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After PSY5301
No unit lists PSY5301 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students must be enrolled in M6046.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This final placement Unit consolidates your development in clinical practice in your role as a provisionally registered psychologist. You will continue to provide direct service to individuals and/or groups in placement settings. Placements are arranged via a network of providers with due regard given to the professional interests and competencies required of you in your final placement unit. You will be supervised in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
During Case Analysis, you will participate in the discussion with your peers as well as by presenting at least one de-identified case. Throughout the Unit you will demonstrate your enhanced ability to integrate diverse and evidence-informed approaches to complex clinical, professional practice and evaluation issues.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Immersive |
Assessment
- OSCE intervention skills 2 (50 mins session) - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- Case analysis presentation (20 mins oral presentation) - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- Placement reviews - Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
- Placement compliance portfolio - Pass/FailArtefactCompetency hurdle-
- Mandatory compliance documents - Pass/FailArtefactCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Knowledge of the discipline - Differentiate and discuss the multifaceted aspects of being a provisional psychologist within a range of clinical placement settings.
- 2
Legal, ethical and professional matters - Manage ethical issues and adhere to professional practice standards (for example including confidentiality, risk and effective documentation) in increasingly complex circumstances.
- 3
Psychological assessment and measurement - Use thorough assessment methodology and hypothesis testing approach to develop holistic clinical formulations for a wide range of complex mental health presentations (within a Diagnostic Framework).
- 4
Intervention strategies - Apply a breadth of evidence-informed, culturally responsive intervention strategies to diverse individuals and/or groups with complex mental health presentations.
- 5
Research and evaluation - Apply the scientist-practitioner approach in the development, application and evaluation of evidence-informed treatment plans/interventions for people with complex mental health presentations and disorders.
- 6
Communication and interpersonal relationships - Develop effective professional relationships and communication (oral and written) with a wide range of colleagues, stakeholders, and clients with complex mental health presentations and disorders.
- 7
Reflective practice - Use reflexive processes to enable adaptive practice, learning and behaviour change in clinical practice.
Workload and teaching
- Applied sessions12 hours
You are expected to complete approximately 334 hours in this placement towards their total of 1000 hours of placement (Work Integrated Learning) over the course of their degree.
Contact hours for on-campus students:
- 334 hours of clinical placement experience including a minimum of approximately 150 direct client activity hours (Permission may be sought to transfer some days and hours between the three placements)
- Minimum of 25 hours of supervision
- Group supervision sessions no more than 50% of total supervision
There will be a one hour weekly applied session (Case Analysis) in which you are also expected to participate. This is included in the 333 hours of clinical placement experience.
You are required to attend all scheduled applied sessions unless documentary evidence (such as a medical certificate or statutory declaration) is provided. Minimum attendance to pass the unit is 80%.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Sarah Liddle
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Sarah Liddle