PSY6103 Professional practice and research methods

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Understand and apply ethical and legal principles and codes that govern professional practice

2. 2

   Understand the varied roles of psychologists and other mental health professionals across settings and the ethical, legal, and professional practice issues that may arise, as well as how to work from a systemic, multi‐disciplinary, and collaborative perspective

3. 3

   Manage client presentations of suicidal risk and family violence, and apply culturally appropriate interventions where necessary

4. 4

   Understand the importance of reflective practice and self‐care as a clinician

5. 5

   Review, interpret, and compare a wide variety of cutting‐edge analysis methods used in neuroscience and psychology

6. 6

   Understand when different analysis methods are most appropriate and fruitful in the context of the main phases of
   research design, and understand when different approaches are of complementary value

7. 7

   Apply cutting‐edge analysis methods using modern statistical software to analyse data, generate results, and interpret the findings

8. 8

   Develop creative and insightful methods to maximise the utility of research