UnitLevel 6Postgraduate

PSY6205 Introductory placement and case analysis (clinical psychology)

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

PSY6205 Introductory placement and case analysis (clinical psychology) is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2023 in Full year at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
0
Offered in 2023
Full year
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
8 tasks

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

This unit supports the first step towards clinical practice for students in their roles as provisionally registered psychologists. Conducted at Monash’s Turner Clinics, you will provide direct service to individuals referred from the community. Clinical presentations include issues drawn from across the lifespan, as well as assessment and associated report writing. All work is carried out under close supervision by the clinic’s registered psychologists.

You should aim to achieve approximately 100 direct client contact hours towards the 400 overall hours they need to meet registration requirements.

You will engage in clinic meetings, individual and potentially group supervision, and where applicable, joint work with intern colleagues and
supervisors. You will participate in discussions of clinical issues and recent developments in the field of Clinical Psychology and will be challenged to remain informed about such developments and issues. You will also attend Case Analysis each week and be rostered to present at least one case from your placement over the course of the unit.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Full yearClaytonOn campus

Assessment

  • Psychological Assessment OSCE (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Intervention Skills 1 OSCE (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Case Presentation (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Placement Contract (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Mid‐Placement Review (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • End‐placement review (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Supervision Logbook (Hurdle Requirement)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Placement Diary (Hurdle Requirement)
    -

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1
    On successful completion of this unit you should be able to demonstrate the following skills under each professional competency domain:
  2. 2

    Knowledge of the discipline
    Demonstrate a good knowledge of one or
    two high prevalence disorders, one
    theoretical model of intervention and its
    empirical basis, and frequently used
    assessment methods and measures.

  3. 3

    Legal, ethical and professional matters
    Demonstrate familiarity and attempted
    compliance with common policies,
    procedures and work practices that
    operationalise ethical and legal principles.

  4. 4

    Psychological assessment and
    measurement
    Demonstrate a good knowledge of the
    theoretical basis of assessment techniques
    and diagnostic classification systems.
    Demonstrate culturally responsive skills in basic interviewing
    techniques such as engagement and
    counselling; that your microskills are
    developing, and competent administration
    of standardised tests and measures.

  5. 5

    Intervention strategies
    Demonstrate knowledge and some ability to
    apply culturally responsive intervention strategies associated
    with one theoretical approach with simple
    presentations of high prevalence disorders.
    Students should be able to demonstrate the
    ability to formulate and prepare treatment
    plans with their supervisor's assistance.

  6. 6

    Research and evaluation
    Demonstrate an ability to research the
    evidence base relating to areas of clinical
    interest.

  7. 7

    Communication and interpersonal
    relationships
    Demonstrate clear verbal and written
    communication skills; and good general
    interpersonal skills and ability to build and
    maintain working relationships with
    colleagues and clients with less complex
    presentations.

  8. 8

    Reflective practice

    Demonstrate an openness to reflecting on
    your clinical practice.

Workload and teaching

  • Seminars12 hours
  • Practical activities12 hours
  • Teaching approachWork-integrated learning

For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Rochelle Cairns
Chief Examiners
Dr Rochelle Cairns

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for PSY6205?

PSY6205 has no prerequisites.

When is PSY6205 offered?

In 2023, PSY6205 runs in Full year at Clayton.

Does PSY6205 have an exam?

No. PSY6205 has 8 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
0
Level
6
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Psychology
Type
HDR
EFTSL
0
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available