PSY544 Clinical Psychology in Practice (8)

This subject provides students with the knowledge and skills to address aspects of clinical psychology practice requiring advanced competencies, including the assessment and treatment of clients with multiple diagnoses, working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, dealing with forensic matters, and professional issues such as practice management and the provision of clinical supervision.

Availability

* Offering has a residential school. Please view following information for further details.

Session 2 (60)
Online *
Bathurst Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PSY544. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Psychology

Enrolment Restrictions

Students enrolled in the Master of Clinical Psychology

Prerequisites

PSY538 and PSY539

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to design and implement psychotherapeutic interventions for clients with a range of complex and comorbid psychological conditions
  • be able to recognise the impact of sociocultural factiors and modify interventions appropriately
  • be able to produce psychology reports for courts and other legal purposes
  • be able to manage a professional psychology practice
  • be able to provide effective clinical supervision to psychologists and other professionals

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • managing complex and comorbid conditions
  • sociocultural factors and impact on assessment and intervention
  • forensic applications of clinical psychology
  • clinical supervision
  • practice management

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of PSY544 in Session 2 2019. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Written case report 1
40
2
Oral case presentation + small group discussion
0
3
Written case report 2
60
4
Attendance at residential school
0

Residential School

This subject contains a 2.5 day Compulsory Residential School.

The residential school is intended to serve a number of functions

  • to teach skills in practice management
  • to examine application of ethical guidelines in complex cases
  • to facilitate assessment of skills through objective structured clinical examination


Activities include

  • lectures
  • case discussions and other small-group learning activities
  • student self-evaluation tasks
  • objective structured clinical examination

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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