Unit Outline

This placement will involve engaging in clinical psychological practice with clients presenting with a range of psychological and neuro-developmental concerns. Students will work at their designated placement to provide clinical psychological assessment, diagnosis and intervention to clients presenting with a range of issues as relevant to the specific placement context. This placement will promote a scientist-practitioner model with opportunities to develop competencies and increase level of independence in psychological assessment and intervention with clients from a range of settings.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Apply a scientist practitioner approach in working with clients, including creating case formulations, conducting risk assessments, making diagnoses and developing treatment plans with consideration of cultural differences and diversity at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency.
2.	Apply evidence based therapeutic techniques for common mental health concerns and flexibly adapt and tailor these to specific client presentations at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency.
3.	Compose a range of intra and interdisciplinary correspondence with other practitioners to inform coordinated approaches to client care at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency..
4.	Select, administer, score and interpret a range of psychometric tests and questionnaires to prepare professional reports and provide verbal feedback to families and relevant professionals at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency.
5.	Appraise complex ethical challenges in psychological practice and apply relevant legislation and ethical and professional practice guidelines to make clinical decisions about ethical dilemmas as they arise with specific clients at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency
6.	Appraise the application of psychological practice and integrate supervisory feedback, self-reflection and self-practice for continual improvement of clinical psychological competencies at a Stage 3 Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System (CYPRS) competency.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	Clinical Psychology Placement 1
Concurrent Pre-requisite	Ethics in Professional Psychology Practice 2
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	KHA746

Alterations as a result of student feedback

No alterations have been made as a result of student feedback.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Demonstration of Clinical Competencies	See the MyLO site for the due date	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 2:	Submission of placement paperwork & achieved required PEP hours	See the MyLO site for the due date	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
Assessment Task 3:	Case Study	See the MyLO site for the due date	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Demonstration of Clinical Competencies

Task Description:

Demonstration of Clinical Competencies at Stage 3 by end of placement.
Formative assessment at mid placement (2.5 – 3 months)
Summative assessment at end of placement (5 - 6 months)

Stage 3 to be attained over the placement period generally consisting of 2-3 days per week for 5-6 months

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Counselling skills	LO1, LO2
2	Clinical assessment skills	LO1, LO3
3	Case formulation skills	LO1
4	Intervention skills	LO2
5	Ethical attitude and behaviour	LO4
6	Scientist-practitioner approach	LO1
7	Professional skills	LO4
8	Psychometric skills	LO3
9	Reflective practice skills	LO5

Assessment Task 2: Submission of placement paperwork & achieved required PEP hours

Task Description:

Attainment of the required placement hours and submission of associated placement paperwork as per APAC requirements.

Stage 3 competencies to be attained over the placement period generally consisting of 2-3 days per week for 5-6 months

Due Date:1 week after end placement date

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Attained Overall Placement hours of approximately 300 – 350	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
2	Attained Direct Client Contact Hours of min 80 hrs – max 240hours	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
3	Attained required hours of supervision (1 hour per 15 hours on placement with 50% of this individual format)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
4	Submitted all placement paperwork on InPlace	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6

Assessment Task 3: Case Study

Task Description:

Case Study

Due date: 1 week after end placement date

Task Length:

Approximately 2000 words

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Provide background to the case/presenting issue	LO3
2	Provide details about assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions carried out and reporting of results/outcomes	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Provide a rationale for the approach taken/methods chosen	LO1, LO3
4	Include an evaluation of clinical decision making and reflection	LO4, LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes.

Your grade will be determined in the following way: 

All assessments within the Postgraduate Professional Training Programs at the University of Tasmania adhere to an ungraded pass profile. Similarly, your academic transcript will use this same grading system. 

This means all assessable work will be graded as either UP (ungraded pass) or NN (fail grade), which indicates you need to continue towards developing that competency. You are required to achieve a UP on all assessment pieces in order to successfully pass a unit of study – be that coursework, placement, or thesis. 

To obtain an UP grade for this unit you must achieve a UP grade on all assessment tasks and a minimum Level 3 standard on all domains of the CYPRS competency rating tool.

Marks are reviewed by the Unit Coordinator and School of Psychological Sciences Assessment Committee and may be adjusted to ensure fairness, consistency, and appropriateness before the final marks and grades are assigned in accordance with University policy and the specified unit assessment. Grades and marks are also reviewed by the College of Health and Medicine Assessors’ Committee.

Note: In order to obtain a full passing grade in this unit, students are expected to submit and achieve a UP grade on all assessable work.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.