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Overview

This unit of study involves students completing a placement in a setting external to the University Psychology Clinic. The placement will expose students to a range of presentations in hospitals and community health settings. One external placement is required to be adults and one with children/adolescents and families. All placements are supervised by clinical psychologists who have approved supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia. Oversight of the student's progress in each placement includes a Mid-Placement Review visit to each placement site by a clinically qualified staff member of the University. As the final clinical placement, this unit represents a capstone experience in bringing together learning from prior coursework and clinical placements.

Unit Details and Rules

• Academic unit: Psychology Academic Operations
• Credit points: 6
• Prerequisites: None
• Corequisites: None
• Prohibitions: None
• Assumed knowledge: None
• Available to study abroad and exchange students: No

Teaching Staff

• Coordinator: Caroline Hunt

Assessment

Assessment Details

• Placement: End-Placement Review Form Placement protocol (0%): Ongoing, due date: 14 Dec 2023 at 23:59, 4 pages
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8
• Placement: Clinical Log Placement protocol (0%): Ongoing, due date: 14 Dec 2023 at 23:59, 1 page for each week of placement
  • Outcomes assessed: LO7
• Placement: Supervision contract Placement protocol (0%): Week -03, due date: 12 Jul 2023 at 23:59, 2 pages
  • Outcomes assessed: LO7
• Placement: Mid-Placement Review Form Placement protocol (0%): Week 09, due date: 28 Sep 2023 at 23:59, 4 pages
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8
• Placement: Mid-Placement Visitor Form Placement protocol (0%): Week 09, due date: 28 Sep 2023 at 23:59, 1 page
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8

Assessment Summary

• Supervision Contract: Students will be required to submit a written contract outlining the placement expectations for both the student and the supervisor.
• Mid-Placement Review Form: Students will be required to submit a written summary of the Mid Placement Review meeting with their supervisor(s) to document progress on the placement.
• Mid-Placement Review (MPR) Visitor Form: Students will be required to submit a summary of the Mid Placement Review Visit, a formal meeting with the supervisor and student, completed by the visitor who is Clinical Psychology Unit staff.
• End-Placement Review Form: Students will be required to submit a written summary of the End Placement Review meeting with their supervisor(s) to provide a summative assessment of the placement.
• Clinical Log: Students will be required to submit a week-by-week record of their clinical placement experience.

Learning Support

Simple Extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.

Special Consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Weekly Schedule

• Multiple weeks: Clinical placement: 2 days/week for 24 weeks, Clinical practice (336 hours)
  • Learning outcomes: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• LO1: Work responsively with a broad range of socially and culturally diverse clients
• LO2: Apply advanced psychological knowledge to culturally responsive assessment, case formulation, and intervention
• LO3: Implement appropriate, empirically supported treatments
• LO4: Monitor clients’ progress and intervention outcomes, assessing areas of improvement and making changes to treatment plan when necessary
• LO5: Monitor and manage intra- and interpersonal processes in the context of an evolving case formulation
• LO6: Demonstrate respect for the skills and contribution of other professionals, working collaboratively and effectively with them, within the bounds of ethical and legal requirements
• LO7: Apply professional practice policies and procedures, including record keeping and psychological report writing
• LO8: Demonstrate self-reflection in professional practice, accounting for impact of own values and taking appropriate remediating action

Graduate Qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course.

• GQ1: Depth of disciplinary expertise
• GQ2: Critical thinking and problem-solving
• GQ3: Oral and written communication
• GQ4: Information and digital literacy
• GQ5: Inventiveness
• GQ6: Cultural competence
• GQ7: Interdisciplinary effectiveness
• GQ8: Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity
• GQ9: Influence

Additional Information

• Science student portal
• Psychology student portal

Work, Health, and Safety

We are governed by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011, and Codes of Practice. Penalties for non-compliance have increased. Everyone has a responsibility for health and safety at work. The University’s Work Health and Safety policy explains the responsibilities and expectations of workers and others, and the procedures for managing WHS risks associated with University activities.

Disclaimer

The University reserves the right to amend units of study or no longer offer certain units, including where there are low enrolment numbers.