Professional Experience Placement (PEP)
Students will be allocated PEP within individual health care agencies. Students must be available 5 days a week (40 hours) during the allocated PEP, and must be prepared to undertake a range of shifts (majority of shifts are during standard work hours; evening shifts are rare but can occur, night shifts do not occur) and which may include weekends, as per roster provided by the healthcare agency. Students may be expected to relocate and are expected to travel to where PEP is available. To be eligible to undertake PEP, all students must be ‘Verified’ as meeting College of Health and Medicine PEP Safety in Practice Compliance as per the Course Entry Requirements.
Students who cannot or do not comply with these requirements will not be allocated PEP and therefore will not be able to complete this unit.
PEP dates MAY differ from University of Tasmania calendar semester dates.
Introduction
This placement will involve engaging in advanced clinical psychological practice with clients presenting with a range of psychology concerns. You will work at your 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.
Summary
| Unit name | Advanced Clinical Psychology Placement 1 |
| Unit code | PSY724 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| College/School | Health School of Psychological Sciences |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Coordinator | Professor Kimberley Norris |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Postgraduate |
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Conduct personalised and culturally responsive assessment and intervention processes to optimise client outcomes across diverse contexts.
- Implement communication strategies that ensure coordinated client care.
- Autonomously apply relevant legislation, ethical and professional practice guidelines to manage ethical and professional dilemmas.
- Integrate supervisory feedback, self-reflection and self-practice for continual improvement of clinical psychology competencies.
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Requisites
Concurrent Prerequisites
PSY734 Advanced Topics in Clinical Psychology 1Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Clinical Practice – 16-24hrs per week |
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| Assessment | Case Discussion|Case Report|End of Placement Competency Review|Mid-placement competency assessment |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes. |
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