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PSYC6080: External Placement 1
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.
| Code | PSYC6080 |
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| Academic unit | Psychology Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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PSYC6079 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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 in the area of clinical psychology
- 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
Unit outlines
Unit outlines will be available 2 weeks before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.
- Semester 1, 2024 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2024 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2020 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2 Early, 2020 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2021 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2021 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2022 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2022 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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