Course & Unit Catalogues

Academic Year

• Clinical Report (CWRI 60%)
• Oral presentation (CWPG 40%)

Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)

• Understand the theoretical underpinnings and practical skills involved in Clinical Psychology assessment
• Understand the governance and practice issues relevant to psychological research in health contexts
• Understand a range of assessment skills relevant to clinical psychology practice including behavioural assessment, clinical interviewing and psychometric assessment
• Understand the nature of formulation in clinical psychology practice
• Understand the mechanisms involved in therapeutic change, with particular relevance to cognitive behavioural interventions
• Understand the professional and personal skills relevant to Clinical Psychology practice including the use of supervision
• Access information guiding professional practice of the clinical psychologist
• Understand the need for professional and ethical standards and codes of conduct for clinical psychologists

• To familiarise students with the discipline of Clinical Psychology Practice for adults.

• To communicate an argument (TFA)
• To evaluate others arguments and research (TFA)
• To critically evaluate and assess research and evidence as well as a variety of other information. (TFA)
• To communicate an argument to other health professionals (TFA)

• To effectively and efficiently apply principles of clinical psychology within a variety of health contexts. (TFA)
• To be able to identify and deploy appropriate assessment strategies in the clinical setting (TFA)
• To have a sound knowledge of the principles and practice of psychological assessment (TFA)
• To develop writing skills for clinical and research reports (TFA)
• To have a sound knowledge of methods of clinical case study design (TFA)
• To develop sensitivity to the values and interests of others (TF)
• To be able to use supervision effectively (TF)

• Study and learning skills.(F)
• Basic information and computing technology skills.(F)
• To be aware of ethical issues in carrying out research. (TFA)
• Inter-personal and communication skills.(F)
• Essay, research, preparation and writing skills. (TFA)
• Presentation skills and verbal communication. (TFA)
• To prioritise workloads.(F)
• Independent and group working skills (F)
• To understand career opportunities and challenges ahead.(F)

• The unit provides an overview of the theoretical underpinnings and practical skills involved in Clinical Psychology assessment
• It introduces the governance and practice issues relevant to psychological research in health contexts
• Students will develop a range of assessment skills relevant to clinical psychology practice including behavioural assessment, clinical interviewing and psychometric assessment for adults
• They will be introduced to the nature of formulation in clinical psychology practice for adults
• Mechanisms involved in therapeutic change, with particular relevance to cognitive behavioural intervention, will be introduced
• The professional and personal skills relevant to Clinical Psychology practice including the use of supervision will be introduced. 

PS50217 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

• THPS-APA17 : MSc Clinical Associate Psychology (Adults)

Notes:

• This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
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