Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Internal Practicum 3

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BESC1260	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	150H Health Sciences	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014
BESC1260	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025
BESC1261	Bundoora Campus	Research	150H Health Sciences	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013

Course Coordinator: Dr Trish Melzer

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: trish.melzer2@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora West

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study 

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

BESC1250 Internal Practicum 2(Course ID 012420)

 

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.  

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.  

Course Description

Internal Psychology Practicum 3 is a Work Integrated Learning course designed to extend and consolidate skills and knowledge developed in the first year of the Masters Program in both theoretical knowledge and supervised clinical practice. 

During this course you will undertake Internal Practicum 3 skill development sessions and Individual client work in the RMIT Psychology Clinic 

 

Work Integrated Learning 

Students need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program. At any time prior to or during your placement if there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practice, the WIL/clinical coordinator can request that you gain full medical clearance to continue your placement.  

Work Integrated Learning: In this course you will be required to undertake placement as part of your assessment and you will need to meet a number of WIL passport requirements in order to ensure that you are eligible for placement. Further details on each of these requirements are available in Part B of the Course Guide and on MyRMIT. 

• National Police check 
• Working with Children Check 
• Evidence of required COVID 19 Vaccination(s)
• Provisional registration with the Psychology Board or Australia 

There is no flexibility with these requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that these requirements are completed. Any student who has not provided this information will not be able to attend placement and will receive a NH fail grade for the placement course. 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC002 Master of Clinical Psychology:

• PLO2: develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of the legislative frameworks and ethical codes and guidelines that guide professional psychological practice at a personal and professional level.
• PLO 3: design, analyse, synthesise and communicate information from a wide variety of psychological assessments and techniques appropriate to the developmental stage, cognitive level and cultural background of the client, and appropriate to the purpose of the assessment.
• PLO 4: demonstrate the ability to design, apply, and evaluate appropriate evidence based empirically validated interventions individualised to the client’s diagnosis, case formulation, and personal or organisational characteristics.
• PLO 5: demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of empirical investigation or inquiry as a scientist-practitioner, predicated on the principles of clinical psychological practice, with a variety of psychological phenomena or problems.
• PLO 6: demonstrate the ability to undertake effective communication across a range of individual and organisational contexts to engage clients and to convey, appraise, and interpret information relevant to professional practice and the client population.

On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a continued adherence to the RMIT University Psychology Clinic procedures.
2. Competently deliver a structured and formal presentations of clinical material to a professional audience for both educational and consultation purposes.
3. Conduct clinical assessments and devise, implement, and evaluate an appropriate method of intervention for a broad range of clinical presentations.
4. Identify major professional, ethical, and best practice issues pertaining to each of your placement clients.
5. Successfully communicate the findings of your assessment to a clinical supervisor and to the client.
6. Further develop self-awareness of the level and limits of your competency and learning needs in clinical psychology. 

Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities include a mixture of lectorials, seminar sand skill development activities. Lectorials will build on knowledge gained in the program and provide a solid theoretical and evidence-based practice driven basis to help achieve professional practice proficiency. The skill development activities will support your entry into professional psychological practice. You are expected to read widely in the practice areas being studied. 

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course. 

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

Overview of Assessment

All assessment requirements for this course are HURDLES as indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows against the relevant assessment task(s)and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Case Presentation (Hurdle) 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 

Assessment Task 2: Written report of case presentation material (Hurdle) 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 

Assessment Task 3: Log of Clinic Hours (Hurdle) 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8 

The overall grade for this course are Pass PX or Fail NN grades only. This course does not contribute to your GPA calculation.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.