Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Specialist Practice 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BESC1464

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014

BESC1464

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2024

BESC1476

Bundoora Campus

Research

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012

Course Coordinator: Dr Trish Melzer

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

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


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required prior study (Pre-requisites)


Course Description

Specialist Psychological Practice 2 is designed to further extend your theoretical, conceptual, and practical knowledge and skills as well as to expand your experience in integrating ethical and controversial issues into clinical decision-making and practice.  During the course you will focus on the following areas

  • Advanced Professional issues
  • Specialist clinical intervention

 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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

  •  PLO 1:  Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theories, models and scientific underpinning of professional psychological practice and its application across behavioural and organisational systems.
  • PLO 2:  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.

 


Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: 

  1. Critically evaluate and discuss current issues in professional practice identifying the need to integrate professional and ethical standards in decision making about professional practice in private settings.
  2. Develop skills in assessing and determining clients’ suitability for mindfulness and acceptance-based behavioural interventions, and develop and evaluate a mindfulness and acceptance-based formulation, and treatment plan.
  3. Critically evaluate the empirical research literature relating to a variety of clinical interventions used in the treatment of adult psychological problems.
  4. Select appropriate psychological techniques for intervention in a variety of specific adult psychological problems and develop evidence-based treatment plans. 

 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both. 

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

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Case study treatment plan  
Weighting 50%
This assessment task support CLOs 1, 2, & 4

Assessment Task 2: Objective structured clinical examination
Weighting 50%    
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3 & 4

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.