Postgraduate Course: Research 2 (CLPS12037)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Clinical Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | All second year DClinPsychol students are required to complete this course. The course will cover how to conduct small scale research projects such as audits and service evaluations within the NHS, how to analyse data using SPSS or with NVivo, how to write for publication, think critically about research and how to present project results in the form of a poster. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have:
1. Knowledge and understanding of the importance of evaluating and auditing clinical psychology services.
2. Experience of collecting data within the NHS
3. An understanding of the importance of critically analysing the research literature
4. Knowledge and experience of writing for publication and following journal/NHS audit guidelines
3. An ability to conduct commonly used statistical tests using SPSS
4. A basic knowledge of how to use NVivo to support analysis of qualitative data
5. Knowledge and experience of developing a poster and presenting this poster in the style of a conference
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Assessment Information
| Trainees will be required to submit a small scale research project (around 5000 words) written up in the format of either a peer-reviewed journal or NHS audit (using local NHS audit guidelines). In addition, the trainees will produce a poster of their research and present this in the form of a conference poster session. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emily Newman
Tel: (0131 6)51 3945
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Course secretary | Mrs Evelyn Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)51 3972
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