Postgraduate Course: Clinical Psychology 1 (CLPS12034)

Course Outline
School	School of Health in Social Science	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	This course is mandatory for all DClinPsychol first year postgraduate students. Students will develop a critical overview of the application of clinical psychology to a wide range of psychological disorders. Students will receive knowledge based sessions, leading to a critical analysis and understanding of the principle theories and practices typically used with adults with psychological disorders, adults with a learning disability, and in health psychology. In addition, students will receive practical training on using therapeutic skills most often encountered in these specialisms and will be taught sufficient generic awareness and understanding of these skills and knowledge to be able to apply them to novel problems and circumstances. Complex professional issues will be covered, including engagement, assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation. The teaching also aims to deliver a detailed grounding in relevant issues in client, clinical work, service, legislation and professional areas. Controversies and debates within the specialisms will be explored and trainees will be expected to reflect upon these and reach independent, defendable conclusions regarding their own practice.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 200, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 45, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 137 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	An extended case conceptualisation of 4000-6000 words, which will include a review and critique of relevant literature as it relates to an outline of a clinical case study, and the critical reflection of outcome and process of the case described.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate a critical, detailed and reflective understanding of the main theories, principles and concepts relating to the adult mental health, learning disability and health psychology specialties, including assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation. Apply the concepts, theories and principles of the above specialties in an integrated, critical, ethical and professional way in clinical practice. Apply the knowledge and skills learned to develop creative and original responses to clinical problems and issues. Analyse, synthesise and evaluate the taught material and apply it to dealing with complex and novel situations and issues in an informed and reflective way.