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PY6010:03

Evaluation and Research

Townsville

HECS Band 1

39 hours seminars. Semester 1 Limited Attendance.

Available to MPsych or DPsych students or with permission of the course co-ordinator.

This subject will provide knowledge of the types, validity and usefulness of program evaluation, plus training in techniques for assessing change. Attention will be paid to ethical standards for program evaluators. It will also address specific methods for clinical and health research including: epidemiological surveys, clinical case studies, experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment and assessment techniques.

Learning Objectives:

to view problems of measurement and evaluation in objective and realistic terms;

how to apply research techniques in clinical and health practice;

to interpret and critically evaluate existing research in these areas;

to recognise and utilise ethical standards of practice in research.

Assessment by written assignments (100%).