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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

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PY5417 - Professional Psychology Placement

Credit points:09
Year:2024
Student Contribution Band:Band 4
Prerequisites:PY5412 PY5413 PY5414 AND PY5415
Administered by:College of Healthcare Sciences

Subject Description

    In this placement subject, students will participate in class activities designed to enable them to practice the application of knowledge and skills within the context of a clinical setting, prior to commencing placement. Students will complete a minimum of 400 hours of placement within the professional psychology course at JCU. This placement will include ongoing guidance provided by supervisors as students demonstrate application of clinical and professional skills to provide effective, ethical evidenced-based culturally responsive assessment and interventions for diverse clients. Students will participate in feedback processes to develop their ongoing learning plans and self-reflexive practice, and will participate in supervised case consultations.

Learning Outcomes

  • Operate individually and inter-professionally in accordance with legal, ethical, and organizational guidelines and behavior standards
  • Expertly communicate with clients, families, community and organisational representatives, and other health professionals
  • Application of clinical and professional skills to provide effective and culturally responsive, evidence-based assessments and interventions for clients of varying context
  • Demonstrate ownership of ongoing professional learning as evidenced by critical self- reflexive practice, engagement with and use of feedback, and the development of personalised learning plans and objectives to develop quality practice

Subject Assessment

  • Participation > Class participation - Individual
  • Written > Log/logbook - Individual
  • Written > Self-reflection task - Individual
  • Performance/Practice/Product > Clinical placement performance 1 - Individual
  • Performance/Practice/Product > Portfolio - Individual

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

Special Assessment Requirements

Pass requirements: pass every assessment item; participate in all clinical skills activities.

Availabilities

Townsville Bebegu Yumba, Study Period 1, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 21 Mar 2024
Study Period Dates:Monday, 19 Feb 2024 to Friday, 14 Jun 2024
Staff:No staff allocated; see "This Subject In Other Years".
Workload expectations:
  • 39 Hours - Specialised - Placement orientation
  • 400 Hours - Clinical Placement