Module Code:

PS915

Module Name:

Audit Placement Project

Module Credits (CATS):

90

Module Convener

Claudie Fox

Module Teachers

Claudie Fox

Module Aims

This module will enable the MSc in Clinical Applications of Psychology students to gain practical experience of working with Clinical Psychologists within NHS trusts.

Students will be assigned to 6-month long research placements during which they will complete 2 pieces of academic work. They will each write up a review of literature relevant to a topic encountered on the placement and they will each carry out a Small-Scale Service Project. Their assigned project work in the field will be supervised onsite by a Clinical Supervisor, and their analysis and report-writing work will be co-supervised by an assigned Academic Supervisor. A report of how the student functioned in the placement setting will also be obtained from the Clinical Supervisor.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Evaluate the environment in which Clinical Psychology currently functions in the NHS
• Interpret the profession's position and differentiation in a heterogeneous work setting
• Demonstrate initiative in shaping an assigned audit task into a project of discrete sub-tasks
• Work effectively and independently under the supervision of senior Clinical Psychologists in a professional setting
• Analyse and interpret complex clinical practice data and write a professional quality report of the work and its implications

All Learning Objectives are assessed by all elements of the assessment.

Module Work Load

Module Length

25 weeks

Lectures

2 lectures of 2 hours each

Tutorials

1 tutorial of 30 minutes length

Attendance

Attendance at lectures and the tutorial is compulsory

Module Assessment

Assessed work:

Assignment - placement project report & literature review

Weighting:

100%

Module Programme

Topics covered on the course will likely include:

• Introduction to placement session
• Project guidance session and tutorials
• January to June: Onsite practical work and research, followed by project write-up

Module Reading List

• Boland, A., Charry, M. and Dickson, R. (eds.) (2017). Doing a systematic review: A student guide (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
• Barker, C., Pistrang, N. and Elliott, R. (2016). Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell