Module Descriptors
PLACEMENT 2 - WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH INDIVIDUALS / WORKING IN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH ILLNESS AND/OR DISABILITY
PSYC80427
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 8
90 credits
Contact
Leader: Alison Tweed
Email: A.Tweed@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 0
Independent Study Hours: 900
Total Learning Hours: 900
Assessment
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE weighted at 50%
  • VIVA weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
- Collaborative assessment, formulation
- Brief intervention
- Evaluation, including feedback from clients
- Integrating models
- Appreciating power relationships, diversity etc.
- Concepts of 'health', 'capacity', 'quality of life' etc
- Loss & adaptation
- Rehabilitation & coping
- Supporting care staff & relatives
- Advocacy
Module Texts
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Entry requirements for the DClinPsy programme
Module Resources
Computer with Internet access
Programme textbooks and learning materials as suggested
Module Learning Strategies
Participants spend a minimum of 128 days undertaking supervised clinical practice within a range of human service settings. During this time there are opportunities to learn through modelling and feedback & participants are also encouraged to integrate clinical experiecde with academic and research materal.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.

1. Evaluation of Clinical Competence - Clinical supervisor ratings: 50%.
Addresses outcomes 1 to 3

2. Clinical Viva: 50%
1 case selected by assessors from 2 cases prepared.
Addresses outcomes 1 to 3

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via a Clinical Presentation prior to the Viva, and with structured written feedback identifying strengths, weaknesses and guidance for improvement.