Postgraduate Course: Research 2 (CLPS12037)
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 | All second year DClinPsychol students are required to complete this course. The course will cover how to conduct small scale research projects such as audits and service evaluations within the NHS, how to analyse data using SPSS or with NVivo, how to write for publication, think critically about research and how to present project results in the form of a poster. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 2,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 1,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 7,
Fieldwork Hours 26,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
347 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Trainees will be required to submit a small scale research project (around 5000 words) written up in the format of either a peer-reviewed journal or NHS audit (using local NHS audit guidelines). In addition, the trainees will produce a poster of their research and present this in the form of a conference poster session. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have:
1. Knowledge and understanding of the importance of evaluating and auditing clinical psychology services.
2. Experience of collecting data within the NHS
3. An understanding of the importance of critically analysing the research literature
4. Knowledge and experience of writing for publication and following journal/NHS audit guidelines
3. An ability to conduct commonly used statistical tests using SPSS
4. A basic knowledge of how to use NVivo to support analysis of qualitative data
5. Knowledge and experience of developing a poster and presenting this poster in the style of a conference
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emily Newman
Tel: (0131 6)51 3945
Email: emily.newman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Gardner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3889
Email: Kirsty.Gardner@ed.ac.uk |
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