Postgraduate Course: DClinPsychol Thesis (CLPS12038)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 140 |
| Home subject area | Clinical Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course comprises the major research component of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, enabling trainee clinical psychologists to design, develop and undertake a significant original research project.
The thesis project is based upon original research relevant to clinical psychology practice and normally comprises a systematic review, a detailed methodology chapter and a journal article, and may contain additional chapters.
Please note that due to the nature of the course, which essentially takes part over 3 years for full time trainees (or 4-5 years for those with a specialist training route), the course credits are spread across the years of training. 20 credits are nominally allocated to year 1, 20 credits are nominally allocated to year 2 (or equivalent for specialist trainees). The total 140 credits are awarded in the final year. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
04/08/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
1400
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Lecture Hours 55,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 72,
Fieldwork Hours 540,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 43,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 28,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
660 )
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| Additional Notes |
"Course runs for 3 years full time
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the DClinPsychol thesis should be able to:
¿ demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate applied psychological research,
¿ recognise ethical issues & apply for and obtain appropriate ethical approval.
¿ develop, design and conduct a significant clinically relevant research project under supervision leading to a systematic review and a research article.
¿ demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices
¿ exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in their research activity
¿ capable of communicating research findings in a journal format at the standard expected of academic peer-reviewed work
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Assessment Information
| A thesis project of up to 35,000 words submitted for assessment and examined in viva by an internal and an external examiner. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Paul Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3956
Email: P.G.Morris@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Evelyn Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)51 3972
Email: Evelyn.A.Kelly@ed.ac.uk |
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