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. |
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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 2015/16, 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 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the importance of evaluating and auditing clinical psychology services.
- Experience data collection within the NHS.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of writing for publication and following journal/NHS audit guidelines.
- Conduct a systematic review of research literature and appraise previous research studies.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of developing a poster.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Nuno Ferreira
Tel: (0131 6)50 3898
Email: Nuno.Ferreira@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Gardner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3889
Email: Kirsty.Gardner@ed.ac.uk |
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