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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Health in Social Science : Clinical Psychology

Postgraduate Course: Professional Context and Clinical Management (CLPS11013)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryIn this course students will learn about appropriate models of clinical care and clinical management within multi-disciplinary CAMHS settings. This course will provide an overview of clinical settings and professional systems of care within children and young peoples' health service settings. Introducing these systems, and roles within them, will include a clarification of professional roles and the ethical context of professional conduct.

Students will acquire an in depth working knowledge of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency service structures as these are represented in Child and Adolescent Mental Health settings throughout Scotland and the UK. Models of systemic working in this context will be applied to the clinical management and psychological therapies for key client groups. Students will gain critical insight and appraisal of developmentally based models of care and systemic practice.

The clinical management of clients should involve self-awareness of fitness to practice issues and boundaries of professional practice. Practitioners of applied psychology (clinical associate) will become sensitive to the importance of self-awareness and the need to appraise and reflect on their own practice. As reflective practitioners they will become aware of the importance of diversity, the social and cultural context of their work, working within an ethical framework, and the need of continuing professional and personal development.

Students will be introduced to a range of complex clinical presentations and disorders to provide them with a critical knowledge base from which to make appropriate clinical assessments, assessment of risk and recognising when referral onward is necessary.

Please note: this course is available to students on the MSc Applied Psychology for Children and Young People programme only.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Please note: this course is available to students on the MSc Applied Psychology for Children and Young People programme only.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Placement Study Abroad Hours 224, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Placements run throughout the year - not just in semesters.
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Evaluation of Clinical Competency
Feedback Feedback will be received throughout the clinical placement.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate the ability to interact and work effectively with a range of health professionals in multi-disciplinary settings.
  2. Collaborate with families and individuals in developing an optimal treatment plan and personalise and individualise the intervention.
  3. Develop interventions that help to integrate the child's social development and integration.
  4. Demonstrate competence to formulate psychological treatment and clinical management plans in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context.
  5. Demonstrate competency to work within limits of clinical and professional competence and utilise the wider clinical systems effectively in the clinical management of individuals and families.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Taught within set blocks amounting to 10 days of teaching with approximately 6.5 hours per day.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Charlene Plunkett
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: Charlene.Plunkett@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Clara Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)51 3970
Email: Clara.Shaw@ed.ac.uk
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