• Offered by Research School of Psychology
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Course subject Psychology
  • Areas of interest Psychology
Preparation for Professional Psychology Placement (PSYC8513)

This course will prepare you for your professional psychology placement.
You will build your knowledge about therapist effectiveness, including managing therapeutic relationships and core interpersonal skills such as empathy. You will learn about the roles of psychologists, other professionals and support staff in various professional settings and the skills required for respectful and effective collaboration.
This course has an applied focus and will provide opportunities for you to participate in simulated learning exercises to practice and integrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired in psychological assessment and intervention.
The 40 hours of simulated learning experience in this course will contribute to the 300 hours practical experience required by APAC.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and research evidence about safe and effective psychological practice
  2. Understand and apply current approaches to collaborative inter-professional practice
  3. Demonstrate competencies in interpersonal skills relevant to person-centered, collaborative professional practice
  4. Demonstrate competencies in skills required to plan and deliver a basic psychological intervention under supervision

Indicative Assessment

Assessment will be based on:
  • Workshop quizzes 20% LO 1-2
  • Simulated case report 20% LO 1-4
  • Assessment of videoed simulated professional psychological activities 60% LO 3,4

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Workload

Weekly contact hours will comprise 3 hours of face-to-face activities including lectures and/or workshops. The workload is expected to be 130 hours, including study time, spread over the semester or session.

Requisite and Incompatibility

In order to enrol in this course you need to be active in the Master of Professional Psychology.

You will need to contact the Research School of Psychology to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Assumed Knowledge

Knowledge and skill in of psychological assessment, interventions, professional practice from other courses in this program or its equivalent

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500

Course fees

Domestic International
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $4020
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $5700
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
2021

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3673 22 Feb 2021 01 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2021 28 May 2021 In Person View

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