Doctorate of Clinical Psychology Open Day 2006

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Doctorate of Clinical PsychologyOpen Day 2006

• Academic Matters
• Carol Martin

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What Im here to do

• To give you a flavour of the academic component
  to the teaching offered through the doctoral
  programme

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The three strands

• The Programme Specification defines these as
• Clinical
• Research
• Personal and Professional Development (PPD)

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Teaching takes place

• In the Postgraduate teaching suite
• For year 1, on Mondays and Friday mornings
• For year 2, on Mondays
• For year 3, on Fridays
• There are also 4 Blocks of teaching between
  placements (October/April in Yrs 1 and 2)

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Teaching sessions

• Are generally in workshop style
• There is often small group work
• There are often case vignettes
• Often for trying out theory-practice links
• Sometimes there is feedback to the group
• There might also be an opportunity for personal
  reflection

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Assessment

• There are two 5000 word essays in the first year
  often based on current clinically relevant
  debates
• Plus one in each of years 2 and 3
• Plus the research and clinical assessments of
  course
• In Year 1, there are two PBL exercises

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Problem Based Learning (PBL)

• This involves the solution of a problem with
  clinical relevance
• Trainees are allocated to a small group (6) and
  to two facilitators
• This is an analogy to solving clinical problems
  in NHS work settings
• They prepare for a presentation and write a
  reflective report for each of the two problems

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Year 1

• Clinical
• Adult, child and neuropsychology
• PPD
• Workshops and groups, plus risk and legislation
  in the clinical teaching
• Research
• Single case methods and design
• Advanced methods

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Year 2

• PPD and Research skills remain
• Clinical theme focuses on difference and
  diversity
• Includes clinical issues in relation to work with
  these populations and services
• learning disability
• older people
• severe and enduring mental health issues
• forensic

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Year 3

• A focus on Health Psychology
• PPD
• Advanced clinical skills (options)

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Year 3 options

• There is usually a choice of three
• Usually CBT, Psychodynamic and Systemic
• There are eight small group sessions and an
  introduction and review
• Each is offered by a core staff member with one
  or more experienced and trained clinical staff
• Essay 4 is linked to these options

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Time will be running out. Nearly the end!

• There is a subcommittee to review teaching and
  related issues with representation from trainees
  and clinicians