Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Jennifer Cornish
Contact via jennifer.cornish@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MClinNeuro or DClinNeuro
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
The first 6 weeks of this unit is co-badged with PSY961 - Advanced Psychopathology (Clinical Psychologists)
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an overview of the basic principles of neuropharmacology with particular emphasis on the disorders seen in the clinical practice of neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists. It begins with a review of basic principles and then covers the major neurotransmitter systems and how they are disordered in brain injury and psychological disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and the anxiety disorders.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Test | 30% | Week 6 |
Essay | 45% | Week 13 |
Oral Presentation | 15% | Week 10,11 or 12 |
Class Participation | 10% | Week 8, 9 and 10 |
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 30%
Multiple choice exam (30%) – 40 MCQ (5-choice) to assess the material covered in week 1-4 inclusive. The exam will be held in class in week 6 of semester 1, April 4, 2016.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 45%
Essay (45%) due to be emailed to Jen by 5pm Monday June 6th, 2016 (week 13). Topics should be selected by the student following approval from the convener. The report is to be 1500 words in 12- point times new roman, using a margin of 2.5 centimetres. Over page or late will result in loss of 5% per 100 words/day (eg 1 day late = 2.25 marks from 45). This means that you can have 99 words over before penalty. Please submit an electronic WORD version to jennifer.cornish@mq.edu.au by 5pm on the due date. Please also scan and attach an assignment coversheet.
Due: Week 10,11 or 12
Weighting: 15%
Oral Presentation (15%) on a journal article of your choice (must involve neuropsychopharmacology) that has been approved by the convener. Students will be allocated to a presentation week at the beginning of semester. Please let the convener know of your paper for presentation by week 8, 2016. Feedback on presentations will be provided by email the week following the final student presentation.
Due: Week 8, 9 and 10
Weighting: 10%
Class Participation (10%).Students are expected to participate in class discussions, particularly at oral presentation (seminar) sessions to foster understanding and critical evaluation of research papers.
How unit is taught: Each week the biological bases for neuropsychological disorders will be presented and discussed. Contemporary research literature on a given topic will be presented and discussed.
Unit is taught as 1 x 2 hour lectures/seminars Monday 10am-12pm, Room TBC on iLearn, Semester 1, 2016
The unit is available on iLearn and iLecture.
How unit is taught: Each week the biological bases for neuropsychological disorders will be presented and discussed.
Weekly list of topics to be covered:
Week 1 (Feb 29th): Review of basic physiological psychology, Drug Abuse
Week 2 (March 7th): Anxiety Disorders
Week 3 (March 14th): Depression
Week 4 (March 21st): Psychosis
Week 5 (March 28th): Easter Monday – NO CLASS
Week 6 (April 4th): In class examination (on week 1-4 inclusive)
SESSION BREAK
Week 7 (April 25th): ANZAC DAY – NO CLASS
Week 8 (May 2nd): Neurogenesis & Neuroplasticity
Week 9 (May 9th): Alzheimer’s Disease
Week 10 (May 16th): Student Presentations
Week 11 (May 23rd): Student Presentations
Week 12 (May 30th): Student Presentations
Week 13 (June 6th): Parkinson’s Disease (ESSAYS DUE)
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