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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Philippe Gilchrist
4FW 705
Email for appointments
Maria Kangas
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(PSYC985 or PSYC8985) and (PSYC988 or PSYC8988) and (PSYC989 or PSYC8989)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
PSYC8994 or PSYC994
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit covers evidence-based practice in the understanding and management of psychological disorders, at an advanced level. The focus will be on advanced therapy skills in the selection, tailoring and implementation of appropriate evidence-based and case-formulated interventions for specialised and complex mental health, neurological, health, and illness populations. Material will cover the monitoring of outcomes, and modifications required, based on evolving case formulations for the following across the lifespan: stress and trauma-related disorders including adjustment disorder and complex trauma, somatization disorders, autism spectrum disorder, chronic pain, blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and HIV.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
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Please see links to the Assessment Policy and the Special Consideration Policy in the Policies and Procedures section of this Unit Guide.
Late submissions
All assessment tasks have a strict due date. Ordinarily, no extensions of time for submission of assessment tasks will be granted. If students experience unexpected, unavoidable, and serious circumstances affecting submission of assessable work they may lodge an application for Special Consideration via ask.mq.edu.au with supporting documentary evidence. All requests for special consideration must be made no later than five working days after the due date of the assessment task. Where special consideration has not been granted, late submissions will not be accepted.
Hurdle requirements
All of the assessment tasks are hurdle requirements - they require a minimum level of performance in order for students to pass the Unit. The assessment tasks allow demonstration of 'fitness to practice' as a clinical psychologist. Consistent with the Assessment Policy of the University, students who make a serious attempt at the task but fail to meet the required standards, will be provided with one additional opportunity to complete the task to a satisfactory standard. Failure of the second attempt will result in a Fail (FH) grade for the entire unit (even if the raw mark for the Unit is over 50) and this, in turn, will result in a delay in starting the Clinic placement or further placements. The required standards for the hurdle tasks will be provided via iLearn prior to completion of the task.
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There will be one 3-hour seminar per week (Wednesdays 12-3pm) each week of session.
Teaching will include weekly seminars, role-plays, practical skills training, class discussions, and video and/or audio clips. There will be weekly required readings. Additional resources and reading material will be provided throughout the course during the relevant sections.
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Lecturer |
1 |
26 Feb |
NO CLASS -Class in morning only (*see PSYC8994) |
PG/MK |
2 |
4 March |
Intro to somatization disorders (assessment and theories) |
MK |
3 |
11 March |
Somatization disorders |
MK |
4 |
18 March |
Stress and Trauma-related disorders –Working with children/families |
MK |
5 |
25 March |
Stress and Trauma-related disorders –Comorbid and complex presentations (1) |
MK |
6 |
1 April |
Stress and Trauma-related disorders –Comorbid and complex presentations (2) |
MK |
7 |
8 April |
Cardiovascular disease & cardiac psychology |
PG |
MID-SEMESTER BREAK |
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8 |
29 April |
Psycho-oncology |
PG |
9 |
6 May |
Chronic pain - part 1 |
PG |
10 |
13 May |
Chronic pain - part 2 |
PG |
11 |
20 May |
Autism spectrum disorder |
PG |
12 |
27 May |
Additional topics in clinical health psychology |
PG |
13 |
2 & 3 June |
Full day Vivas (no class) |
PG |
Timetables for seminars can be found on the University website at: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2020/
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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Date | Description |
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16/02/2020 | All assessments are hurdles. |