Specialist Skills

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• be able to demonstrate and evaluate theory-practice links in the application of your specialist area
• be able to identify your learning needs and plan a programme of study to develop knowledge, skills and understanding in a specific area of clinical practice using a CPD professional framework
• be able to reflect on issues of culture and diversity and how these relate to / are integrated in practice within the specialist area
• be able to reflect on your clinical practice in your specialist area
• be able to critically evaluate the evidence-base for your specialist area of knowledge

The curriculum for this module will include teaching on how to identify learning needs, how to plan a programme of study to meet these needs, the implementation of the learning and how to record and reflect upon learning. The actual content of the module will vary between students depending on the nature of their specialist area and their specific learning needs.

This module is designed to meet the following BPS Core Competencies (http://www.bps.org.uk/system/files/Public%20files/PaCT/dclinpsy_standards_approved_may_2014.pdf):

Generalisable Meta-Competencies 2.2.1.1, 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.4 and 2.2.1.9

Personal and Professional Skills and Values 2.2.7.5 and 2.2.7.7

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching will comprise a number of different methods including lectures, seminars, individual tutorials, problem-based learning, e-learning, directed reading, and independent study. Skills-based competencies will be taught through demonstrations, simulated role plays, and using multi-media resources. The University teaching sessions will be delivered either at the University or via a remote platform such as Teams.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Blackwell. especially Part III Professional Practice

Internet Resources

Clinical Leadership Development Framework.

Transforming our Healthcare System – Ten Priorities for Commissioners.

Supporting information and guidance: Supporting effective clinical supervision. Care Quality Commission.

Clinical Psychology: Continuing Professional Development Guidelines.

Textbooks

Golding, L., Gray, I. (2006). Continuing Professional Development for Clinical Psychologists – A Practical Handbook. Oxford: BPS Blackwell.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Beinart, H., Kennedy, P. & Llewelyn, S. (2009). Clinical Psychology in Practice. West Sussex: BPS.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External