1. Specific Professional degree. See sections 3 & 6.
2. Specific Professional degree. See sections 3 & 6.
3. These competencies are assessed both formatively and summatively. The main formative aspect is the supervision of all aspects of emerging competencies throughout the programme. The competencies are summatively assessed using written and oral professional examinations when each phase of the training has been completed. The final assessment of clinical competence in all areas is evaluated through the presentation (and oral defence) of integrated case management reports at the end of the clinical internship year (year 3).
4. Research competence is assessed through the examination of a minor dissertation. The assessment criteria are too numerous and varied to detail here. In the practical skill domain the candidate has to demonstrate an ability to function independently as a clinical psychologist in all clinical areas. A key criterion is the candidates ability to demonstrate an ability to integrate clinical knowledge that is appropriate to the management of the clinical case. In the research domain, the candidate is assessed on the usual criteria that pertain to satisfactory completion of a research dissertation.
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT
The final assessment of clinical competence in all areas is evaluated by examination of the full range of professional, ethical, case management, behaviour change, assessment and consultation abilities (see section 3c), through the presentation (and oral defence) of integrated case management and consultation reports at the end of the final year of the programme.
Research competence is assessed through the examination of the minor dissertation. The dissertation has to demonstrate the following competencies:
precise research problem formulation;
familiarity with and integration of the specialised literature that informs the research question;
appropriate design and execution of the research;
use of appropriate methods of measurement and data analysis
integration of findings
ability to address the ethical problems that might attend the research;
appreciation of the methodological limitations of the study;
use of the publication and style conventions of the discipline
All aspects of the programme are subject to external examination.
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