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HPS711 - Psychological Intervention 3

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Glenn Melvin
Cohort rule:	This unit is only available to students enrolled in H745, H750
Prerequisite:	For course H750: Must pass HPS708.
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	HPS915
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 3 hour lecture per week 1 x 1 hour seminar per week
Typical study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

This unit is designed to provide students with both the theoretical and practical framework for advanced clinical practice relevant to the treatment of complex conditions and clients. It focuses on skill acquisition in schema therapy relevant to this broad area, building upon and extending the knowledge and skills developed in Psychological Interventions 1 and 2. The course will focus on understanding and responding to issues with engagement and resistance in therapy as well as understanding how therapy finishes from a client and clinician perspectives As well as providing new therapeutic techniques the course will also consider the media through which psychological interventions may be delivered, specifically teleweb services. Opportunities to develop clinical competency in these areas will occur through case analysis, simulation, practical rehearsal (role-play) and individualised feedback.

Learning outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Apply Schema therapy to complex clients and conditions.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2	Critically evaluate and synthesise evidence-based psychological treatments for complex clients and conditions.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3	Design, communicate and implement treatment plans using evidence-based psychological treatments for complex clients.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4	Demonstrate engagement with complex clients in a simulated environment.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management
ULO5	Identify and analyse challenges arising when undertaking therapy with complex clients including the capacity to respond to a rupture in engagement with appropriate intervention.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Schema Therapy Task	Schema Therapy simulation: 15-20 minute video Reflective piece: 800 words	Pass/Fail	Week 8
Assessment 2: Objective Simulated Clinical Examination (OSCE)	20 minute therapy session	Pass/Fail	End of Assessment Period

This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for HPS711 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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