HPS905 - Advanced Clinical Assessment
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Nicholas Ryan |
| Prerequisite: | All of HPS908, HPS910 and HPS979 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HPS705 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3 hour class per week |
Content
This unit deals with assessment for clinical syndromes with a view to planning treatment and evaluating progress. It also provides students with the skills to develop clinical profiles of clients in their placements. Topics include: the use and interpretation of specialised and in-depth tests, including projective techniques and multi-dimensional personality inventories, emphasising the development of a conceptual framework for conducting clinical assessments. Psychological testing is used to complement and enhance the clinical assessment. This unit aims to expand the students' expertise in following through specific hypotheses and utilising appropriate tests, and their skills in assessment, diagnosis and report writing. Each student will complete three comprehensive clinical reports of increasing complexity on hypothetical cases.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Assessment knowledge: Devise appropriate and thorough assessment strategies using evidence-based psychometrically sound assessment measures for a variety of client issues within an ethical, legal and professional context that values socially and culturally diverse client populations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Test selection: Appraise and justify assessment and test selection using clinical knowledge and research evidence of test psychometric properties, such as reliability and validity. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Cross-cultural issues: Understand the complexities associated with administering and interpreting tests, as well as communicating assessment results, with diverse cultural populations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Competent assessment skills: Competently administer, score, and interpret a range of psychological assessment tools. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Case formulation: Integrate results from multiple assessment techniques to generate comprehensive and conceptually coherent case formulations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Communication of assessment results: Compose concise, clear, integrated and comprehensive case reports suited to the understanding of the intended audience (e.g. clients, carers and a range of health professionals). | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Adult Test Selection Report | 1500 - 2000 words | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Child Integrative Assessment Report: Part A | 1500 words | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Child Integrative Assessment Report: Part B | 1500 words | Pass/Fail |
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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.
Hurdle requirement
This unit in Pass Grade only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPS905 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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