units

MHP5102

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 27 May 2019

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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8 points, SCA Band 1, 0.1666667 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitSchool of Psychological Sciences
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)TBC

Synopsis

Students will undertake the first of three 42-day placements in a health organisation under the supervision of a health psychologist who is a member of the APS College of Health Psychologists. Placement seminars, which will be held at the residential schools, will cover topics relevant to the professional practice of health psychology. No more than 42 days of the total placement requirement can be undertaken at the student's current employment. Students will be required to register as a probationary psychologist with the Victorian Psychologist Registration Board before they commence this placement.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this placement unit students will:

  1. appreciate the role of health psychologists working in rural and remote health organisations and the interface between health psychology and other health professions;
  2. have learned assessment and treatment skills and the preparation and delivery of health promotion programs.

Assessment

Three placement reports (500 words each): 30%
Case study (1500 words): 20%
Supervisor's reports : 50%
Student logbook: hurdle requirement

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Graeme Hyman

Off-campus attendance requirements

Five-day on-campus workshop

Prerequisites

MHP5011, MHP5032, MHP5051,

Co-requisites

MHP5072

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/spppm/