Course: Clinical Practice

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Course title Clinical Practice
Course code PCH/KPR2N
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Glaser Lucie, Mgr.
  • Procházka Roman, doc. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Familiarisation with the organisation of a clinical workplace, documentation and clinical psychologist' work. When selecting the workplace, the Ss follow the information on the clinical psychology workplaces within the Partner Network of the Department of Psychology. If the student prefers completion of the practical training outside the Partner Network, the workplace must be approved in advance by the course guarantee. 2. Participation at a psychological examination or a psychotherapeutic session with a patient led by a psychologist- trainer. Ss may conduct a psychological examination, including all the essentials or describe and analyse the psychotherapeutic process see the information below: a. Student's examination of the patient: the course "Practical clinical training " includes an obligatory examination of a patient using psychodiagnostic methods (methods to examine the intelligence, partial functions and personality). b. A possible participation in an individual or group psychotherapeutic session, from which Ss elaborate a detailed report. They focus on the psychotherapeutic process describe the client's problem, solution process, therapeutic method, results of the psychotherapeutic session, and reflect on the given psychotherapeutic relationship). 3. Tutorial with the trainer over the findings or reports from the psychotherapeutic session. 4. Reporting the psychological examination or psychotherapeutic session in writing and its submission.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Within the Clinical Psychology module, students' practical trainings are compulsory and make part of the undergraduate studies. They help Ss learn about the healthcare environment in a greater detail. Ss familiarise themselves with the basic skills required for the work with clients. They learn about the operation of a healthcare facility, keeping the medical documentation, hierarchies and organisation of healthcare, and the legislative framework of health services. After the practical training, the student makes a clinical-psychological examination in the form of a case report, where s/he demonstrates her/his knowledge of the basic clinical-psychological methods.
- Practical clinical training is not compulsory and builds on Practical clinical training . The acquired competences gained from Practical clinical training are as follows: - Ss know the basic principles of function and common operation of a selected healthcare facility. - Ss are well-informed about the key medical documentation. - Ss are well-informed about the healthcare legislation. - Ss are able to contact clients of a given healthcare facility and interview them. - Ss know the required form of the psychological examination structure. - Ss are able to conduct a psychological dialogue with a selected client. - Ss are able to keep to basic dialogue strategies within the psychological examination structure. - Ss are able to use a selected psychodiagnostic test, i.e. set, supervise, evaluate and interpret the test in the standard manner. - Ss are able to meaningfully formulate the information acquired from a psychological dialogue and the obtained results from the psychodiagnostic methods into the final psychological examination. - Ss are able to elaborate a report from a psychotherapeutic session. - Ss think about their personal attitudes and the ethical aspects of work in health services. - Ss are able to carry out a research contact with a client, from obtaining an informed consent, via own data acquisition using selected methods to providing a feedback.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of Practical clinical training 1M or 1N.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Practical clinical training credit is granted having submitted the report from the Psychological examination 4 or the Psychotherapeutic session. Ss, whose trainings are in iPRAXE, upload the output in the electronic form into iPRAXE within 2 weeks after the end of the training.
Recommended literature
  • Raboch, J., & Zvolský, P. (2001). Psychiatrie. Praha: Galén.


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