HPY716 - Feedback Informed Practice
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Not offered in 2025- first offering Trimester 2 2026 |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Only available to students enrolled in H745 Master of Clinical Psychology (Post Registration) - new course first offered in Trimester 1 2025. |
| Assumed knowledge: | As a Level 4 Psychology program of study, this Unit assumes the attainment of Level 3 psychology competencies relevant to professional practice and research in psychology; specifically those competencies relating to working within the bounds of ethical and legal requirements relevant to psychology practice and applying professional practice policies and procedures, including as they relate to referral management and record-keeping, across a range of workplace settings and with recognition of different organisational cultures and practices. |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Students will need to complete 6 x 1-hour self-paced pre-recorded lectures. |
| In-person attendance requirements | 2 x 2-day intensives (Burwood campus) Attendance and participation in the intensive component is a hurdle requirement |
Content
Feedback informed practice comprises Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) and Deliberate Practice (DP). FIT in Clinical Psychology refers to a pan theoretical practice approach whereby clients are administered outcome measures and involves the demonstration of 4 key competencies: (1) research foundations; (2) implementation; (3) measuring and reporting; and (4) continuous professional development.
This feedback then supports individually tailored interventions to enhance the engagement of clients, improve recovery trajectories and reduce the number of clients dropping out of therapy or deteriorating in care. DP in Clinical Psychology refers to a defined process of identifying an individualised learning plan for a clinical psychologist or trainee using quantitative and qualitative feedback from supervisors and/or clients to guide relevant support and professional development aimed at improvement in skills and effectiveness. These two contemporary practices are client-centric and target professional development in clinical psychologists and trainees in a way that will improve client outcomes and enhance their skills and confidence with a range of client presentations. Deliberate Practice is becoming recognised as a core skill for Clinical Supervisors, aimed at providing more real-time feedback to trainees and supervisees and scaffolding development.
This unit prepares students to understand the relevance of these Feedback Informed practices to clinical psychology practice and to apply this understanding in the development of clinical practice development planning, including individual practice improvement or remediation within supervision. Students will engage in four days of intensive workshops, led by experts in the design and application of Feedback Informed Practice. The first two days will focus on the application of FIT, and the second two days will focus on the application of DP. These workshops will be supported by a series of 6 one-hour webinars, designed to be viewed before the workshops to prepare students to apply their knowledge within the workshop setting. A highlight of the unit will be participation in individual coaching based on DP principles, aimed at understanding the application of DP in own practice, including for own practice development.
Hurdle requirement
- Students must complete both Assessment tasks to a competent level (represented as an Ungraded Pass) to proceed in this course. This reflects the competency-based nature of the Unit Learning Outcomes, which represents progress towards the professional competencies that must be achieved to be awarded this degree.
- Attendance and participation in the intensive component
Unit Fee Information
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