HPY722 - Practice and Ethics in Professional Psychology
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H744 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HPS776, HPS976 |
| 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 weekly educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week |
| In-person attendance requirements | Students are to attend 2 x 1 day practical experience (1 day at Burwood campus, 1 day at Waterfront campus). Dates of practical experiences to be advised at the start of the trimester. |
Content
This unit will prepare students to understand the ethical, legal, governance and personal frameworks that relate to professional practice as a Psychologist and Health Professional. It will ensure that students are familiar with the ethical, legal and professional practice requirements and responsibilities of working as a Psychology Professional.
The unit examines: the Psychology Board of Australia requirements for registration as a psychologist; the APS Code of Ethical and Professional Standards; the role of Psychology in the broader Health system along with high level issues of governance; the nature of supervision and the responsibilities of the supervisor and the psychologist in-training; contemporary paradigms of practice including client-centred care and recovery orientation; the law as it applies to professional practice; and common ethical and practical problems in working with clients.
Adopting a mix of seminar and online learning modalities, the unit has a focus on collaborative practice in Healthcare. Students will participate in an inter-professional education experience involving students from Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Optometry, Medical Imaging and Medicine. This will provide students with the opportunity to learn about, from and with each other, the knowledge and skills inherent in effective healthcare collaboration, which itself leads to significant improvements in the quality of care provided. The Collaborative Practice in Healthcare component is an online based experience in which students will work in inter-professional student teams from across the Faculty of Health to develop care plans for complex patient presentations.
Hurdle requirement
- Completion of Multiple Choice Questions relating to online modules - 1 hour in total
- Attendance and satisfactory participation in weekend intensive - 2 days over one weekend
Unit Fee Information
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