Case Study 1

Code

PSTY5007

School

Psychiatry and Applied Psychology

Level

5

Credits

50

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

The production of a full case study containing background to the client's characteristics and issues, assessment, formulation, management, intervention/treatment and outcome carried out in the placement setting.

Target Students

D.Foren.Psy. (Doctorate in Forensic Psychology)

Co-requisites

Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:

• Professional Practice Skills and Case Study Plan (PSTY5006)

Assessment

• 100% Coursework 1: Case study 6,000 words max

Assessed by end of summer vacation

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module the trainees will be able to: 

• Be able to design and describe an effective treatment programme in the correct fashion.

• Be able to monitor the effectiveness of the programme, with the ability to adjust where necessary to increase efficacy.

• Be able to write concise, informative reports of completed case study work for the future reference of other professionals.

• Have an understanding of probability and hypothesis testing.

• Be able to carry out simple descriptive and non-parametric statistics.

Conveners

• Professor Kevin Browne