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MDCS42570

Academic Year 2024/2025

CAP Clinical Placement 2 (MDCS42570)

Subject:
Medicine Clinical Science
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Aisling Mulligan
Credit Split by Trimester:
Autumn 4
Spring 3
Summer 3
Trimester:
Year-long (12 months)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
Module Type:
Professional/Work Placement Module
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is part of the Professional Masters in Child Art Psychotherapy. The Clinical Placement is arranged by
the Course Co-ordinator or Course Director in liaison with the student and the Clinical Placement supervisor,
subject to appropriate student references being received prior to commencement on the course. The placements
are situated within a variety of child and adolescent mental health multidisciplinary settings throughout Ireland, with the student on
clinical placement for one full day per week. The clinical placement is a continuation of the Year 1 CAP Clinical Placement - the placement continues through to the end of the course in Summer Year 2. The Clinical Placement provides
the opportunity for the trainee to acquire clinical skills in the application of Child Art Psychotherapy within a
multidisciplinary team setting. The trainee learns to develop skills in observation, assessment, engaging in,
maintaining and terminating the therapeutic process through the provision of Child Art Psychotherapy. The clinical placement also provides an understanding of the importance of organisational issues and professional responsibilities such as boundaries, confidentiality, appropriate ways of clinical note taking, report writing and sharing relevant information about the progress of the therapeutic process with the placement. It is a course requirement that each trainee should work under
supervision with at least 3 long cases during the period of the placement. Trainees take on further cases for Child
Art Psychotherapy assessment and shorter treatment periods. The student has an opportunity to co-work with
multidisciplinary team members and to contribute to the team process. Transparency is required in all
communications regarding trainee status. While on placement the student has method-specific supervision
provided by the UCD course and also has a placement supervisor provided by the CAMHS team.
100% attendance is expected, but 80% attendance is the minimum attendance required to achieve credit for the
module. Absences must be discussed with the module coordinator or course lecturers, who will require supporting
documentation (e.g. medical certificates). Students who miss part of the module may be asked to do a further piece
of work in remediation.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the module, a student is expected to have developed skills in the provision of Child Art
Psychotherapy. The student should be able to indicate the ability to engage with and work with a young person for
a number of sessions of Child Art Psychotherapy, and be able to demonstrate or discuss progress that the young
person has made in the course of attending Child Art Psychotherapy. The student should also have learned to
integrate their professional skills with those of other multidisciplinary team members in the CAMHS setting.

The student should have developed the ability to reflect on the role of Child Art Psychotherapy within the wider
multidisciplinary context and to have some understanding of the legal framework (eg consent) and ethical
considerations in mental health service provision.

Indicative Module Content:

weekly attendance at CAMHS team, attendance of team meeting and provision of Child Art Psychotherapy

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Placement/Work Experience

250
Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
attendance at CAMHS Multidisciplinary team meeting
practical provision of Child Art Psychotherapy by student in CAMHS

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
MDCS42560 - CAP Clinical Placement 1

Co-requisite:
MDCS42630 - Supervision CAP Clin Practice


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Practical Skills Assessment: Feedback regarding experience and progress on clinical placement in CAMHS will be sought by UCD lecturers. Week 10 Summer Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes

100

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Student who are not performing to the required standard or who need extra guidance may be given individual feedback and guidance prior to summative assessment.

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