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PSCO40160

Academic Year 2024/2025

Research & Clin App Tut 2 (PSCO40160)

Subject:
Psychotherapy
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Barry O'Donnell
Credit Split by Trimester:
Autumn 2.5
Spring 2.5
Trimester:
2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
Module Type:
Clinical Module
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Students will read key material from the work of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, with an emphasis on the application of psychoanalytic principles in a contemporary clinical practice. There will be an examination of the relationship between written theoretical texts and the making of clinical judgments, with students actively working on the question of what it is to practice psychoanalytically and how such a practice can be articulated in writing. This writing will constitute the production of research in the field.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

The students should be able to:1) Demonstrate an understanding of key psychoanalytic texts and their clinical applicability 2) Become proficient in articulating their practice in writing 3) Have the necessary communication skills to represent to colleagues from different practice positions what is involved in the practice of Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

18
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Peer and group work; critical writing; reflective learning; in-class discussion of practice; student presentations of practice; clinical reading

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay based on close study of a published case history from the psychoanalytic literature Week 2 Spring Graded Yes

100

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

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
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Grainne Donohue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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