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PSYC40070

Academic Year 2024/2025

Contemporary Systemic Theory Y4 (PSYC40070)

Subject:
Psychiatry
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
3
Module Coordinator:
Mr Niall Reynolds
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will comprise six seminars of 1.5 hours duration each. The learning will occur in weekly lectures/seminars and will be based on relevant prescribed readings. In this module students will be invited to think about ways in which the full range of practice frameworks within the systemic family therapy tradition have their basis in Social and Cultural Contexts. Students will revisit and re-examine a number of key readings within the tradition from this perspective. The module will also focus on the ethical underpinnings of both knowledge production and knowledge use in Systemic Psychotherapy practice.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will have: (1) An understanding of and ability to manage effectively, the complexities of ethical clinical practice. (2) An ability to identify the social, cultural and contextual influences on the production of theoretical knowledge. (3) The capacity to identify, describe and integrate contextual influences on clinical and theoretical issues.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Specified Learning Activities

25
Autonomous Student Learning

27
Total

68

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The learning will occur in fortnightly lectures/ seminars and will be based on relevant prescribed readings.

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): One graded essay. Please check Handbook for information about submission date. Week 11 Graded No

100

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
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?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Diane Hanly Tutor
Ms Deirdre Hayes Tutor
Mattia Messena Tutor
Ms Karen O'Shea Tutor
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