MDCS40380 Supervision of Clinical Practice Part I

Academic Year 2023/2024

The supervision of clinical practice takes place at two levels: a) small group supervision and b) individual supervision. Both forums offer students a highly focused training in the technique and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In small group supervision, practical questions such as how to commence work as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, how to maintain a correct position vis a vis the patient, the early sesssions, difficulties arising from transference, interpretation etc are all looked at in detail. Josef Breuer and Sigmund Freud's Studies on Hysteria (1895) and Sigmund Freud's Papers on Technique (1911 - 1915) as well as selections from the teaching Seminars of Jacques Lacan are used as a theoretical basis for the discussion of ongoing clinical and ethical questions. Students present their case material weekly in rotation for peer and tutor supervision. In the course of their individual supervision, each student discusses at an intimate level the progress of their own clinical practice. This takes place 25 weeks in the year.
This is a must-pass module for the programme. In other words, a student cannot complete the MSc without passing this module regardless of grades across all other modules.

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Learning Outcomes:

The students should be able to:1) Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental tenets of psychoanalytic technique as set forth in Freud's papers on Technique. 2) Develop competence in practising in accordance with the fundamental rule of psychoanaltytic practice, free association to the formations of the unconscious. 3) Make brief presentations of their own clinical work for appraisal by tutor and colleagues. 4) Attend to and engage in creative and supportive critique of clinical work of peer group.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

42
Specified Learning Activities

25
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Placement/Work Experience

70
Total

177
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
Learning Requirements:

a knowledge of psychoanalysis acquired either at postgraduate level or as informed by professional clinical experience (including personal analysis) and/or other prior learning


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Fieldwork: Assessment has three components: small group supervisor report; clinical essay; individual supervisor report. A student must pass each of these three components to pass the module overall Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat (CFP) Within Three Semesters
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?

Students are invited to contact the Programme Leader andn their clinical supervisor (group) following receipt of grades to learn from their work

Name Role
Mr Liam Barnard Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Grainne Donohue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Mary Cullen Tutor
Mr Anthony Hughes Tutor
Ms Karina Melvin Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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