MDCS40820 Supervision of Clinical Practice Part II

Academic Year 2023/2024

The supervision of ongoing clinical practice takes place in small groups in order to offer students a highly focused training in the technique and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Students present their case material weekly in rotation for peer and tutor supervision. Within this intimate group context, students are encouraged, directed and supported in sustaining therapeutic work - ideally carried over from first year - with the same patient or group of patients. The evolving complexity of ethical and theoretical questions around the direction of the treatment as these relate to interpretation, transference etc are privileged. Selected papers on metapsychology provide the theoretical prism through which clinical situations are viewed.

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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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The student will be able to:1) Demonstrate a sound understanding of the tenets of psychoanalytic technique 2) Develop proficiency in oral presentation 3) Attend to and engage in an informed and supportive critique of the clinical work of peers 4) Demonstrate a capacity to work therapeutically with patients following psychoanalytic principles 5) Submit a clinical paper reflective of psychoanalytic practice.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

42
Specified Learning Activities

80
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

162
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
clinical supervision - in small group and individual one-to-one; peer and group work; reflective learning; in-class discussion case-based learning; student presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


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 Throughout 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 following receipt of grades to learn from their work

Name Role
Dr Barry O'Donnell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Liam Barnard Tutor
Ms Mary Cullen Tutor
Mr Dermot Hickey 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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