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PSCO40190

Academic Year 2023/2024

Supervision Clin Practice 4 (PSCO40190)

Subject:
Psychotherapy
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Barry O'Donnell
Credit Split by Trimester:
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Trimester:
Year-long (12 months)
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.

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. During fortnightly presentations of case material for peer and tutor supervision, students develop the capacity for reflective practice and an understanding of the limits of the knowledge of the practitioner, and are encouraged, directed and supported in sustaining therapeutic work - ideally carried over from the first three years - 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, with key Freudian and Lacanian texts acting as the theoretical prism through which clinical situations are viewed. Students will
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.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

The student will be able to:1) Demonstrate an advanced 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) Articulate a response to the question of ethics when the unconscious is a fundamental premise of practice.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Total

0

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 Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Fieldwork: Assessment has two components: small group supervisor and individual supervisor report. A student must pass both components to pass the module overall Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes
50
 No
Presentation: Weekly presentations on clinical work to peers and supervisor Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes
50
 No

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?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Grainne Donohue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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