PSY4581 FIELD PRACTICE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2334581 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
In this course, you will start and help to sustain self-help groups for METU on campus. You will form 5 teams consisting of 5 students in each team. As a team, you will find ways to recruit participants, train them about self-help groups based on the proposal from previous workshop class, and help them initiate the group. Once the group starts, you will serve as advisors and facilitators to support and sustain the group. As a team, you might need to find guest speakers, volunteer as social activity organizers, and participate in the self-help group. You will also devise a way to measure the effectiveness of the group and collect data about group effectiveness. Finally, you will gather feedback from the participants and suggest adjustments to the self-help group manual as needed.
The format of the course will include team meetings and discussion hours.
Course Content
The major aim is to give advanced students a practical orientation in their fields of interest. Experience will be arranged in various settings, such as psychiatric clinics, nursery schools and guidance and testing centers. The students are required to participate in weekly discussion sessions with the supervising staff member of the department. Areas in which practice will be offered will be announced, together with the course codes, each semester. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Course Learning Outcomes
To expand your knowledge of self-help groups
To develop skills in organizing and running self-help groups
To develop and apply communication and basic therapeutic skills in listening and understanding other students’ needs
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Solid background in basic theories and approaches in psychology. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Skills to obtain and interpret new information in the light of acquired theoretical knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Skills to follow both national and international publications and developments in the discipline. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Basic applied skills and knowledge of the various disciplines of psychology that do not require specialization. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Awareness of the value of continuing educational practices such as in-service training, seminars, and conferences to keep career-relevant knowledge and skills up-to-date. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Skills to conduct research based on basic knowledge related to testing and measurement, research methods, and statistics. That is, skills related to forming research hypotheses, designing the research, collecting data, applying basic statistical analysis, and reporting. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Knowledge and skills about conducting research and practice by adhering to ethical guidelines. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Skills in oral and written communication both in Turkish and English. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Skills to work in teams that involve disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Critical thinking skills in following the psychological literature together with the psychology-related information appearing in popular media. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Skills to generate practical and culture-sensitive solutions to problems. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of societal, environmental, and economic factors in professional practice and research. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Skills to lead and pioneer in the profession of psychology, either in academia or professional practice. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Skills in independent and team work. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution