Clinical Placement Requirements
Doctor of Clinical Psychology/ Master of Science (DCP/MSc)
Students complete three internal clinical placements in the University of Sydney Psychology Clinic, under the supervision of members of the Clinical Psychology Unit academic staff: A/Prof Caroline Hunt, Prof Louise Sharpe, Dr Judy Hyde, Dr Maree Abbott, Dr Sunny Lah, Prof Stephen Touyz, Dr Catalina Lawsin, Dr David Horry, Dr David Hawes, Dr Paul Rhodes and Chantal Braganza. The internal clinical placements are completed over the first year and a half of the DCP/MSc program.
Students then complete three external clinical placements in hospital and community health settings, under the supervision of Clinical Psychologists appointed to the University of Sydney as Honorary Associate Clinical Supervisors. The coordinator of clinical placements, Dr Judy Hyde, arranges and allocates students to external clinical placements. The external clinical placements are completed over the second year and a half of the DCP/MSc program.
The DCP/MSc program includes a minimum of 1500 hours of supervised clinical placements experience, where students are required to have gained a minimum of 600 hours of direct patient contact.
Clinical placement dates. Clinical placements are 24 weeks in duration, January - June and July - December.
| Year | Stage | Requirements | Time required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Semester 1 | PSYC6069 Ethics & Professional Practice Clinical Observation Site: University of Sydney Psychology Clinic Core Clinical Skills Training, Observation and discussion of Provisional and Registered Clinical Psychologists
|
2 hrs/ week 5 weeks |
| Year 1 | Semester 2 | PSYC6067 Clinical Internship 1 Internal clinical placement Site: University of Sydney Psychology Clinic Adult Therapy, Child Adolescent and Family Therapy, Adult and Child Psychometric Assessment |
1.5-2 days/ week 24 weeks 240-336 clinical placement hours 75 patient contact hours |
| Year 2 | Semester 1 | PSYC6068 Clinical Internship 2 Internal clinical placement Site: University of Sydney Psychology Clinic Adult Therapy, Child Adolescent and Family Therapy, Adult and Child Psychometric Assessment |
1.5-2 days/ week 24 weeks 240-336 clinical placement hours 75 patient contact hours |
| Year 2 | Semester 2 | PSYC6066 Clinical Internship and Case Seminars 3 External clinical placement Site: Hospitals, Community Mental Health settings, University Counselling centres Choice of Adult Psychiatric or Child & Family clinical placement or General/Research related clinical placement |
2 days/ week 24 weeks 336 clinical placement hours 150 patient contact hours |
| Year 3 | Semester 1 | PSYC6061 Clinical Internship and Case Seminars 4 External clinical placement Site: Hospitals, Community Mental Health settings, University Counselling centres Choice of Adult Psychiatric or Child & Family clinical placement or General/Research related clinical placement |
2 days/ week 24 weeks 336 clinical placement hours 150 patient contact hours |
| Year 3 | Semester 2 | PSYC6058 Clinical Internship and Case Seminars 5 External clinical placement Site: Hospitals, Community Mental Health settings, University Counselling centres Choice of Adult Psychiatric or Child & Family clinical placement or General/Research related clinical placement |
2 days/ week 24 weeks 336 clinical placement hours 150 patient contact hours |