| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | PSYC72-735 |
| EFTSL: | 0.250 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
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| Credit: | 20 |
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Description
This subject represents the first semester of the two-semester Internship, where you will work in the Bond University Health and Wellness Clinic under the supervision of University staff. You are required to attend one week's orientation during 0-Week of the semester, then be available for three days per week in the psychology clinic from weeks 1 to 14, completing at least 180 hours in the clinic, which typically includes 50 client contact hours, 24 supervision hours, and client-related activities.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Apply professional practice policies, ethical standards and statutory obligations in the University clinic.
- Appraise own clinical practice through supervision to identify areas for professional development, demonstrating integration of learning, reflective practice, and capacity for reflexivity.
- Communicate clinical information orally to clients, families and colleagues using professional interpersonal and interview skills.
- Produce clinical documentation, including case notes, reports and discharge summaries, that meets professional and legal record-keeping standards.
- Conduct clinical psychology assessments with clinic clients to identify presenting concerns, risk, functional impairment, and recommendations.
- Formulate clinical psychology case conceptualisations that integrate assessment findings with client history and context.
- Implement evidence-based clinical psychology interventions with clinic clients, monitoring client progress and intervention outcomes.
- Apply responsive and safe approaches in clinical work with diverse cultural, linguistic, religious, and social backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Collaborate effectively with clinic staff, health professionals, and other relevant stakeholders to support coordinated, person-centred client care.
Enrolment requirements
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Co-requisites:There are no co-requisites |
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Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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This subject is not available to
Students must have completed all pre-requisites in sequence before enrolling into this subject. Students are required to complete the number of placement hours in full prior to enrolling in Internship Part B. This subject is offered in the Master of Psychology (Clinical) only. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject dates
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January 2026
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 17/11/2025 Semester start: 12/01/2026 Subject start: 12/01/2026 Last enrolment: 01/02/2026 Teaching census: 13/02/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 14/02/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 07/03/2026
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| Enrolment opens: | 17/11/2025 |
| Semester start: | 12/01/2026 |
| Subject start: | 12/01/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 01/02/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 13/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 14/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 07/03/2026 |