Foundation Skills for Mental Health Practice (PXMH7024)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2018
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Medicine Faculty
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
(LTPCF):C3
Assessment methods
oral presentation; written assignments; video viva examination
Course enquiries
Course description
This course is no longer offered. If you are required to complete this course as part of your program, please enrol in new course code: PXHM7102. This course provides a clinical skill foundation for effective mental health practice. The course focuses on the clinical skills that underpin contemporary best practice in mental health. The course content is set and there are no elective learning activities or assessment items. Course content includes: assessment skills (observation, interviewing, use of standardised procedures and measures, risk assessment), diagnosis and formulation, counselling microskills, working alliance formation, collaborative treatment planning, and report writing.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) | Herston | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) | Herston | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) | Herston | Internal | Course Profile |