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Clinical placement timelines
Students are expected to experience practica for a total of at least 1,000 recorded hours (125 full 8 hour days). Students will experience three placement settings during their supervised practicum, not necessarily of equal duration. Most placements involve working 3 - 4 days per week to fulfil these requirements.
Minimum number of days, hours and client contact hours required for MPsych practicum
| Placement |
Approx. number of weeks
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Body requiring days or hours
|
|
Registration Board
(Full days)
|
|
APS College
(Client contact hours)
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APS College
(Non-client contact hours)
|
Clinical placement 1 (Short)
Usually commences during the last week of October or the first week of November of the first year of the Master of Psychology and runs until the middle of December.
|
6
|
18
|
144
|
36
|
36
|
Clinical placement 2 (1 Case study)
Usually commences at the beginning of February and finishes at the end of Semester 1 of the second year of the Master of Psychology. |
18
|
54
|
432
|
108
|
108
|
Clinical placement 3 (1 Case study)
Usually commences in the middle of June and finishes at the end of Semester 2 of the second year of the Master of Psychology. |
18
|
54
|
432
|
108
|
108
|
| TOTAL |
42
|
126
|
1,008
|
252
|
252
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