PSY-40027 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

In this module, you will be assigned a dissertation supervisor, with whom you will meet in your dissertation supervision group and on a one-to-one basis. In groups and in one-to-one supervision, you will be able to discuss and evaluate issues relevant to your planned research study and will be guided in submitting your application to the School student project ethics committee. You will have the opportunity to submit a draft dissertation, on which you will receive detailed feedback.

To develop the ability to show originality in the application of counselling knowledge.
Handle complex issues systematically and creatively.
Make sound judgements in the absence of complete data.
Communicate conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Independently advance own knowledge and understanding, to acquire new skills.
Have the qualities and skills for employment requiring exercise of initiative, personal responsibility, decision making in complex and unpredictable situations, and continuing professional development (CPD).
Draw upon the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and BACP Ethical Guidelines for Research

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically evaluate, justify and apply a methodology appropriate to the research question and your underpinning philosophical beliefs: 1
Critically evaluate and reflect on current research and advanced scholarship relevant to your topic of study, with an ability to devise, develop and sustain arguments: 1
Demonstrate the acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, informed by counselling research, and the implications for person-centred therapeutic practice: 1
Communicate a coherent and critically reflective account of the inquiry, with a clear sense of audience, that adheres to academic conventions.: 1
Demonstrate your ability to maintain critical reflexive awareness through all stages of the inquiry: 1
Demonstrate your ability to be an ethical researcher in line with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and the BACP Ethical Guidelines for Research in the Counselling Professions: 1

Study hours

45 hours of contact time, comprising:
7 x 5 hours meetings in supervision group - in-situ/synchronous
10 hours individual guidance from dissertation supervisor - in-situ/ synchronous
555 hours private study, including conducting research study, preparing for and writing up the dissertation.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment