3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020671ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
For this course you have to meet certain enrolment requirements. For an overview of the enrolment requirements check https://www.vub.be/en/studying-vub/practical-info-for-students/study-guidance/study-path/individual-study-path#paragraph--id--71647 Students must have taken ‘Psychological Communication’ (unless not imposed in your SCH/VOO program because of your previous studies), before they can enroll in Primary psychological care and Clinical interventions children and adults.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie
Educational team
Dagmar Van Liefferinge (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
10 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course covers the following topics:

• Positioning of primary psychological care
• Models and perspectives on primary psychological care with specific attention to the KOP model
• Assessment and indication within Primary care psychology
• Implementation of interventions within primary care psychology based on transdiagnostic factors
• Capita selecta: working with groups, culturally sensitive care, and e-mental health within primary psychological care

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Handboek KOP-model., Kortdurende psychologische interventies voor de basis-ggz, Rijnders P. & Heene E., Uitgeverij Boom, Amsterdam, 9789024437597, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Slides and digital course material, Canvas
Additional info

Teaching methods:
- Lecture: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours) working students are provided with lesson recordings and online Q&A
- SELF: group assignment

     
Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student has knowledge and understanding of:
• The framework and key models in primary care psychology
• Transdiagnostic factors relevant to primary care psychology
• Short-term interventions in primary care psychology
• Working with groups, culturally sensitive care, and e-mental health within primary psychological care
• And can apply this knowledge, for example, through a case study.

The student can demonstrate the competency-based skills covered in the course.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
SELF Teamwork determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

    Note: Written exam with open questions (70%)

Within the SELF Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Group assignment with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

    Note: This assignment consists of applying acquired insights and skills in evidence-based clinical intervention in first-line psychological care through an exam video.

Additional info regarding evaluation

To pass this course, the student participates in all parts of the evaluation (1. Written exam and 2. Group task video assignment).
Not participating on time in one of the parts results in the mention of ABS.
A student can only pass the course if at least 50% is obtained for each category.
If you achieve at least 50% in the first session on one of the course components (written exam or group work), the subgrade for this component is transferred to the second session. It is not possible to waive this subgrade.
It is not possible to transfer a subgrade to a subsequent academic year.
Regarding the exam video, the second session includes creating an entirely new exam video.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Psychology: Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: psychologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)