Postgraduate - UnitDPSY6204 - Clinical neuropsychology

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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0 points, SCA Band 1, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Psychological Sciences
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Rene Stolwyk

Synopsis

This unit provides students with information on the roles of the neuropsychologist within the health setting, the assessment techniques commonly used by neuropsychologists, common neuropsychological syndromes, and the process of rehabilitation for those with neuropsychological impairment.

Outcomes

On completion of the course students should:

have an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the brain and be able to apply this knowledge to understanding brain behaviour relationships;
have acquired expertise using a hypothesis testing approach for basic neuropsychological assessment and diagnosis and be able to apply this knowledge to a variety of populations.
have a understanding of key neuropsychological syndromes that are regularly encountered in clinical practice
have a greater understanding of how to interpret neuropsychological reports and apply recommendations

Assessment

Class Participation (Hurdle)
Case report Series (100%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rene Stolwyk

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology