Psychiatric Diagnostics and Theory Specific Assessment 1 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 1.5 credits

- Passed a Master of Science in Psychology (in accordance with the 1982 curriculum or later provisions), or
- a University Medical Degree specialising in psychiatry or child and adolescent psychiatry, or
- a Bachelor of Science in Social Work, or
- another equivalent degree (bachelor’s degree/vocational degree) worth at least 180 higher education credits
For the last two groups, basic psychotherapy education or equivalent is also required. '

The applicant must have been employed for at least two years following the undergraduate psychotherapy training, and during these two years must have worked in psychotherapy under the supervision of a qualified psychotherapist. The applicant must have, with in the basic psychotherapeutic education or otherwise, participated in at least 20 hours of own psychotherapy or self directed experience with a qualified psychotherapist. The applicant must have employer certification to demonstrate that, while studying, the applicant will work part-time dealing with psychotherapeutic duties within psychiatric care or equivalent duties. In addition, knowledge in Swedish and English equivalent to courses Swedish B and English A (with at least grade Passed) is compulsory.

Knowledge and understanding
Be able to account for legislation relating to patient notes and medical care
Be able to give a basic account of the DSM and ICD-10 diagnostic systems
Reflect at a basic level on the importance of mulitcultural aspects when making assessments

Skills and abilities
Demonstrate an ability to ask questions and follow-up questions
Demonstrate a certain record-keeping ability
Demonstrate an ability to carry out structured interviews, summarise and give the patient feedback
Demonstrate a basic ability to carry out preliminary behavioural analysis/conceptualisation
Demonstrate basic skills in relation to measuring and behavioural experiments
Demonstrate an ability to recommend actions under supervision
Demonstrate an ability to adapt and work together with different clinical decision-makers within different clinical systems
Demonstrate an ability to describe their own knowledge and deficiencies to supervisors and colleagues
Demonstrate an ability to listen to information and feedback from the supervisor
Demonstrate an ability to follow the supervisor’s advice
Demonstrate an ability to present clinical materials and problems to the supervisor
Demonstrate an ability to formulate relevant questions and views on fellow students’ clinical materials

Evaluations and attitudes
Demonstrate an ability to take a professional approach to patients and their family members
Understand the consequences of legislation and organisational requirements on clinical work
Understand the importance of the treatment being carried out with regard to institutional rules and requirements

Students will carry out psychotherapeutic assessments and psychiatric diagnoses in series of discussions of around three discussions per patient. Each student will assess two to three patients during the term. Supervision and teaching focuses on frame factors in supervision, to write clinical journals and diagnostic systems, general psychotherapeutic assessment, behaviour and case conceptualisation, and interview and discussion methods.

Teaching takes place in the form of both clinical group supervision in groups of approximately four students and seminars covering practical exercises and role play.

Examination takes place through continuous assessment of the student’s competence via supervision, and through written reports in the form of session summaries and assessment summaries after the end of the series of discussions. Students must have met the record-keeping requirement during the term in order to pass the module.
This is a clinically applied module, and students who fail are entitled to repeat the course on one occasion.
A student’s work-based education or equivalent may be ended immediately by an examiner if the student demonstrates such a serious lack of knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or patients’ confidence in medical care is jeopardised. When work-based education is ended, the student fails the current module and one instance of work-based education has been used.
In such cases, an individual action plan will be drawn up detailing which activities and knowledge checks are required before the student will be given the opportunity to carry out a new instance of work-based education on this course.
Students who fail work-based education or equivalent as a result of demonstrating such a serious lack of knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or patients’ confidence in medical care is jeopardised will only be authorised to carry out a new instance of work-based education once the individual action plan has been carried out.

An examination will be made available for a period of one year in the event of the course being discontinued or a new course syllabus being devised.

Course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Higher Education.
Each student must submit confirmation from his or her employer demonstrating that the student has been employed on a part-time basis with psychotherapeutic work tasks in psychiatric care or equivalent duties during the term in question.