The Viva Voce as an authentic assessment for clinical psychology students
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Article Title | The Viva Voce as an authentic assessment for clinical psychology students |
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ERA Journal ID | 20813 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Beccaria, Gavin |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Career Development |
Journal Citation | 22 (3), pp. 139-142 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1038-4162 |
2200-6974 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416213498713 |
Web Address (URL) | http://acd.sagepub.com/content/22/3/139 |
Abstract | Mental health consumers in Australia have a basic right of access to high quality mental health assessment and treatment. Given that universities are the entry point to the training process, they have a responsibility to train high quality clinicians. Clinical psychology is the sub-disciple of psychology with specialist training in mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. There has been a call for clinical psychology programs to move training and assessment away from purely a theoretical base to one that integrates theory with practice. In 2008, the University of Southern Queensland developed a viva voce for a course on adult psychopathology. The viva voce is an Objective Structured Clinical Examination, modeled closely on the one used by the Royal College of Australian and New Zealand Psychiatrists. This paper outlines the development of this innovation to assessment and gives directions for future research and evaluation. |
Keywords | objective structured clinical examination; OSCE; work integrated learning; viva voce |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy |
520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Psychology, Counselling and Community |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2q9x/the-viva-voce-as-an-authentic-assessment-for-clinical-psychology-students
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