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January
12 months
Students are funded by NHS Education for Scotland and are employed by the NHS.
13 November 2018
This training course for psychology graduates is jointly run by the Universities of Dundee and Stirling, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland, and a number of NHS Psychological Services across Scotland.
On completion of this masters level course trainees will be equipped with the core skills for assessing and treating adult patients who are suffering from a range of common mental health disorders, typically presenting in Primary Care NHS settings.
This highly demanding 12-month course will focus on Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy approaches and on applying evidence-based psychological interventions to the assessment and treatment of mental health problems.
The University of Dundee has been given a Gold award – the highest possible rating – in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
Read more about the Teaching Excellence Framework
The course team has produced a library of DVD based training resources that are available for trainees to purchase for a nominal sum.
Regular telephone and email contact between course team members and trainees is a feature of this course to support your daily clinical activities.
Three placement based assessments of your clinical competence.
All of the modules are core and must be passed to gain the master's qualifications
Assessment, diagnosis & formulation
Principles and methods of psychological therapy
Common mental health disorders in primary care
Professional & ethical issues
Research, evaluation & outcome
Research dissertation
This is an NHS Scotland funded training course designed to produce graduates with the qualification to work as Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology, an NHS Scotland role.
On successful completion of the course graduates are eligible to apply for these posts as well as other related posts that may be advertised. While specifically an NHS Scotland role, accreditation by the BPS and BABCP has increased the acceptance of this qualification in other parts of the UK.
Successful applicants to the course must begin an application to the BABCP for student membership prior to beginning training in January.
Applications for this course will be open for three weeks from Friday 26 July 2019 till 3:00pm on Friday 16 August 2019.
You apply for this course via the UCAS Postgraduate website which is free of charge. You can check the progress of your application online and you can also make multiple applications.
You'll need to upload relevant documents as part of your application. Please read the how to apply page before you apply to find out about what you'll need.
Visit the MSc Psychological Therapy in Primary Care page on the University of Dundee website for more details!
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