PSYCHOL 6600OL - Professional and Interpersonal Skills

Online - Online Teaching 6 - 2021

In this course, students will develop key interpersonal communication and interview skills, including active listening, clarifying and reflecting, effective questioning, summarising and paraphrasing, developing rapport and empathic responding. Students will learn how to appropriately integrate these skills into culturally responsive professional practice, and engage in reflective practice to determine areas for further development. They will also begin to demonstrate basic assessment skills through case formulation. Key aspects of the course include the application of knowledge and skills related to interprofessional collaboration and cultural responsiveness, as well as practice across diverse professional settings.

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Course Details

Course Code	PSYCHOL 6600OL
Course	Professional and Interpersonal Skills
Coordinating Unit	Psychology
Term	Online Teaching 6
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	Online
Units	3
Contact	Up to 2 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Restrictions	Available to Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) (OL) students only
Assessment	Online Assessments and Written Assignments

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Tiffany Lavis

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Full details of each week's activities can be found in MyUni.

Course Learning Outcomes

1	Determine and integrate culturally responsive practices in interviewing and professional communication.
2	Demonstrate professional communication skills, including active listening, reflection and clarifying, effective questioning, summarising and paraphrasing.
3	Demonstrate effective rapport-building skills in a professional interview.
4	Respond appropriately to diverse psychological problems within a professional setting.
5	Reflect upon and appraise feedback on communication norms and interview techniques used in a professional setting.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1, 4
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	3, 5
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1, 2, 3
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1, 2, 4
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	4, 7

Learning Resources

Required Resources

This is a fully online offering using MyUni. Students will require access to the internet to access course content and will be provided with curated required and recommended readings and resources. They will use a telecommunications application (Zoom) to engage in online tutorials.

Recommended Resources

Detailed reading lists will be provided within course modules; all reading will be accessible online. Assignments will be submitted via Turnitin.

Online Learning

This is a fully online offering. MyUni will be used for all course materials, communication, links to curated resources, online tutorial support and assignments including submissions, feedback and grades.

Best practice for accelerated online learning at the University of Adelaide will be used, and will include the following elements:

1) Announcement

2) Syllabus Outlines

3) Assessment Overviews

4) Detailed assessment guidance for each assessment piece

5) Discussion boards

6) Turn-it-in

7) Modules

8) Group Collaboration Area
9) Course Readings
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Engagement with course content is facilitated by online videos, interactive online activities, curated readings and resources, and self-directed study supported by weekly online 90 minute tutorial sessions.

There are 6 Weekly Modules with learning scaffolded across the modules to ensure that students develop deep discipline knowledge as well as the academic literacy, research skills and capacity to apply and communicate their understanding as specified for an AQF8 level offering.

Students will complete all of the following activities online;
- Read the material presented in Canvas and participate in the interactive exercises, which will expand upon the material more thoroughly.
- Watch the videos that are in the course to learn about key concepts.
- Complete the exercises putting work into practice.
- Participate in the discussion boards & interactive group sessions.
- Attempt all the quizzes for learning purposes and are not graded to assist in parts of the course or ask for help on the discussion boards.
Complete readings online and use communication tools to interact and expand on content.
Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Hours per Week
Tutorials: 1.5 hours
Tutorial Preparation: 1 hour
Assessment Related Tasks: 8.5 hours
Engaging with online activities: 9 hours
Weekly Reading/Study: 5 hours

Learning Activities Summary

No information currently available.

Specific Course Requirements

N/A

Small Group Discovery Experience

N/A

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	% Weighting	Hurdle Requirement	Course Learning Outcomes being assessed
Assessment 1: Short-Answer Questions: Professional Communication	Summative	20%	No	2
Assessment 2: Part A - Interview	Summative	20%	No	2, 3
Assessment 2: Part B – Reflective Practice	Summative	20%	No	4, 5
Assessment 3: Case Formulation	Summative	40%	No	1, 4

Assessment Related Requirements

There are no assessment related requirements for this course.

Assessment Detail

Assessment 1: SAQs: Professional Communication
Students will complete five short-answer questions to gauge their knowledge of the key competencies and skills required for each stage of an interview. This will cover key communication skills, including:

• determining methods for building rapport
• active listening
• reflection and clarifying
• effective questioning
• summarising and paraphrasing.

Students will complete written responses (total of 1,000 words) to demonstrate their knowledge and the appropriate application of the key skills outlined above. The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate the advanced knowledge of students as it relates to each stage of the interview.

Assessment 2: Part A & Part B – Interview & Reflective Practice
Assessment 2 (Part A [7-minute video] and Part B [800 words]) assesses professional communication and interpersonal skills, including identifying areas for further development. In Assessment 2—Part A, students will conduct a 7-minute interview (via Zoom), which will be recorded and observed by the tutor. The interview is standardised. Students are evaluated on their demonstration of key interview behaviours. The evaluation by the tutor is withheld until the student has completed a reflective assessment of their own performance (Part B).

Assessment 3: Case Formulation (2000 words)
Students will apply culturally appropriate responses to a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) case study. The purpose of this assessment is for students to use critical analysis to apply their knowledge in relation to advanced professional communication and interpersonal skills and case formulation.

Submission

All assessment occurs online: e-submission, checking for academic integrity in written assessments, e-marking and uploading of videos and other content for both summative and formative assessment task.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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