Transcript Stage 2 Health Psychology - British Psychological Society

Stage 2 Health Psychology
Dr Lynn Dunwoody
Chief Assessor QHP
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Stage 2 training routes
Two major routes
Qualification in Health Psychology (QHP)
‘independent route’
University route
• PhD with a portfolio
• Stage 2 training
• Professional Doctorate
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Entry to Stage 2 courses
• Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC)
• BPS accredited MSc in Health Psychology
(Stage 1)
• Enhanced CRB check
• Acceptable ‘work placement’
Paid employment or voluntary work
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QHP
• Not linked to any University
• Supervisor must be RAPPS registered
• Work placement
• Paid or voluntary
• Work supervisor – not necessarily a HP
• Need a Plan of Training (PoT)
• Professional indemnity insurance
• More than half of training must be in the UK
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Content of Stage 2 Training
Irrespective of route, the 5 core competences
are the same
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Professional Generic
Behaviour Change
Research
Consultancy
Teaching and Training
Minimum of 2 years supervised practice
• 46 weeks, 5 days a week
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Behaviour Change
Conduct behaviour change interventions
• Design and implement baseline assessments
• Evaluate patterns of behaviour and formulate working
hypotheses about the target behaviour
• Provide feedback formulation on outcome of the
assessment
• Design, plan and implement BCI
• Evaluate and communicate outcomes
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Assessment
Behaviour Change Intervention
• Case study of behaviour change intervention
(3000 words max)
• Reflective report comparing and contrasting
the application of TWO models in relation to
assessment and formulation (3000 words max)
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Research
Conduct a systematic review
• Define topic and search parameters
• Conduct search using appropriate databases and
sources
• Summarise findings from the review
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Research
2. Empirical study (more ambitious than an
MSc, but less ambitious that a doctoral thesis)
• Design and conduct psychological research
• Analyse and evaluate psychological research data
• Initiate, develop and evaluate the impact of psychological
research
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Assessment
Research
• Systematic Review (6000 words max)
• Report of a major empirical study (15,000 word max)
Both written to a standard acceptable for publication in a
peer reviewed academic journal relevant to health
psychology
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Consultancy
• Assessment of requests for consultancy
• Plan consultancy
• Establish and maintain working relationships with
clients
• Conduct consultancy
• Monitor the progress of consultancy and
evaluate the impact of the consultancy
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Assessment
Consultancy
At least one case study (3000 words max)
• Account of request for consultancy
• Planning and review of relevant approaches to
consultancy
• Consultancy contract, costings and any subsequent
revisions
• Details of meetings, minutes etc
• Client assessment of consultancy
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Teaching and Training
• Plan and design training programmes / teaching
• Deliver training / teaching
• Plan and implement assessment procedures
• Evaluate training / teaching
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Assessment
Teaching and Training
One case study based on observed and
supervised teaching (3000 words max)
• Teaching plan
• Evaluation
• Reflective commentary
• Observer’s report on teaching
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Professional Generic
Professional accountability and autonomy
• Practice with legal and ethical boundaries
• Practice as an autonomous professional
• Identify needs and engage in CPD
Professional Skills
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Effective communication
Provide appropriate advice and guidance
Collaborative working
Leading groups and teams effectively
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Assessment
Professional Generic
• Logbook of professional practice
• Reflexive report
(professional and personal development as a health psychologist)
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Success
On completion of the accredited stage 2
course, you will be eligible to apply to:
• BPS - Chartered status and full membership of
DHP
• HCPC - entry onto the register as a Health
Psychologist
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