Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in psychology, professional focus | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The internship support seminar is a place where students who are simultaneously conducting their internship whether that be outside the Faculty or not, can connect their internship experience with the courses in the field and the chosen options.
Within the "clinical psychology" field, during these seminars students will have the opportunity to present their internship experience to their peers, and make connections or share any difficulties that they may encounter during the internship.
Depending on the option, the sessions may be organised in the following ways:
- Oral presentations by the students, either individually or in groups
- Discussion groups under the supervision of an independent expert from the unit
- Individual interviews with the academic supervisor of the internship.
Within the "social, occupational and organisational psychology" field, the seminar consists of a series of sessions at which students are asked to
- Give an oral presentation of their internship plan. The presentation is followed by a question and answer session.
- Discuss the reality of their internship and practical aspects about their internship, to address problematic situations and lessons learned. The other students are then expected to work on these issues to reach a joint analysis which could help the student to (re)position themselves with regards to the situation. Finally, a broader reflection will allow theoretical lessons to be drawn from the situation to enable the other students to reflect upon their own internship on the basis of the elements identified above.
Within the field of "cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology", in addition to the research and team activities organised within the host laboratory, students will attend internal and public seminars organised by the PsyNcog research unit. They will also give an oral presentation to their peers on the approaches taken throughout the internship. Both the format of the oral presentation and the expected content will be set out by the academic supervisor. Presentations will be followed by questions and answers, and feed-back discussions on the presentation itself. Finally, students will have the opportunity to attend at least one day of the Annual Congress of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) in May.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In the field of clinical psychology, by the end of this learning unit,
- Students will be able to conduct a clinical interview respecting their objectives (diagnostic and/or intervention) with people presenting with psychological problems.
- Students will be able to take account of the complexity of the context within which they are working.
- Students will be able to identify the difficulties they have experienced within the support relationship.
- Students will learn to understand the role of the institution in network practices and collaborative practices.
In the field of social, occupational, and organisational psychology, by the end of this teaching unit, students will be able to:
- Integrate into a team and participate in its objectives;
- Take account of the complexity of the context within which they are working;
- Analyse their achievements;
- Conduct cross-cutting reflection of their own practice based on the elements from situations they and their colleagues have experienced.
In the field of cognitive neurosciences and experimental psychology, by the end of this teaching unit, students will be familiar with the scientific approach (planning and conducting research, statistical analyses and interpretation of data) in various fields (including clinical and educational psychology) and with various behavioural and neuroscientific methods (neuroimaging, electrophysiology, neurostimulation, eye-tracking, animal or computational modelling), or analytical research tools (systematic reviews and meta-analysis). Students will have developed their critical reasoning skills and will be able to effectively communicate the various aspects of their research to their peers. Finally, they will have listened to scientific presentations from students and experts and learned how to ask questions and give feedback in a thorough and constructive way.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students must have passed all the Bachelor's courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Depending on the field and the option, these will include oral presentations, discussions around specific situations encountered during the internship (whether problematic or not) and discussions of case studies.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Students must contact the supervisor of the seminar for which they are enrolled for information on how sessions are organised.
Attendance at the internship support seminars is compulsory.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Further information:
Students should therefore contact the head of the seminar in which they are registered to find out which readings are recommended or compulsory.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
The internship support seminar must be followed within the option to which the internship falls. The internship support seminar is a course which results in a grade independently of the internship. Depending on the option chosen, this grade will be awarded either
- On the basis of several oral presentations
- On the basis of a written report
- On both of these with a weighting for each option.
Students should contact the academic supervising the internship support seminar for further information on the evaluation criteria.
For the "Cognitive neurosciences and experimental psychology" field, the evaluation will be based on the student's ability to present and engage in an oral discussion about the various aspects of research carried out as part of the internship. Attendance at the seminars is compulsory and accounts for 25% of the final grade (each unjustified absence will be penalised). Oral presentations represent 75% of the final grade.
Work placement(s)
The internship support seminar Part 1 takes place alongside the Internship Part 1.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The organisation of the seminar and the evaluation depend on each option. Students should contact the seminar supervisors.
Contacts
Administrative support: Magda Thunus (04/366.20.26 or Magda.thunus@ulg.ac.be).
Scientific support: all teaching staff in the Masters in Psychology.