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Presentation
Presentation
This curricular unit is part of the Clinical Neuropsychology field and aims to provide students theoretical and practical knowledge transversal and basic to all professional practice as future clinical neuropsychologists, including ethical and deontological aspects, specificities of clinical care, communication aspects, meta-competencies and professional development, and self-care. It establishes a bridge with other curricular units such as Neuropsychological Assessment I and II and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation I and II. The main goal of this CU is to prepare students for their integration into the curricular internship and future professional activities as Clinical Neuropsychologists.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 4
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP6819-25472
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
S1) Ethics and deontology in neuropsychology (NP):Characteristics & challenges; Dillemas Decision-making S2) Specificities of clinical care in NP: NP contexts; therapeutic setting; therapeutic relationship in NP assessment and rehabilitation (e.g., alliance, empathy, and genuineness); Articulation and integration of strategies for psychological intervention in NP S3) Intentional use of communication skills in clinical NP: Characteristics and techniques of clinical communication; communication in multidisciplinary teams and other professionals;with the individual under assessment;with members of the support network; Management of the various actors S4) Meta-competencies in the practice of clinical NP:Importance of the self-reflective process; Continuous personal and professional development of NP; S5) Mental health and well-being of NP:Importance of mental health and well-being;Occupational stress (OS): potentiating factors, signs & consequences; strategies to avoid and deal with OS
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Objectives
Objectives
Analyse challenges and ethical dilemmas in clinical practice of neuropsychology (NP) Develop skills in NP clinical practice Adjust the practice of NP to diverse contexts and know specificities of the therapeutic setting in clinical NP Develop critical reasoning about the therapeutic relationship in the NA and NR Integrate/articulate strategies of psychological intervention appropriate to different profiles of NP functioning Recognize specificities of adapting communication with different populations Know how intentional communication aspects can facilitate to collect information and give feedback of results Recognize specificities of communication in multidisciplinary team Develop metacognitive skills to NP self-reflection Promote continuous personal and professional development of NP Understand the importance of mental health and wellbeing of NP Identify potential factors, signs and consequences of occupational stress Get to know strategies to avoid/deal with occupational stress
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The use of audiovisual materials (TM1) will support the acquisition of theoretical and relevant knowledge, a necessary step to promote an active and evidence-based attitude in students. This methodology will be combined with the discussion of ethical dilemmas that may arise in the practice of clinical neuropsychology, namely with different populations (TM2). Also, role-play exercises to develop clinical communication skills (TM3), individual dynamics of meta-cognition (TM4), and small group activities, to search for scientific evidences about neuropsychologists' mental health and well-being and proposal of strategies to solve the identified problematics. It is intended to provide students with practical skills to deal with situations that may occur in their future professional practice in clinical neuropsychology.
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References
References
Kosmidis, M. H., Lettner, S., Hokkanen, L., Barbosa, F., Persson, B. A., Baker, G., ... & Constantinou, M. (2022). Core competencies in Clinical Neuropsychology as a training model in Europe. Frontiers in Psychology, 1099. Hokkanen, L., Barbosa, F., Ponchel, A., Constantinou, M., Kosmidis, M. H., Varako, N., ... & Hessen, E. (2020). Clinical Neuropsychology as a Specialist Profession in European Health Care: Developing a Benchmark for Training Standards and Competencies Using the Europsy Model?. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 559134. Cardoso, R.M. (Ed., 2019). Competências clínicas de comunicação. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto Postal, K., & Armstrong, K. (2013). Feedback that sticks: the art of communication neuropsychological assessment results. Oxford University Press Rowlands, L., Coetzer, R., & Turnbull, O. (2020). Building the bond: predictors of alliance in neurorehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation, 46, 271–285. https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NRE-193005
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
