Category: DClinPsy structures
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Programme Forum
Overview The Programme Forum was established in 2024 as part of a new governance structure of the programme in response to rapid expansion in training numbers and significant changes in learning delivery and training standards. The aim of the programme forum is to enable the strategic priorities of the programme. Forum members must adhere to…
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Anti-Racism Accountability Group (ARAG)
The Anti-Racism Accountability Group (ARAG) was set up in 2020 in response to events within the profession and wider society, which once again, brought into focus the continued pervasive and damaging impact of structural and systemic racism. We wanted to ensure that on the DClinPsy there is a group that is embedded in the course’s…
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Programme structure
There are four main programme committees; the Programme Board, the Examination Board, the Operational Management Group and the Directors’ Committee. There are also eight Development and Implementation Groups (DIGs) which inform the programme committees, and the Anti-Racism Accountability Group (ARAG). Trainees are represented at the ARAG, on most DIGs and the Programme Board. How the…
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Trainee Council
The Trainee Council was established in 2024 as part of a new governance structure of the programme in response to rapid expansion in training numbers and significant changes in learning delivery and training standards. Trainees select up to 12 representatives to form the Trainee Council. The selection process is determined by the trainees. Ideally, each…
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Programme staff
The programme has a dedicated staff team. Staff are also stakeholders of the programme, along with local clinicians, experts by experience, trainees, representatives from the employing body (Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust), commissioning body (NHS England), university and faculty representatives, and regional special interest groups. The programme works with all stakeholders in an…
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Programme Board
The principal role of the Programme Board is to provide strategic advice, drawn from a range of perspectives, on the continuing development of the Lancaster Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme in accordance with the DClinPsy vision statement. Responsibility In order to deliver on its strategic remit the Programme Board will: – Provide a forum for…
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Programme Specification
Contents Awarding Institution Teaching Institution Programme Approved & Accredited by Final Award Programme Title UCAS Code Subject Benchmark Date of Production Educational Aims of the Programme Required Programme Outcomes Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Assessment Strategy and Methods Reference Points Used to Inform Scheme of Study Structure and Features Support for Learning Criteria for Admissions Evaluation…
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Examination board
The Examination Board has the authority delegated to it by the University to reach decisions regarding the academic status (pass / fail) of students’ assignments and practice placements. The examination board comprises the programme staff and appointed external examiners, with the Vice Chancellor, the Assistant Dean for Teaching and the Head of the Division of…
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Tutor system and Individual Training Plans (ITP)
Introduction to the Tutor Pair and Vertical Tutor Groups (VTGs) To ensure that trainees receive coordinated support and advice on their progression throughout their training, from staff who have a chance to get to know them and their learning needs, each trainee is allocated a pair of tutors (a clinical tutor and a research tutor).…
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Placement Development and Implementation Group (PlaDIG)
The Placement Development and Implementation Group is established to plan and review the provision of practice placements for trainees on the Lancaster University DClinPsy programme. Each year, the trainees on the programme spend more than 50% of their time on practice placements, which are distributed across the North West of England. The Placement Development and…
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Exceptional Circumstances Committee
The remit of the programme’s Exceptional Circumstances Committee is to consider submissions by a trainee relating to events outside their control which may have resulted in them failing to complete assessed work to a standard of academic performance that might reasonably have been expected on the basis of their performance elsewhere during their study. The…
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Management Structure and Position within the University
The programme is situated managerially within the Division of Health Research (DHR), which is part of the Faculty of Health and Medicine (FHM). The current head of DHR is Dr Mark Limmer and the Dean of FHM is Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone. The Faculty for Health and Medicine, and therefore the programme, is situated within the…
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Annual plan
Although the programme tries to use a set pattern of teaching, this is not always possible. The annual plan is used to track all teaching, meetings, placements, admissions processes, and holidays. The plan, which is updated throughout the year, is available as an Outlook calendar which is shared with all programme staff and trainees. To…