Category: Values & behaviours
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Vision, Values, and Strategic Priorities
Vision The Doctorate in Clinical Psychology endeavours to equip trainees with the experiences and competencies required to maximise the psychological (and physical) well-being of the communities they, and we, serve. Central to that service is to uphold the NHS Constitution. We value every person as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and…
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HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics
This information is available in the following location: – HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics
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HCPC guidance on conduct and ethics for students
This information is available in the following location: – HCPC guidance on conduct and ethics for students
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Lancaster University plagiarism framework
This information is available in the following location: – Lancaster University plagiarism framework
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Lancaster University Bullying and Harassment Policy
This information is available in the following location: – Lancaster University Bullying and Harassment Policy
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Data storage, information governance and ethics
Last updated 20/04/23 When collecting data from human participants you need to ensure that the data you collect are handled and stored securely and in accordance with legislative frameworks governing data protection, organisational information governance requirements, and research ethics and governance. The procedure outlined below has been developed with these frameworks in mind, and is…
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DClinPsy policy on use of mobile devices whilst driving
Using mobile phones in any capacity whilst driving leads to dramatically increased number of driver errors, andresults in a four-fold increase in the likelihood of being involved in a road traffic accident (e.g. Violanti & Marshall, 1996). The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA – 2004) assessed the risk of using mobile phones…
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Plagiarism
The term ‘plagiarism’ relates to the ‘unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in coursework, and passing it off as if it were his/her own’ (Dealing with plagiarism by students; an institutional framework; p.3). It includes collusion, commission, duplication of the same work for more than one assessment, inappropriate acknowledgement of text from another source…
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Guidelines for trainee professional behaviour
The guidance that all trainees must adhere to at all times, in terms of professional behaviour, are the HCPC code of conduct and ethics for students and the LSCFT code of conduct (please access via LSCFT intranet). However, for general guidance of expected conduct in the specific training context of the DClinPsy, please see below:…
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Fitness to practise
Being fit to practise is a prerequisite for an applied psychologist to deliver a service to the public. The following extract is taken from the Health and Care Professions Council’s brochure entitled “The Fitness to Practise Process”: What is fitness to practise? When we say that someone is ‘fit to practise’ we mean that they…
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Concern about trainee behaviour
From time to time staff/service users who come into contact with DClinPsy trainees may have concerns about an individual trainee’s conduct and behaviour. There are already a number of formal DClinPsy, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) and Lancaster University policies and procedures which can be applied in the case of serious concerns.…