Clinical Readiness

Catalog description

This course serves as a capstone to initial program coursework and is designed to assess students’ readiness to begin clinical training and serves as a bridge between previous coursework and upcoming clinical traineeship. Students will learn about various facets of traineeship, including gathering information about training sites and the application process, as well as professional development skills. Students will integrate the knowledge and skills gained in all prior program coursework by applying a clinical theory to case conceptualize and create a treatment plan.Professionalism and receptivity to feedback, assignments including the case conceptualization and clinical roleplays, participation, communication with the instructor, interpersonal skills and the expressed understanding and knowledge of prerequisite courses will be used to evaluate students’ readiness to begin clinical training. Successful completion of this course will allow students to progress into the clinical training component of their program.