Class Applied Neuropsychology Internship

This CU is the curricular unit for developing the internship in Applied Neuropsychology.

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The internship has two aspects: a) supervised internship by a supervisor of the institution; and b) supervision by the teacher. In this last aspect the student will be integrated in the seminar of internship that will be implemented through weekly sessions of tutoring in small group. These sessions address the following topics: 1. Regulation of the internship, definition of trainee duties, ethics and deontology; 2. Presentation of activities and practical cases and integration with theoretical knowledge and state of the art; 3. Reflection on application, limits and potential of the evaluation/intervention, and integration with contents addressed in the previous year; 4. Training of communication skills (observation and implementation, psychologist/client, psychologist/team);  5. Assessment and intervention practices in Applied Neuropsychology; 6. Case study reports; 7. Internship report.  

The teaching methodologies of this course iintegrate innovative approaches that promote active learning applied to clinical practice in Neuropsychology. The main methodology is small-group tutoring, as supervision sessions are conducted in a seminar format with weekly meetings. Additional teaching methods are also employed. In an initial phase, expository methodologies are used to frame the fundamental theoretical content, ensuring the understanding of core concepts necessary for the development of clinical competences. Subsequently, role-play training is emphasized to develop key communication skills in the internship context, allowing students to practice simulated clinical situations with guided feedback. The clinical discussion of real or simulated cases is used to deepen clinical reasoning across contexts of intervention in Neuropsychology.  

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