COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5057 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the ethical principles of TDP and APA for the profession of psychology and to ensure the integratation of the ethical rules and principles and students' professional identity. Ethical dilemmas in clinical psychology will be mostly examined and decision making process for ethical dilemmas will be reviewed by giving various case studies. In summary, ethical regulations in our country and international area will be examined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to be aware of ethical problems on various administrations and activities of clinical psychology
2   Able to comprehend area-specific ethical principles and rules
3   Able to adapt area-relevant ethical principles and rules to various conditions and examples
4   Able to produce efficient solutions by correct decisions for ethical dilemmas
5   Able to make efficient plans and solutions with ethical awareness for possible nex conditions in near future

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ethics in scientific research
2 Ethics in scientific research
3 Ethics in education
4 Ethics in psychological assessment
5 Ethics in psychotherapy
6 Ethics in psychotherapy
7 Ethics in psychotherapy(problems of professionals who works in field)
8 Online therapy/consultancy
9 Ethics in psychotherapy and research in disaster area
10 Multi relations
11 Presentation of profession to public
12 Ethics in psychotherapy for children
13 Ethics in group-family psychotherapy
14 Ethics in forensic psychology

Recomended or Required Reading

Knapp, S. J. & VandeCreek, L. D. (2010). Psikologlar için pratik etik: Pozitif
yaklaşım (çev. M. Yılmaz, T. F. Karahan, S. Balcı Çelik & M. E. Sardoğan). Ankara:
Mentis Yayıncılık.
* Bilimsel Araştırmada Etik ve Sorunlar. Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayınları, 2002.
* Türk Psikologlar Derneği Etik Yönetmeliği ve Etik Süreç Yönetmeliği, 2004.
* Türkiye de Etik ve Araştırmayla Ilgili Ulusal Düzenlemeler. Avrupa Birliği
Araştırması. Avrupa Birliği Komisyonu, 2005.
* TPD de Etik ile ilgili yayınlanmış çeşitli makaleler.
* Literatürde etik ile ilgili yayınlanmış çeşitli makaleler.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Questions-Answers
Homework
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Assessed with Midterm exam
LO 4-5: Assessed with homework/report, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulay.dirik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 14.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15454
LO.2555
LO.345555
LO.4545
LO.54535

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