2005 Handbooks

The unit covers principles of research design in clinical practice. The focus is on the interaction between research and clinical practice embodied in the scientist-practitioner model. It covers principles and methods of applying evidence about psychological assessment and therapy techniques in and to clinical practice. The unit covers general topics related to evidence based practice: issues in designing and implementing research in clinical practice; efficacy, effectiveness, and costeffectiveness of psychological interventions; evaluating treatment outcome for individuals and groups; procedures for using published research in informing clinical practice; barriers to implementing evidence based techniques in clinical practice. Throughout the topics taught, the focus will be on the implications of the nomothetic approach often adopted in published research for the idiographic nature of clinical practice.