PSYC4121 Lecture 1

What is the Scientist-Practitioner Model?

Who coined the term 'Clinical Psychology'?

When did Clinical Psychology become a part of the APA and what was the context behind this?

When was Clinical Psych finally accepted by the APA?

When did S-P model become fully integrated into practice and training by the APA?

What were the four major recommendations of the Boulder Committee and when were these published?

What did Eysenck argue was the issue with Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy?

What value does training practitioners as scientists have?

Name an alternative model to the S-P model and the scholars responsible for it

Describe the scholar-practitioner model

Based on the scholar-practitioner model, describe the model used by a practitioner working scientifically

What is the definition of evidence-based practice?

What are the four key constructs of evidence-based practice?

What are five reasons for using EBP?

What is a barrier between research and practice?

What are the 5 A's of EBP?

What is the PICO framework?

What is the difference between PICO and PECO?

What does the hierarchy of evidence refer to?

Describe the order of the hierarchy of evidence

What is a weakness of the hierarchy of evidence?

What is the purpose of an RCT?

What are some disadvantages of using an RCT?

Describe the nature of a case control study

What is a disadvantage of a case-control study?

What is a cohort study?

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of case-control studies and cohort studies relative to each other.
Include descriptions of measures, cost, study-term, sample size, exposure, disease, causal, generalisability.

What are the two main aim differences between different kinds of studies?

What is the difference between an observational and an experimental/RCT study?

Describe how you would determine the difference between a case-control study, a cohort study, and a cross-sectional study