psy125 - Neuropsychological Diagnostics (Complete module description)

Module label	Neuropsychological Diagnostics
Module code	psy125
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Psychology
Applicability of the module	Master's Programme Neurocognitive Psychology (Master) > Mastermodule
Responsible persons	Roheger, Mandy (module responsibility) Roheger, Mandy (authorised to take exams) Hildebrandt, Andrea (authorised to take exams) Kranczioch-Debener, Cornelia (authorised to take exams) Debener, Stefan (authorised to take exams) Kiene, Franziska (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Master's programme Neurocognitive Psychology.
Skills to be acquired in this module	Goals of module: Students will acquire specific knowledge about (neuro-)psychological assessment and will be trained to utilize this knowledge within a research context and in applied settings. Students will learn how to analyze clinical cases (“case conceptualization”), how to plan and conduct the information assessment phase, how to record and summarize collected data and how to integrate information in order to draw conclusions about the case given specific diagnostic strategies. Finally, students will learn about the requirements of assessment report generation in written an oral form given a specific applied context. Ethical guidelines and quality norms will be an implicit topic in all courses in the module. Competencies: + Neuropsychological / neurophysiological knowledge for clinical assessments + interdisciplinary knowledge & thinking + ethics / good scientific practice / professional behavior + critical & analytical thinking
Module contents	Part 1: Introduction to neuropsychological diagnostics (lecture): winter Psychological assessment as a decision process – descriptive and prescriptive models Assessment methods, their construction and design, quality criteria The logic of decision making in the assessment process Classificatory decisions Psychometrics to single cases Examples of diagnostics processes in different clinical populations Focus areas on different cognitive domains, their underlying models, respective possible impairments and possibilities for neuropsychological assessment Reasoning for the applications of neuropsychological tests Summarizing results and writing reports Part 2: Applied Neuropsychological Diagnostics (seminar): winter Case conceptualization (neuropsychology and clinical psychology) Formulating hypotheses Selecting assessment procedures and planning administration specific knowledge on neuropsychological testing exercises in neuropsychological testing / practicing tests Evaluating the application of assessment procedures Analyzing, summarizing and visualizing results Integrating results based on the decision rules Writing a psychological/assessment report
Recommended reading	Will be specified in the courses.
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Language of instruction	English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	The module will start every winter term.
Module capacity	unlimited
Type of module	Pflicht / Mandatory
Module level	MM (Mastermodul / Master module)
Teaching/Learning method	Part 1: lecture; Part 2: seminar

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	WiSe	28
Seminar	2	WiSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	Parts of the practical exercise need to be completed and handed in at specific dates during winter term.	The module will be tested by a practical exercise: assessment report. The report can be written in English or German. Required active participation for gaining credits: attendance of at least 70% in the seminar within one semester.