Week 2.6

Question 1

Which organisation is the professional association of psychologists - with code of ethics and schedule of fees

Answer 1

APS - Australian Psychological Society

Question 2

Which organization is responsible for the handling of notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings

Answer 2

PBA - Psychological Board of Australia

Question 3

Which organisation supports the professional boards in the development of registration standards?

Answer 3

PBA - Psychological Board of Australia

Question 4

Which organisation assesses higher education providers [including RMIT] and their programs of study to determine if they both meet approved standards?

Answer 4

APAC - Australian Psychology Accreditation Council

Question 5

Why is it important to know about organisations?

Answer 5

Short term = question on the final exam

Long term = in the profession, you will be required to know and act on this knowledge

Question 6

Government regulation of the profession of psychology

Answer 6

AHPRA

Question 7

What does AHPRA do (2)

Answer 7

• 1) Regulating health practitioners in partnership with the National boards
• 2) Provides protected titles for health practitioners – that is, only those with appropriate qualifications can apply for registration and only those that are registered can call themselves by the professional title
• AHPRA federates all of these things - Australian wide registration
• Once you are qualified, can practice anywhere is Australia
  Protected titles – who can call themselves psychologists

Question 8

AHPRA National boards of Australia

Answer 8

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice
• Chinese Medicine
• Chiropractic
• Dental
• Medical
• Medical Radiation Practice
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy
• Optometry
• Osteopathy
• Paramedicine
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Psychology

Question 9

What is not included

Answer 9

Social work - costs versus benefits

Question 10

AHPRA functions

Answer 10

1) Check if your health practitioner is registered
2) Become a registered health practitioner
3) Make a complaint about a health practitioner

Question 11

Psychology Board of Australia (2)

Answer 11

• Supported by AHPRA

- Regulates Australia’s psychologists

Question 12

Functions of Psychology Board of Australia (6)

Answer 12

• Registeringpsychologists andprovisionalpsychologists
• Developing standards, codes and guidelines for thepsychology profession
• Handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings
• Assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia
• Approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study [see APAC slide] (Psychology Board of Australia regulates APAC)
• Administering national psychology exam [for 4+2 and 5+1]

Question 13

Areas of practice under Psychology Board of Australia (10)

Answer 13

• Clinical Neuropsychology (551)
• Clinical psychology (6,487)
• Community psychology (55)
• Counselling psychology (931)
• Educational and developmental psychology (592)
• Forensic psychology (512)
• Health psychology (307)
• Organisational psychology (452)
• Sport and exercise psychology (91)

(Grand total = 9981)

Question 14

Benefits of Clinical

Answer 14

• Top rebate you can claim for Medicare is if you’re a clinical psychologist – pretty much every university has a clinical masters
• A clinical psychologist should be so well trained that they can do tasks for any of the other areas

Question 15

Forensic masters

Answer 15

Can’t do masters in forensic in Victoria - have to go inter-state