The Master of Philosophy - Psychiatric Social Work is a specialised course.

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The MPhil curriculum? includes:

• Lectures and seminars
• Group discussions and modules.
• Bed side demonstrations.
• Case conferences.
• OSCES and OSPES.
• Psychotherapy supervision.

Students learn clinical skills through bed side demonstrations, OSCES, OSPES and psychotherapy supervisions. There is a 35-bedded inpatient set-up which is used for clinical skills training. There are also special clinics (psycho dermatology, psycho-oncology, and consultation liaison psychiatry) where students are trained intensively in these specialised areas.
Students work as consultants in Psychiatric Social Work after completing this program. They can also pursue research.

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Assessment

• The students are assessed once every six months on knowledge attitude and skills.
• At the end of the course, the student is assessed based on a theoretical and clinical exam conducted by the university and evaluated by external and internal examiners. Theoretical assessment is based on a written exam and the clinical skill evaluation is by long case, short case and viva voce.?

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