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Clinical Psychology Programme
Handbook
Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology
2018-2019
Department of Clinical Psychology
Norwich Medical School
Norwich Research Park
University of East Anglia
NORWICH
Norfolk NR4 7TJ
Tel: 01603 591258
Orientation
This is the Programme Handbook for the University of East Anglia Doctorate in
Clinical Psychology. It is designed to be a joint resource for Trainees and
Clinical Practice Placement Supervisors. It is designed to be used as a
reference text for any issues associated with the Programme in general.
There are four handbooks in total:
The Programme Handbook (this handbook)
The Clinical Practice and Employment Handbook
The Research Handbook
The Academic HandbookTable of Contents
ORIENTATION .................................................................................................................................................. 1
I. WELCOME ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAMME....................................................................................................... 5
1.2 CORE VALUES AND PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................................ 6
1.2.1 THE AIMS AND STYLE OF TRAINING AT UEA ........................................................................................................ 6
1.3 PROGRAMME GOVERNANCE ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.1 THE PROGRAMME TEAM ................................................................................................................................. 8
1.3.2 BIOGRAPHIES ................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.3.3 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................ 15
1.3.3 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE AND FEEDBACK STRUCTURES ...................................................................................... 16
Joint Programme Training Committee ........................................................................................................ 16
Programme Team ....................................................................................................................................... 17
‘Meet the Programme Team’ Meetings ...................................................................................................... 17
Curriculum Committee ................................................................................................................................ 17
Selection Subcommittee .............................................................................................................................. 18
Board of Examiners ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Extenuating Circumstances Panel ............................................................................................................... 19
1.3.4 MONITORING AND REVIEW PROCESSES ............................................................................................................ 19
1.3.4.1 Annual Report ................................................................................................................................. 19
1.3.4.2 Programme and Clinical Practice Placement Governance Structures ............................................. 19
1.3.4.2.1 Regional Governance ................................................................................................................................ 19
1.3.4.2.2 Trust Governance ...................................................................................................................................... 19
1.3.4.2.3 Professional Bodies Governance ............................................................................................................... 19
1.3.4.2.4 The Programme Governance .................................................................................................................... 19
1.3.4.2.5 Communication and Feedback Structure for Trainees .............................................................................. 20
1.4 PRACTICAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................... 20
1.4.1 TRAVELLING TO UEA AND PARKING ................................................................................................................. 20
1.4.1.1 Parking permits ............................................................................................................................... 20
1.4.1.2 Where to park ................................................................................................................................. 21
1.4.1.3 Car Sharing ...................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.2 BLACKBOARD .............................................................................................................................................. 21
1.4.3 EMAIL ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
1.4.3.1 UEA Outlook .................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.4 COMPUTER FACILITIES AT UEA ....................................................................................................................... 22
1.4.4.1 Computers ....................................................................................................................................... 22
1.4.4.2 Printing ............................................................................................................................................ 22
1.4.4.3 Photocopying .................................................................................................................................. 22
1.4.5 AMENITIES.................................................................................................................................................. 22
1.4.5.1 Food and Drink ................................................................................................................................ 22
1.4.5.2 Social Spaces ................................................................................................................................... 22
1.4.5.3 Sports .............................................................................................................................................. 22
1.4.6 UEA LIBRARY .............................................................................................................................................. 22
1.4.7 NHS LIBRARY SERVICES. ................................................................................................................................ 23
21.4.8 STUDENT AND NHS DISCOUNTS ..................................................................................................................... 23
1.4.9 COUNCIL TAX .............................................................................................................................................. 24
1.4.10 BUDDY SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................................... 24
1.5 COMPLAINTS............................................................................................................................................ 24
3i. Welcome
Welcome to the UEA ClinPsyD! This handbook aims to provide you with some orientation to
the ClinPsyD Programme and its organisation as well as providing an overview of the
Programme team. However, you’ll find more specific issues dealt with in the three other
programme handbooks: the Research handbook (for information about research and the
thesis); the Clinical and Professional Practice handbook (for information about employment
and practice placement elements), and the Academic Handbooks (for information about
assignments and other academic aspects of the programme).
This is the latest version of our handbook. While we make every effort to ensure the
information is as correct and up to date there are still times when information may be
amended over the coming year so we ask that you keep checking Blackboard and eVision
throughout your training.
You have sacrificed and worked hard for the opportunity to train as a Clinical Psychologist
and we have no doubt you’ll want to make the most of your training experience! We offer
you an innovative and stimulating environment within which to train. Our local NHS
partners are as committed as we are to providing you with an outstanding set of
opportunities for development. Above all, we want you to become excellent clinicians who,
through the application of theory, knowledge and research, are dedicated to making a
difference to the lives of people in distress. We also hope that you will stay in the region
after training, as most of our graduates do! It's an interesting time to train and our
profession needs leaders as much as it ever did - you will become the next generation of
leaders for our profession.
Over the last few years, we have introduced a number of changes to the programme which
have led to a significant improvement in the training experience and quality of your learning
whilst at UEA. All of these changes, have, of course been supported by our hard-working
staff team. Please take the opportunity to get to meet your colleagues in the staff team and
build relationships over the course of your training. Part of our excellent team are our PGR
Service administration colleagues. They are very busy as they serve so many different PGR
functions and tasks within the School but they nevertheless provide us with tremendous
support. Treat with respect and remember we are very fortunate to have these colleagues
as members of our team.
On behalf of the Programme team, we want to wish you every success in the academic year
ahead.
Professor Siân Coker and Dr Peter Beazley
Acting Head of Department and Senior Clinical Tutor
41.1 Introduction to the Programme
The University of East Anglia Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme (referred to as ‘the
Programme’ throughout this handbook) lasts for three calendar years and leads to the
qualification of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD). Successful completion of the
Programme gives eligibility to apply for registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health
and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the statutory regulator. It also gives eligibility for
membership of the British Psychological Society as a Chartered Psychologist.
The Programme is organised by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in collaboration with
local NHS services and is commissioned by NHS Health Education England (Midlands and
East) in order to meet local employment demands for Clinical Psychologists.
The Programme is based within Norwich Medical School within the Faculty of Medicine and
Health Sciences at UEA. The course covers a wide geographical area with Clinical Practice
Placement bases in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Ipswich, King’s Lynn, Norwich
and Peterborough.
Commissioned trainees are host employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Foundation Trust (CPFT). You are employed for the purposes of being trained as a Clinical
Psychologist and as such are employed on a three year fixed term contract. Please see the
Clinical Practice and Employment handbook for more information.
The Programme began in October 1995 with an intake of 12 trainees per year. As reflected
in the national picture, commissioned places have varied over the years but currently we
have been commissioned for 22 training places at intake in 2018. In addition this year we
welcome three new International students making a total intake of 25 for this year.
Our degree is a Postgraduate Doctoral Research degree (PGR) and is contingent upon
successful performance in Clinical Practice Placements and related coursework, academic
excellence and a unique contribution to research literature in the form of doctoral research
thesis (portfolio model). The Programme aims to use an adult learning approach in the
academic teaching Programme and we seek to help you use your experience throughout
training to enhance your own developing competence. We seek to help you progress onto
your clinical careers with a greater sense of your, skills, knowledge and competence so as to
become effective as a member of our profession enhancing the wellbeing of whatever
community you participate in.
Over the three-year Programme, clinical experience and academic teaching is provided
concurrently in order to promote the integration of theory and practice. We believe that
teaching-placement synchronization is an important principle in affording people the
opportunity to develop competences and to understand how best to make use of
transferable skills. Trainees undertake supervised Clinical Practice Placements throughout
the Programme. These include work in a variety of clinical specialties, with clients
5experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties. Further information about Clinical
Practice Placements can be found in the Clinical Practice and Employment Handbook.
1.2 Core Values and Philosophy
The Programme aims to train the next generation of clinical leaders, equipping you to thrive
at a time of significant change within the NHS and in the way that training is funded. We will
enable you to become conversant, knowledgeable and confident in applying evidence-based
practice through the integration of clinical, academic and research skills, recognising the
wide ranging role of the clinical psychologist in the modern NHS.
As well as maintaining our compliance with national benchmark standards for Clinical
Psychology, our Programme aims to embody and uphold the values of the NHS Constitution,
so that our trainees are enabled to deliver better care at the level of individual, service and
population need. The Programme understands clinical psychology to be a reflective, caring
and compassionate profession where we act with integrity to make a difference to people at
times of vulnerability and distress, reflecting the NHS values and constitution. At the heart
of the Programme, underpinning and informing it, are the NHS values of working together
for patients, respect and dignity, commitment to quality of care, compassion, improving
lives and a recognition that everyone counts and also the more recent 6 Cs framework,
“Culture of Compassion”..
The Programme looks beyond the role of Clinical Psychologists purely in assessment and
treatment to include organisational, leadership and consultative roles as outlined in the NHS
Leadership framework.
There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, leadership, high quality academic
research and service-related research and evaluation. The Programme works jointly with
clinicians in the region to support research activity linked with the mental health research
strategies of local Trusts and is in tune with clinical priorities of local services.
The Programme is a partnership between Placement Supervisors, Clinical services in the
NHS and other sectors, experts by experience and the UEA staff team. The Programme
strongly supports experts by experience involvement in all aspects of its delivery.
1.2.1 The Aims and Style of Training at UEA
At the end of training, Trainees should be able to draw on a broad range of psychological
models and theories to inform their clinical work and be confident in using a variety of
research methods appropriate to clinical research questions. We aim to guide our trainees
(and qualified staff) to appreciate what clinical psychology can offer in the context of multi-
disciplinary work, to understand the need for leadership either directly or through
influencing others, and to accept that as psychologists we will frequently be called upon to
make wise decisions in the face of difficult questions about the use of limited resources. To
6do this we encourage our trainees to use the evidence-base and to draw upon scientist-
practitioner competences when the evidence-base is lacking. The Programme acknowledges
that working and training as a Clinical Psychologist presents many emotional demands. The
Programme team hope to help Trainees cope with these demands by providing support
structures and by promoting the development of self-reflection and self-awareness skills.
Further information about support structures can be found in the Clinical Practice and
Employment Handbook.
At UEA, we very much value the integration of clinically relevant research and practice. As
clinical researchers we believe that good practice and good research are mutually rewarding
activities.
The Programme uses a range of teaching styles and pedagogical approaches that maximise
the contributions of Trainees during training, which this year will include online teaching
resources and flipped learning classes. As trainees you bring with you a range of skills,
expertise and experience that we wish to acknowledge and where possible integrate into
the teaching Programme.
At UEA we place an emphasis on evidence-based practice, but we do not see this as a
substitute for clinical decision-making and both in combination may demonstrate that our
trainees become aware of meta-competences in the most complex of clinical scenarios. We
aim to afford our Trainees the opportunity to develop competence in delivering tailored and
nuanced psychological interventions in a range of settings and service delivery systems
using the appropriate psychological knowledge. The challenge is often how to make use of
the relevant theory to practice.
The UEA Programme team believe that the effective contribution of clinical psychology is
often provided in conjunction with other professionals. Given our inter-disciplinary context
we aim to provide Trainees with knowledge and respect for other models of health, illness,
and intervention, and examine the extent to which these approaches complement or
conflict with clinical psychology.
1.3 Programme Governance
The most recent Programme accreditation visit was in November 2012. We were given
ongoing HCPC approval in 2016 after completing the most recent HCPC audit. We adhere
closely to the BPS standards for the accreditation of Doctoral Programmes in Clinical
Psychology. The programme is overseen by the Health Education East of England (HEEoE)
Quality Performance and Improvement Framework (QIPF). The UEA and NHS services work
closely with the HEEoE to ensure that both the academic and placement environment
satisfies these requirements.
7Clinical Practice Placement Supervisors are involved in all aspects of Programme
organisation and teaching, and have additional links with the UEA through Supervisor
training days, study days, research and other activities.
The Programme has an executive committee which includes the executive Programme team
and a number of senior clinical psychologists from local services. In addition to this, there
are a series of sub-committees where members of the Programme team meet with Clinical
Psychologists from local services, Trainees, and service users and carers to review and shape
the Programme. Details are provided below.
1.3.1 The Programme Team
The Programme is managed by a core senior team. We will be joined by a new Programme
Director and Head of Department, Niall Broomfield, from December 2018. Until Niall starts
in this role, the programme is being led by Professor Sian Coker, who is the Acting
Programme Director and Head of Department.
After Niall joins the programme, Sian will return to her substantive role as Deputy
Programme Director. Dr Peter Beazley is the Senior Clinical Tutor with responsibility for
clinical practice elements of the Programme.
Most of the Programme team work part-time and are usually employed in a local NHS
service with different clinical populations.
1.3.2 Biographies
Brief biographies of course staff, their responsibilities and time allocated to the programme
are provided below. Also included in the Department of Clinical Psychology working on IAPT
training programmes or within the research group are Chris Fox and Georgia Panagiotaki.
Honorary appointments to the School are held by a range of staff employed by local NHS
Trusts.
Professor Niall Broomfield Programme Director
(1.0 fte)
Niall is a highly experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist who holds a PhD in
Psychology, and a Practitioner Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. He is a member of
the BPS Divisions of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, an Associate Fellow of
the British Psychological Society (BPS), a registered Practitioner Psychologist with the
Health and Care Professions Council UK and a Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy.
He has a longstanding interest in and track record of quality clinical research in the
field of Stroke Psychology. In 2012 he was the first Consultant Clinical Psychologist to
be awarded the prestigious NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Career Grade Clinical
Fellowship and he is currently a NRS Senior Clinical Fellow. He has delivered large
scale translational clinical research with clear impact and has published widely in his
field of expertise.
8He has a sustained record of high quality contribution to taught student provision
and has previously held academic posts on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
(ClinPsyD) at University of Glasgow. Currently, in recognition of his excellence in
stroke research and education work, he is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at
University of Glasgow Medical School. He has been an external examiner for the
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UEA since 2014 and has made a highly valued
contribution to all elements of the Programme during this period.
In his clinical role, he is Head of Stroke Psychology in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Health Board region, serving a population of 1.2 million people, offering specialist
(neuro) psychological assessment and intervention to adults with stroke. In October
2017 he was elected as National Lead for Stroke Psychology in Scotland. He
represents the profession of Clinical Psychology on the National Advisory
Committee, which coordinates implementation of the Stroke Improvement Plan with
the Scottish government.
Professor Siân Coker Deputy Programme Director (Academic, Research
(1.0 fte) and International Developments), Lead for
International Developments.
Professor Sian Coker is Deputy Programme Director of the ClinPsyD Clinical
Psychology Training Programme, as well as being a member of the Graduate School
Executive. Professor Coker is the Lead for International Developments within Clinical
Psychology. She leads the National subgroup of Group of Trainers in Clinical
Psychology (GTiCP) for Internationally Recruited Students. She is a Practitioner
Psychologist Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She is a
very experienced clinical academic as a founder course member of the UEA ClinPsyD
Programme. She retains an active research interest in the field of Eating Disorders
and related psychological health problems.
Siân qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1987 and was awarded her DPhil from York
University in the same year. Following qualification she has worked in university and
clinical psychology departments in York and Cambridge. In Cambridge she was a
Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and responsible for
several clinical trials pioneering new methods of psychological treatment for Eating
Disorders which are referenced in NICE guidelines. Following the successful
completion of her DPhil Training at the University of York, she was awarded the Isaac
Newton Fellowship at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. During her
Fellowship at Cambridge she completed a series of studies with mothers with eating
disorders and post-natal depression, examining the impact on infant wellbeing. Her
research and clinical interests continue to lie in the field of eating disorders, and
mothers and children and she has been involved in a number of collaborative
projects investigating perfectionism and eating disorder psychopathology.
Dr Peter Beazley Senior Clinical Tutor
(0.8 fte)
Dr Peter Beazley qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2009. He completed his clinical
training at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, after obtaining his
undergraduate degree from Oxford University. In addition he has an LLM in Mental
Health Law from the University of Northumbria. Peter developed an interest in
9working with offenders with mental health problems whilst completing his clinical
training.
Prior to joining UEA in September 2016, Peter was Head of Secure Services Inpatient
Psychology, and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, at South Essex Partnership NHS
Trust. This encompassed a service management role for psychology provision in all
secure services within the trust, including a large low/medium secure unit in South
Essex and two low secure units in Luton and Bedfordshire. As a Clinician working
within this service, Peter gained experience in the assessment and treatment of
offenders with mental health problems, including experience in using CBT for
Psychosis on an individual basis within this population.
Peter has experience in providing reports and giving evidence in courts in both
criminal and civil cases. In particular Peter has experience in completing assessments
of risk for clients with complex histories of mental health difficulty and offending
behaviours. Particular interests include assessments of clinical presentations of
psychosis and personality disorder, as well as assessments of response style and
factitious presentations (e.g. malingering). Peter has undergone specialist training in
the application of a number of different clinical measures (including the
International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE), Psychopathy Checklist-
Revised (PCL-R)), as well as structured assessments of risk (e.g. the HCR-20 for
general violence and RSVP for sexual violence).
Dr Gemma Ridel Placement Tutor
(0.2 fte)
Dr Gemma Ridel completed her undergraduate psychology degree at Stirling
University, and completed her Clinical Psychology training at UEA in 2006. Since
qualifying, she has worked clinically in older adults services in Norfolk and London.
She completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy at Oxford University
in 2010, and also completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Neuropsychology at the
University of Glasgow in 2013. Gemma has full accreditation with the BABCP. She
currently works in the NHS as a clinical psychologist with older people in Norwich.
Her research and clinical interests include CBT with older people, neuropsychology
of dementia, and psychosocial interventions (such as Cognitive Stimulation Therapy)
for people with dementia.
Gemma’s key roles on the Programme include being an advisor, as well as placement
allocation, supporting teaching and marking assignments.
Dr Paul Fisher Clinical Lecturer/ Qualitative Methods and Practice
(0.5 FTE) Tutor/ International Tutor.
(Currently seconded to IAPT)
Dr. Paul Fisher works as a clinical lecturer on the Programme and is also employed
with NCHC as a clinical psychologist specialising in working with brain injury
populations. Paul has an on-going interest in qualitative research focusing on
professional issues including reflective practice and the use of mindfulness during
clinical training. Paul is an experienced clinical psychologist who relocated to East
Anglia having previously spent a period of time working in Singapore at James Cook
University, as a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology. Prior to this he worked for two years
as a clinical psychologist with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS
10Trust after graduating from the University of Plymouth (Bristol) Clinical Psychology
Programme.
Paul is an advisor for Trainees. His other key roles include teaching, supervising
Trainee research, marking coursework and contributing to the Internationalisation of
the ClinPsyD.
Dr. Fisher is currently seconded to become Programme Director for the IAPT PWP
Programme within the Department of Clinical Psychology.
Dr Imogen Rushworth Senior Clinical Lecturer
(0.6 fte)
Dr. Imogen Rushworth, completed both her undergraduate degree in psychology
and her PhD in functional medical disorders at the University of Sheffield. She then
entered clinical psychology training, gaining her doctorate in 1998 from the
University of East Anglia. Following qualification, Imogen worked in the Child and
Adolescent mental health service and the inpatient adolescent eating disorders
service in Cambridge before taking up a postdoctoral research clinical psychologist
position in the Institute of Public Health at the University of Cambridge. Her role
there was to develop and evaluate complex behavioural interventions to promote
health behaviour change in chronic illness, working with Health Psychologists,
Medical Professionals, General Practitioners and Statisticians.
Imogen’s clinical and research interests are in the interface between the disciplines
of health and clinical psychology and the application of models of behaviour change
from clinical psychology to physical illness and health behaviours. She is also
interested in the impact of nutritional factors on mental health status.
Amongst her other Clinical Tutor duties she also oversees the Personal and
Professional Development support systems for Trainees. Imogen combines her
Clinical Tutor role with her clinical work in Adult Mental Health, with a particular
focus on physical health and illness presentations. Imogen’s role also includes
organisation of the OSCE assessments, and a role in reviewing compliance with
accreditation standards in the department.
Dr Jo Hodgekins Senior Research Tutor / Senior Clinical Lecturer
(0.6 fte)
Dr. Jo Hodgekins completed her Clinical Psychology training at UEA in September
2012. Prior to this she worked as a Research Associate at UEA on two clinical trials of
psychological interventions for people with psychosis and as Research Coordinator
for Norfolk Early Intervention Service. Jo completed a PhD in 2009 examining factors
associated with social recovery following early psychosis. This remains her specialist
area of interest, focusing in particular on the development of outcome measures to
assess functional recovery from psychosis and severe mental illness. Jo is also
interested in examining psychological processes underlying positive and negative
psychotic phenomena (for example, the use of visual illusions to assess processes
underlying hallucinations and anomalous experiences). Clinically, Jo is currently
working as a therapist on two randomised controlled trials of social recovery focused
CBT (SRCBT) in individuals at-risk of long term social disability both before and after
the onset of psychosis.
Dr HODGEKINS IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-9
11Dr. Bonnie Teague Senior Teaching Fellow in Research Methods
(0.2fte)
Dr. Bonnie Teague is the Research Manager for the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS
Foundation Trust (NSFT). Her role requires strategic and operational leadership for
all research operations across the organization, including management of a large
multidisciplinary research team. In 2014, Bonnie led on the strategic development
of a Research Development Programme, which aimed to build regional research
capacity, enhance the public profile of the Trust and its partners, and increase
funding in mental health and dementia research.
Currently Bonnie supervises three trainees on their doctoral research and advises
many more of our trainees on the application of ethics in clinical research.
Dr. Jon Wilson Clinical Senior Lecturer
(0.1fte)
Dr Jon Wilson is a consultant psychiatrist and consultant medical psychotherapist
employed as a part time clinical senior lecturer by UEA. His role within the local
mental health Trust (Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust) as Research Director
allows him to support research into mental health issues from their outset and if
necessary ensure that projects are approved and run smoothly. His particular clinical
area of interest is youth mental health, early intervention in psychosis where he and
the local services maintain a National profile.
Dr. Richard Meiser- Reader in Clinical Psychology
Stedman
(0.4 fte)
Dr. Richard Meiser-Stedman has studied PTSD in children and teenagers since 2000.
He studied for his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, where he was funded by a
Medical Research Council (MRC) research studentship. He was awarded a Peggy
Pollak Research Fellowship in Developmental Psychiatry to undertake further
postdoctoral research into childhood PTSD, with a particular focus on PTSD in young
and preschool children. He completed his clinical psychology training at the Institute
of Psychiatry.
From 2009 to 2014 Dr Meiser-Stedman was an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow at the
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. While there he led the
ASPECTS study, looking at whether PTSD in children and adolescents can be
successfully treated using cognitive therapy in the early aftermath of a trauma. He
was also awarded an MRC Centenary Award Grant to conduct a pilot trial looking at
the treatment of PTSD following multiple traumas in children and adolescents.
He is a co-investigator on the PYCES trial (the treatment of PTSD in preschool
children) and the PROTECT study (looking at how families shape children’s responses
to trauma). Dr Meiser-Stedman joined University of East Anglia in October 2014. He
has recently been made an NIHR Career Development Fellow, and will be
undertaking a randomised controlled trial of cognitive therapy for young people with
PTSD following multiple trauma exposure.
12Dr Adrian Leddy Clinical Tutor
(0.2 fte)
Dr. Adrian Leddy qualified from the Clinical Psychology Doctorate course at UEA in
2008. He has worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the Older Adults service in
Waveney and Great Yarmouth for the past five years. Adrian has a specialist interest
in the application of clinical neuropsychology in dementia. He has completed an MSc
in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Nottingham in 2012. Further to
this, Adrian also has a particular interest in CAT and completed a Diploma in CAT in
2013.
Adrian joined UEA as a Clinical Tutor in March 2013 and continues to practice as a
clinician in local Older Adults Services, having taken a role with NNUH in 2018.
Adrian’s key roles on the Programme are being an advisor and providing research
supervision, together with supporting teaching on the programme.
Dr. Fergus Gracey Research Tutor / PGR Director / Senior Clinical
(1.0 fte) Lecturer
Dr. Fergus Gracey joined the department as a Senior Research Fellow seconded from
his post as Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in Cambridgeshire Community
Services (NHS) Trust in 2014, and is now a Senior Clinical Lecturer with particular
responsibility for research on the programme. He is also lead for the
Neuropsychology module. Fergus trained in clinical psychology at UEA 1997-2000,
completed his post graduate diploma in CBT at the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre
in 2004, and is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists of the BPS.
Fergus was formerly the clinical lead for the Cambridge Centre for Paediatric
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, and lead psychologist at the Oliver Zangwill
Centre. Clinical and research interests are in neuropsychological rehabilitation,
specifically community rehabilitation service design, self-regulation/executive
functioning, identity, emotional adjustment and psychological therapy following
brain injury. He has published a number of papers and book chapters on these
topics. Methodological interests span quantitative and qualitative methods,
feasibility studies and single case design. Current grants relate to the use of
transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation for aggression in acquired and
developmental neurological conditions, and application of ‘asset-based community
development’ approaches following stroke. Fergus holds honorary positions as a
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Cambridge Centre for Paediatric
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, the NIHR CLAHRC East of England, is a member of
the Board of Associate Editors of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, member of the
Board of Trustees for Headway Cambridgeshire and is a Clinical Associate at the MRC
Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge.
Ms Kiki Admissions Tutor / Clinical Lecturer
Mastroyannopoulou
(0.6fte)
Ms Kiki Mastroyannopoulou qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1993 from the
South East Thames Training course. Since then she has worked in Bath in a split post
(adult and child) which involved establishing an in-patient pain-management course,
as well as research on a DH project working with children with life-threatening
13illness. She then worked in Huntingdon in a multidisciplinary family consultation
centre conducting generic and paediatric work on the children's ward and in Kings
Lynn in a paediatric post. Her research interests are in health psychology, mainly in
the area of paediatric illness. She has worked in a clinical/research post at
Addenbrooke’s Hospital with children with Disorders of Sex Development. She now
works in the paediatric oncology department at NNUH.
Kiki leads and coordinates the child and systemic teaching on the programme.
Dr Gemma Bowers Clinical Lecturer
(0.4 fte)
Dr. Gemma Bowers completed her Clinical Psychology training at UEA in 2009. Since
qualifying, she has worked clinically in both child and adolescent mental health, and
adult diabetes.
During clinical training, Gemma became interested in the developmental and
systemic aspects of OCD in children and furthered this interest in her first qualified
position in CAMHS, whilst contributing significantly to an RCT regarding the
involvement of families in CBT for OCD in children. Gemma also trained in
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy at this time. In her work at the Norfolk and
Norwich University Hospital, Gemma set up the first Clinical Psychology service in
the adult diabetes team; training and supervising medical staff to recognise and
respond to the psychological barriers to adjustment and poor adherence, whilst also
offering individual and group therapy for patients.
Alongside her work at UEA, Gemma continues to work in CAMHS. Her research and
clinical interests include the developmental and systemic factors of OCD, child and
adolescent anxiety and depression, diabetes, mindfulness and ACT-based
interventions, and – more recently – preventative school-based initiatives. Gemma’s
key roles on the Programme are as an advisor, lecturer, and marker. She is also
regularly involved in both the UK and international selection processes.
Dr. Catherine Ford Academic Tutor / Clinical Lecturer
(1.0 fte)
Dr Catherine Ford is a Clinical Lecturer and Clinical Tutor for the ClinPsyD
programme. She studied psychology within Social and Political Sciences at the
University of Cambridge and Oxford Brookes University before working in mental
health and functional neuroimaging research at the Institute of Psychiatry and
volunteering with the Stroke Association. She then obtained a PhD in Cognitive
Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and held the Pinsent-Darwin Research
Fellowship in Mental Pathology, focussing on acquired language impairments and
the structure and function of the language system in the brain. During clinical
training her thesis research concerned illness perceptions of stroke and their
associations with early post-stroke depression and anxiety and she undertook
specialist placements in front-temporal dementia and community neuro-
rehabilitation. Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist she has worked in adult
neuropsychological rehabilitation within community neuro-rehabilitation in West
Norfolk, the Oliver Zangwill Centre in Ely and community stroke psychology within
community neuro-rehabilitation teams across Cambridgeshire. In 2011 she was
invited to work as part of an innovative, cross-agency partnership project which
14provided specialist community-based clinical psychology for adult stroke survivors
across Cambridgeshire, a service subsequently adopted by the NHS. Her involvement
in quality improvement and innovation within stroke led her to receive a NHS Trust
Chairman’s annual award for innovation in 2013, a quality improvement fellowship
with Health Education England in 2014 and an advanced quality improvement
fellowship with Health Education England in 2015. She also completed her post-
graduate diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol in 2015 and
a post-graduate certificate in work-based learning.
Catherine’s research and clinical interests include: the contribution that clinical
psychologists can make to quality improvement in healthcare, CBT and systemic
interventions for people with neurological conditions, developing psychological
interventions that are accessible for people with acquired communication disorders,
managing difficulties with chronic pain or apathy in long term conditions and
community-based approaches to supporting people with neurological conditions.
Dr. Gillian Bowden Clinical Lecturer
(0.5 fte)
Dr. Gillian Bowden trained as a clinical psychologist with South East Thames Regional
Health Authority (now the Salomons course at CCCU). She worked in adult mental
health and primary care NHS settings in South East London for several years before
moving to Norfolk in 1998 where she became a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust.
Gillian is interested in coproduced approaches to service delivery which engage with
people in the context of their communities She is also interested in wellbeing at
work and how people manage demanding aspects of work and which factors they
find rewarding or protective against stress.
Aside from her NHS Trust work, Gillian was a Clinical Governance Reviewer with the
Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) and a Reviewer with the Quality
Assurance Agency (QAA). She was the Adult Mental Health Lead for the Division of
Clinical Psychology (DCP/BPS) from 2010 until 2013 and subsequently chair of the
East of England branch of the DCP. Gillian is currently a council member for the East
of England Clinical Senate. Gillian was awarded an MBE for services to mental health
in Norfolk in 2009.
1.3.3 Administrative Support
Administrative Support is mainly provided by the Medical and Professional Doctorates team
in the Postgraduate Research Service based in room 2.30 of the Elizabeth Fry Building. Key
staff who provide administrative support to the Programme are:
Fiona Gibbons (PGR Officer) 01603 592308
Kate Patterson (PGR Administrator) 01603 593076
John Russell (Clerical Assistant) 01603 591258
The office can be contacted on clinpsyd@uea.ac.uk for issues relating
to:
15- Coursework submission, assessment issues, including the Board
of Examiners, and extension and concession requests
- Appeals
- Timetabling and placement organisation and enquires
- Employment matters, including travel expenses, annual leave and
sickness absence and study leave requests
- Overall administration of the programme
Local (School) support for Staff and Trainees is provided by:
Andrew Sanders (Administrative Assistant) 01603 592693
andrew.sanders@uea.ac.uk
Staff can contact Andrew for issues relating to:
- Booking catering; interview support; staff
travel; external examiner accommodation;
room bookings for non-teaching activities.
Trainees can contact Helen on helen.sayer@uea.ac.uk for issues
relating to:
- Booking out laptops, psychometric tests (for review or use in
theses only)
- Requests for theses, service research projects and case reports.
1.3.3 Programme Committee and Feedback Structures
Joint Programme Training Committee
Chair Programme Director
Members Programme Director, Deputy Programme Directors, CBT and IAPT
Programme Director, Selection Tutor, Programme Team and Key
Stakeholders including Trainees and Representatives from local Trusts.
Function The Joint Programme Training Committee (JPTC) oversees the joint
management of the Programme. The delivery of the Programme is a
partnership between the UEA and NHS Clinical Leads and Supervisors
representing the employing NHS trust (CPFT), NHS and non-NHS
placement providers. As such, the JPTC functions to provide a forum for
the joint management of the Programme. All business of the JPTC is
carried out with proper regard for the strategy and goals of the
Programme as agreed by the Senior Programme Team and pursued
within the governance of the appropriate regulations, for example UEA
Research Degree Regulations, HEEoE-PQAF, HCPC Accreditation
Criteria, British Psychological Society Accreditation Criteria, and CPFT
Policies and Guidance (as employing NHS trust for our Trainees). The
JPTC reports to the Faculty Graduate School Executive and meets four
times per year. Three subcommittees report to the JPTC to ensure that
16key activities are reviewed by Course Staff, Trainees and Supervisors.
The subcommittees are for selection, curriculum and supervision/
placements.
Programme Team
Chair Programme Director
Members The Clinical Psychologists who form the Programme team. MED Local
Support colleagues provide secretarial support to the Programme Team
Meeting.
Function The operational running of the Programme is co-ordinated by the
Programme Team (PT) who meet on a monthly basis during term-time.
The Programme Team reports to and is advised by the JPTC. The
Programme Team meetings oversee and support the organisation and
implementation of operational level of the running of the Programme.
This includes co-ordinating and integrating training activities, the
production of appropriate reports (as required, the co-ordination of the
University and NHS roles in Disciplinary Procedures and Appeals
mechanisms and overseeing and reporting of training needs of
Trainees. Staff biographies are available in section 1.3 of this handbook.
‘Meet the Programme Team’ Meetings
Chair Senior Clinical Tutor
Members The expectation is that all Trainee year representatives and any other
Trainees who may wish to attend are invited to come to this meeting
along with as many members of the staff team as possible.
Function There are termly ‘Meet the Programme Team’ Meetings that report to
the JPTC. This meeting is a 'pre' meeting for the JPTC and is a
communication forum for raising and answering any queries that
Trainees have about the Programme and in the process of doing that to
clarify which issues are strategic and should therefore go forward to
the JPTC and which are 'housekeeping' and can be dealt with there and
then (and/or at Programme Team meeting).
Curriculum Committee
Chair Academic Tutor
Members Programme Director, Deputy Programme Director (Academic),
Academic Tutor and Trainee Clinical Psychologists. New membership
was established in 2014 and included trainee representatives and
service user input. Committee input from Clinical Supervisors / External
17Lecturers will be either via committee membership and or on a
consultative basis.
Function New Terms of Reference were established for the Curriculum
Committee in 2014.
Selection Subcommittee
Chair Admissions Tutor
Members Course Team members as appointed, PGR Service Administrator
(Secretary), Trainee Clinical Psychologists representing all year groups,
external supervisors and stakeholders.
Function The remit of the Selection Subcommittee is to oversee and support the
organisation and implementation of selection and admissions
processes for the Programme. This involves development, co-
ordination and integration of selection and admissions processes,
including marketing the Programme as appropriate, and liaison with
other training courses, the Clearing House for Courses in Clinical
Psychology, and wider course and University committees. This ensures
all selection processes are in line with University, local and national
guidelines, and meet the needs to the Programme, the University and
the NHS. Verbal updates of meeting content and outcomes are fed
back to Programme committee and Faculty meetings as appropriate.
Board of Examiners
Chair Programme Director
Members Deputy Programme Directors (Clinical & Academic), Membership
drawn from Academic Tutors and Clinical Lecturers. External Examiners
from other Clinical Psychology Training Programmes in the UK or from
subject matter experts in Clinical Psychology. All members are
accredited with the HCPC.
Ex Officio Member: Fiona Gibbons (Secretary to the Board)
Function The Board functions to ensure equity and fairness in the conduct of
assessment processes within the University, in the maintenance of
threshold standards for award of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. The
board makes recommendations on progression of students through the
Programme. The Board takes recommendations from the Extenuating
Circumstances Panel when making decisions about trainee progression.
In the event that a Trainee may be required to exit the Programme the
Board assesses all aspects of the Trainee’s performance and can ratify a
decision to fail or make a recommendation for a concession to the
Associate Dean for PGR with the FMH. In the event that a Trainee may
be required to leave the Programme, a representative from the NHS
employer (CPFT) is invited to join the Board for this discussion.
18Extenuating Circumstances Panel
The Chair of the Extenuating Circumstances Panel is Dr Peter Beazley, Senior Clinical Tutor.
1.3.4 Monitoring and Review Processes
1.3.4.1 Annual Report
The Programme Director writes an Annual Report each year as part of the quality assurance
process within the University. This is reviewed by the Graduate School Executive. Key
stakeholders have an opportunity to comment on this and suggest amendments to the
Programme. The report is also reported to the Faculty Associate Dean for Teaching and
Learning.
1.3.4.2 Programme and Clinical Practice Placement Governance Structures
1.3.4.2.1 Regional Governance
Health Education England (Midlands and East) commissions the Programme and is the Local
Education and Training Board that covers UEA’s commissioned training area. HEE's aim is to
ensure the security of workforce supply and continuously to improve the quality of
education, training and development in the region. They also aim to enable the health and
care workforce to respond effectively to the needs of patients, carers and families.
1.3.4.2.2 Trust Governance
Within local Trusts, the Programme team also regularly attend clinical education governance
meetings as an interface between education providers and local Trusts with a focus on Clinical
Practice Placements and educational quality.
1.3.4.2.3 Professional Bodies Governance
The Programme is accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and meets
the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (SOPs) and Standards of Education and Training (SETS).
The Programme is also accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and meets the
Standards for Doctoral Programmes in Clinical Psychology.
1.3.4.2.4 The Programme Governance
The Programme has appointed three External Examiners who provide moderation and
feedback on samples of each coursework assignment and produce an annual report in
relation to the quality and delivery of the Programme. They are also available to give a
professional opinion or advice on other matters referred to them by the Programme
Director. The current appointed External Examiners are Dr Gillian Hardy (University of
Sheffield), David Murphy (President-elect of the BPS) and Dr. Ash Summers (University of
Teeside).
191.3.4.2.5 Communication and Feedback Structure for Trainees
Feedback from trainees is really important to the programme so that we know when we are
getting things right, and where we might need to make changes and improvements to the
programme. The Diagram below details the different ways that trainees are able to provide
feedback to the Programme.
"Meet the
Programme
Team"
Commissioning- Meetings Representation
led NHS Student
Surveys on committees
Staff-Student
Postgraduate Liaison
Research
Experience
Trainee Meetings and
Survey communicatio feedback to
n feedback Year Tutor
routes
Annonymous
Completion of
Feedback via teaching
Blackboard feedback
Direct Completion
Feedback to of
Adviser or
Senior Clinical placement
Tutor feedback
There is also a Faculty Annual Report form for PGR students which second and third year
Trainees are required to complete.
1.4 Practical Information
1.4.1 Travelling to UEA and Parking
1.4.1.1 Parking permits
Trainees are able to request parking permits in order to park at UEA. Further information
can be sought from the administration team.
201.4.1.2 Where to park
Trainees can use their campus card to access the main car park, once a parking permit has
been set up. The main car park becomes full early in the day during term time. It is advisable
to park by 0900 during these busy periods.
1.4.1.3 Car Sharing
UEA offer separate parking permits for car sharing. There are designated car share parking
spaces in the main car park.
1.4.2 Blackboard
This is the virtual learning environment available on the internet and University intranet.
Lecture notes, timetables and Programme information are all available on Blackboard. It
can be accessed at https://www.uea.ac.uk/blackboard.
Documents which can be found on Blackboard are highlighted in orange throughout
Handbooks.
1.4.3 Email
1.4.3.1 UEA Outlook
Trainees can access their email via the UEA website.
1) Click on the Current Students and Staff tab, Current Students tab
2) Sign in using personal username and password.
3) Click on the email tab and click ‘login’ on the Outlook web App Secure Login box.
Trainees are encouraged to set up an email signature at the beginning of training.
An example email signature:
Poppy Jones
Trainee Clinical Psychologist
University of East Anglia
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Please note that UEA email should not be used to send confidential client information.
Trainees will also be provided with an email address by the relevant NHS placement
organisation in which their placements are hosted. They may also wish to sign up for an
NHS.net email address which provides encrypted communication according to government
standards.
211.4.4 Computer Facilities at UEA
1.4.4.1 Computers
There are computers in the library which Trainees can use, however there are also a number
of computers in the MED building (social space and Room of Requirement, ground floor in
MED).
1.4.4.2 Printing
There are printing facilities in the library and in the MED building. Printing credit can either
be topped up in the library (with coins/notes) or online via the PaperCut system.
UEA has a Print Services Department, who can be contacted for printing jobs where there is
a budget provided by the University (e.g. thesis budget).
1.4.4.3 Photocopying
There is a photocopier in the Elizabeth Fry Building which can be used by Trainees (room
EFB 2.12). Each Trainee is allocated a code and a number of annual photocopying credits for
this photocopier. In addition, Trainees are able to use photocopying facilities in the library.
1.4.5 Amenities
1.4.5.1 Food and Drink
There are a number of places to buy food and drink on campus. The nearest outlets to the
Elizabeth Fry Building are the Bio Café (Behind Queens Building) and Café 57 (by the Thomas
Paine Study Centre). The Sainsbury Centre (public art museum on campus) has a
café/restaurant also. Most of the cafés on campus offer a discount if you bring your own
mug.
There are microwaves and hot and cold water facilities in the MED building (ground floor),
and the Queens Building Kitchen (First Floor). There are hot and cold water facilities in the
Elizabeth Fry building (ground floor). The kitchen on the first floor in the Elizabeth Fry
building is for Staff use only.
1.4.5.2 Social Spaces
There are social spaces and comfortable spaces to spend break times in Bio, Elizabeth Fry
Building, Queens building and MED.
1.4.5.3 Sports
Please access information about the Sportspark on the UEA website.
1.4.6 UEA Library
UEA Library holds collections of books and journals in print and online. The building is open
24-hours a day and access is by UEA campus card. Campus cards also act as your library
card enabling you to borrow and return library items. Trainees can access their UEA library
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