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PSYPRO4800

Main Training

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 30
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Supervised training

About

About the course

Course content

During the main practoice the students will be given placements at various workplaces for psychologists and will be engaged in psychologist tasks under the supervision of an experienced psychologist. External internship lasts for 26 weeks including participation in a two week seminar; ”Public administration and management” and ”Psychological discipline ethics and legal regulations of psychological practice”. The seminars requires 80 % obligatory attendance.Main practicewill give students the opportunity to integrate psychological theory with psychological practice, and experience how psychological theory and method can be used and adapted to the tasks of the psychologist working area.Possible internship placements are workplaces where psychological skills are applied. This may involve different types of practice such as child and adult clinical psychology, neuropsychology, family counseling, substance abuse treatment, community placements, and organizational psychology placements. Methods and theoretical challenges will therefore be very different depending on the placement. The internship will be an opportunity for learning and for developing various types of knowledge depending on the type of problem area. Although the students during the internship will practice psychological tasks under supervision, it is expected that they primarily will function on their own depending on their professional and personal prerequisites. Students will be evaluated and their performance approved according to specific guidelines. There will be direct contact among the university, student and supervisor during the internship.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • The student can apply relevant theories within psychology depending on relevant problems in different jobs.
  • The student can implement psychological work under guidance.

Skills:

  • The student can integrate theoretical and practical skills when it comes to later independent work.

General competence:

  • The student has competence when it comes to applying and developing the methodological competence within different areas of psychology.

Learning methods and activities

Two hours of tutorial guidance per week during the period. Two compulsory seminars are also included: 1. Psychological discipline ethics and legal regulations of the psychological practice (24 hours). 2. Public administration and management (36 hours). This course is evaluated according to the Guidelines for the implementation and evaluation of clinical practice.

Compulsory assignments

  • 80% attendance seminar
  • 80% attendance seminar

Further on evaluation

Internship: Students are assessed based on evaluation interviews with a representative from IPS and a supervisor, as well as feedback from the supervisor at the conclusion of the practice.

The student is allowed to take the course once more if the first attempt is assessed as not passed. In case of failure, the course and all mandatory activities must be retaken. The course is evaluated in accordance with the "Guidelines for the Implementation and Evaluation of Clinical Practice."

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Clinical Psychology Programme, 6 years (CPSY6)

Required previous knowledge

Passed exams in PSYPRO4110, PSYPRO4111, PSYPRO4117, PSYPRO4201, PSYPRO4112, PSYPRO4115, PSYPRO4116, PSYPRO4202, PSYPRO4113, PSYPRO4315, PSYPRO4415, PSYPRO4203, PSYPRO4114, PSYPRO4313, PSYPRO4413, PSYPRO4204, PSYPRO4312, PSYPRO4412, PSYPRO4317, PSYPRO4318, PSYPRO4314, PSYPRO4414, PSYPRO4316, PSYPRO4501, PSYPRO4502, PSYPRO4506, PSYPRO4416, PSYPRO4601, PSYPRO4602, PSYPRO4603, PSYPRO4604, PSYPRO4606. In addition to these and Experts in Teamwork and Perspective course

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
PSYPRO4090 30 sp Autumn 2011
PSYK4800 30 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Psychology

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Psychology

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Supervised training
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Supervised training
Weighting 100/100 Duration 26 weeks Exam system Inspera Assessment