Placement Review is the online platform used by Australian and New Zealand universities to evaluate Clinical and Professional Psychology trainees during placement — with validated tools, structured reports, and trainee self-assessment built in.
Two purpose-built competency assessment tools, supporting trainees and supervisors at every stage of the placement.
A combination of the Clinical Psychology Placement Rating Scale (CΨPRS) and the Vignette Matching Assessment Tool (VMAT) — chart trainee progress across 14 competence domains using a visual analogue scale.
The Practicum Competencies Assessment Measure (PCAM) is designed specifically for Master of Professional Psychology programs (APAC Level 3 standalone), with a categorical scale across 14 domains.
See every active supervised placement at a glance. Open a placement, complete Mid or End ratings, release reports to your trainee — all in one place.
Clinical Psychology trainees complete structured self-evaluations at Mid and End Placement. Compare your perspective against supervisor ratings once your placement rating is released.
For decades, evaluating practitioner competence in psychology has been an important — but difficult — problem. Placement Review grew from a multi-site research programme committed to making competence assessment objective, valid, and consistent.
Placement Review supports both sides of the supervised practicum — with the right tools for each.
A consortium of subscribing universities and education institutions offering postgraduate Clinical Psychology and Professional Psychology programs.
Funding for an initial version of this project was provided by the 2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Council Research Grant and the 2014 Office of Learning & Teaching Innovation and Development Research Grant. Today it is developed and funded by a consortium of subscribing institutions.
"Innovations in competence assessment: Design and initial validation of the Vignette Matching Assessment Tool (VMAT)."
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