The final project required for graduation is a case defence. Candidates have to prepare, under guidance, a formal case report expressing their ability to organise and analyse relevant information for diagnosis, intervention planning and treatment. The case report will be presented to a panel consisting of faculty and/or others from the psychology profession. The competency exam is a comprehensive review of the understanding of the critical knowledge, ethics and practice of clinical psychology at master level training capacity.

 Students should achieve the following objectives in this course: 1. Gain familiarity with theory and research on case formulation. 2. Gain supervised experience and competence in preparing and presenting a formal case formulation that involves the integration of diagnosis and assessment information into a formal treatment plan.