Marking Criteria for Clinical Practice Reports (CPRs)
Structure
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Introduction
Referral/request
Setting the service and
patient context
Culture and diversity issues
Initial hypothesis and
preliminary plan/s
Literature Review
Theoretical evidence
Research/experimental
evidence
Models for intervention
Evidence Base
Guidelines
This section should set the context for
the work for the markers. The initial
referral/request should be included in
the appendix. A brief description of the
service setting is required. Outline the
cultural/diversity factors that need to be
taken into account during the work.
Briefly
summarise
your
early
hypotheses and the rationale for your
approach.
(GM, R, PPSV, CT, OSIL)
This section should include a systematic
and thorough review of the relevant
literature
and
national
policies
underpinning the work. If there is a
large body of literature, filter this down
into the most relevant articles to your
work. If there is a dearth of literature,
extend the search to include articles that
might inform the work. If the focus of
the CPR is not a single case study, e.g.
extended assessment or consultancy,
you should include the relevant
literature that informs your approach to
Marking Criteria
Extensive
Strong and
convincing
evidence that the
work is of
professional
doctoral standard.
Demonstrates
advanced and
original scholarship
of a quality to
satisfy peer review.
Sufficient
Satisfactory or
good evidence that
the work is of
professional
doctoral standard.
Demonstrates
some scholarship
of a quality to
satisfy peer review.
Insufficient
Inadequate or no
evidence that the
work is of
professional
doctoral standard.
Demonstrates little
or no original
scholarship of a
quality to satisfy
peer review.
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Assessment of the
Problem/s
Methodology
Findings
Results of pre-intervention
measures
Risk
the work.
(GM, R, CT)
This section should be a systematic
account of the assessment of the
problem and should include a
description of how you gathered the
information, e.g. clinical interview,
standardized assessment tools, review
of
records,
discussions
with
family/colleagues/referrers.
The
relevant information gathered during the
assessment should be presented
succinctly and systematically to enable
the markers to make sense of
complexity. Potential risk issues should
be clearly identified. If the CPR is an
extended assessment, this section
should be extended to include more
detail relevant to the specific
assessment.
(PA, E, R, CT)
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Preliminary Formulation
and Goals
Written formulation
Goals
Intervention
Methodology
Risk Management
Reformulation
Alternative formulation
(optional)
A clear and concise written preliminary
formulation should be included along
with any accompanying figures and
tables to enable the markers to
understand
your
initial
clinical
impression. It is not sufficient to use
diagrams only. The formulation should
provide an understanding of the
problem, based on the information
gathered during the assessment. No new
information should be revealed in the
formulation section. With group work,
this can be individual formulations of
all members or a general summary of
the formulation of the whole group’s
difficulties. In consultancy work,
provide a formulation of the relevant
systemic issues that might underpin the
problems. The formulation may be
identified as single model or integrative
but it should follow logically from
previous sections in the report. Clearly
identify the client’s specific and
measurable goals for the work.
(PF, CT)
The intervention should flow logically
from the previous section/s. Clearly
identify your role and the roles of others
involved in the work. If the intervention
is unfinished, clearly state the reasons
for this. A positive approach to risk
management and monitoring should be
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included. Provide a reformulation based
on the original formulation model for
reasons of comparison and in order to
inform the evaluation. If you used a
single therapeutic model to inform the
intervention, you are encouraged to
provide an additional alternative
formulation informed by a pertinent
model.
(PI, CT)
Evaluate the work systematically and
Evaluation and Outcome
Results of post intervention display the relevant post intervention
measures. Clearly identify which
measures
aspects of the goals have been achieved,
Clinical evaluation of the
what aspects of the work were less
work
successful
and
provide
Further recommendations
recommendations as to how this might
inform future work.
(E, R, CT, OSIL)
This section should bring the CPR to a
Discussion
Strengths and weaknesses satisfactory close by way of a critical
analysis of the strengths and
of the work
Critical review of section weaknesses of the reviewed literature
and the work and any reflections as to
(3) and the work
what you might have done differently.
Conclusion
The report should end with a
concluding paragraph synthesizing all
the main issues and arguments within
the report to bring it to a close.
(GM, R, PPSV, CT, OSIL)
The report and any appendices should
Presentation
fulfill APA guidelines in terms of both
Contents Page
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APA
Grammar/Punctuation
Style
style and content (GM, R, CT)
Professional Issues
 No identifying details are
visible
 The issue of consent has
been explored and
explained appropriately
 The relevant professional
and ethical issues have been
explored.
BPS Competency Framework (2014)
2.2.1. Generalisable Metacompetencies (including Relationships) = GM
2.2.2. Psychological assessment = PA
2.2.3. Psychological formulation = PF
2.2.4. Psychological intervention = PI
2.2.5. Evaluation = E
2.2.6 Research = R
2.2.7 Personal and professional skills and values = PPSV
2.2.8 Communicating and teaching = CT
2.2.9 Organisational and systemic influence and leadership = OSIL