Professional Development Programme
The Department of Industrial Psychology of Stellenbosch Universityhas identified that interns completing their formal internships lack exposure, skills training and competency development in key areas of the formal internship programme as prescribed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). As such the Department of Industrial Psychology has undertaken efforts to provide Interns with exposure, skills training, and competency development in the key areas, through arranging workshops and skills training sessions to develop their competencies in the identified key areas, this initiative is referred to as the professional development programme (PDP) short course.
The PDP Short course is comprised of nine (9) workshops:
Course Name / Topic(s) / Number of participants / Date / Venue / Cost / Presenter(s)1 / Testing and Assessment 1 / JvR: Psychometric Assessment Workshop
CEB/SHL: The Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32r) – A case study / 16 / 31th March / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R450.00 / Henriette Venterl (JvR)
Johan Struwig (CEB/SHL)
2 / Professional Ethics 1 / Professional Ethics for Industrial Psychologists / 16 / 15th April / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R450.00 / Michele Boonzaier (US Lecturer)
3 / Personnel Psychology 1 / Employee Relationship Management / 8 / 12th to 13th May /
- 1st floor, Tijger Park 2 Office Block
- Willie van Schoor Avenue
- Bellville, 7530,
4 / Career Psychology / Career Counselling – A practical approach to the process / 16 / 23rd to 30th June / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R2000.00 / Michelle Visser (US Lecturer)
5 / Assessment Centres / The Use and Application of the Assessment Centre Simulations / 12 / 11th to 15th July / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R2500.00 / Jerome Gardner and Terry Durant
6 / Personnel Psychology 2 / Chairing Disciplinary Hearings / 8 / 19th August /
- 1st floor, Tijger Park 2 Office Block
- Willie van Schoor Avenue
- Bellville, 7530,
7 / Organisational Development / Organisational Development Interventions / 16 / 9th September / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R450.00 / Johan Ludik(OIM Consulting)
8 / Testing and Assessment 2 / Mindmuzik Media: Assessment Workshop
Psytech: Tutorial on Assessment Instruments - A case study / 16 / 14th October / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R450.00 / Laure Kirsten-Otto (Mindmuzik)
Babette Barnard (Psytech)
9 / Professional Ethics 2 / SABPP Ethics pillars for business / 16 / 11th November / Hons Room 1041
Dep Indust Psych / R450.00 / Bonnie Johansen (Chair: WC SABPP)