AGIP

Written Work

AGIP considers that written work is a helpful way of enabling trainees to integrate theoretical learning with their clinical experience. It is also a useful way of monitoring and assessing the trainees' levels of understanding. Therefore, trainees are expected to produce pieces of written work at regular intervals during the training.

Trainees will be asked to write:

• an essay on aspects of Freud's theory
• an essay comparing theories of Freud, Jung and Klein through their application to a chosen fairy tale
• an essay analysing a key concept from the second year's seminars
• short clinical papers summarising the development of their work with training patients.
• a brief report on the psychiatric placement.
• an infant observation paper tracing the development of the individual baby observed.
• Other written submissions may be required as appropriate.

As the training AGIP offers covers the breadth of psychoanalytic thinking, trainees are required to produce a longer paper (10,000 words - called the 'Final Paper') towards the end of the fourth year. This paper is based on their individual experience of clincial work and their growing knowledge and understanding of psychoanalytic models.

All written work and participation in seminars will be monitored and assessed.

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