Compare
There are no other study programmes for comparison
 | Loading… |
Search study programmes for comparison:
Compare
Health Psychology
Institutions providing this programme
Programmes with similar name
Programmes granting same qualifications
Summary of the Profile
Objective(s) of a study programme:
Health psychology master’s programme is designed to prepare specialists capable to apply the theories and methods of psychology to health promotion and disease prevention recognizing and influencing psychological-behavioural and social factors related to health and disease participating in all stages of treatment of chronic disease and rehabilitation, doing research and striving for better individual and community health related quality of life.
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of the programme the students will have acquired the following competencies:
1. To know the background of health psychology development, linkages to core psychology and medicine, scientific and practical concepts relating health psychology to health care practice.
2. To know neuroendocrinological mechanisms as biological basis for health, psyche, behaviour and psychopharmacological treatment of disorders within a context of bio-psycho-social model,
3. To understand and be able to make assessment of cognitive-emotional reactions to illness and its bio-psycho-social consequences. Working within multidisciplinary teams in health care system to apply consultation, health education and other psychological methods for health promotion, maintenance, prevention of non communicable diseases, disability and premature death, and evaluate effectiveness of psychological interventions.
4. To know mechanism of addictive diseases, its consequences to the well-being of the person, family and community; to know possibilities for psychological prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of addicted patients.
5. To be able to recognize psychological-behavioural-social risk factors for non communicable disease mechanisms of its genesis, changes through the life span, interrelationships and prevalence within different social groups depending on age, gender and education level; to be able to evaluate effectiveness of psychological interventions for diminishing risk factors.
6. To know principal mechanisms of the development of non communicable diseases within the context of bio-psycho-social model. To be able to differentiate: a)behaviour adequate to medical, hygienic, social or health norms from problematic behaviour b) symptoms from syndromological pattern and c) disease’s features from its psychosocial consequences to health.
7. To know methods of psychological assessment of life style, risk factors and psychosocial consequences of diseases and to be able to fulfil the objectives for health promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation within health care systems.
8. To know methodology of science for research and investigations in health psychology; be able to plan, organize and accomplish scientific research of psychological-behavioural-social factors as related to health promotion, disease prevention and rehabilitation within the multidimensional team in health care system.
9. To know requirements settled in health care system of biomedical, psychological ethics, law and legislation and be able to follow it within the multidisciplinary team. To understand consequences of social policy to health, morbidity, mortality and fulfilment of health care mission.
Activities of teaching and learning:
student-oriented, research-based activities of teaching and learning such as seminars, students’ independent work, lectures, individual and group counselling, teamwork, real-time communication with students via electronic devices; literature analysis, discussions, brain-storming, case analysis, simulation of situations, role-play, teamwork, reflection, teamwork project presentation and reviewing, etc.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
continuous assessment using cumulative point system: written exams, practice, case analysis, projects and their presentation, etc.
Specialisations:
-
Optional courses:
A student may choose additional subjects of the same or other study area (12 credit points);
Distinctive features of a study programme:
some subjects are taught in English.
