Admission requirements
None
Description
Brief introductory description of the course (max 250 words). Please include course subject and teaching materials used.
In this course you will learn about the fundamentals of health psychology. We’ll dive into the role of behaviour, cognitions, emotions, and our environment. We explore how they influence people’s health status and how these mechanisms work among people who are chronically ill or at risk for chronic illness. Throughout this course we will make you familiar with the building blocks of designing an intervention by addressing a health problem of a specific target group. In the final on campus week you will be guided through the steps of intervention mapping and design thinking by, amongst others, exploring the health problem by building a logic model, involving members of your target group (i.e. establishing cocreation), developing a prototype of your intervention, and making a plan for implementation. At the end of this course you will deliver a presentation and a report on your intervention.
Course objectives
Concise description of the course objectives formulated in terms of knowledge, insight and skills students will have acquired at the end of the course. The relationship between these objectives and achievement levels for the programme should be evident. (max 150 words)
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
Analyse and categorize determinants of health behaviour
Can justify which determinants are suitable for intervention development
Assess and deploy self-management and coping strategies in risk populations
Can tailor health promotion and disease prevention strategies to needs of specific risk/target groups
Can compare health behaviour interventions for a specific risk/target group and reflect on strengths and weaknesses
Are able to create an intervention that fits the needs and skills of a target population
Timetable
The timetable is published on the LUMC roostersite or can be found via the LUMC scheduling app.
Mode of instruction
Online education
Group work
Lectures
Assessment method
Students are assessed according to the following three obligatory components
Week 1-2 – Online:
20% Peer review assessment
Week 3 – On Campus:
30% Group presentation
Week 4 – Final week:
50% Final assignment
All components together make up the grade for the course. It is compulsory to participate in each of the components in order to receive a grade
Details on the assessment can be found in the assessment plan on Brightspace
A minimum result of 5,5 for the overall assessment is required to pass.
Resit
If the result is less than 5,5 or if the student didn’t participate in one of the components, the student is given the opportunity to resit the assessment as one assignment that covers all the learning goals of the course.
Reading list
The reading list can be found on Brigthspace. These are given as presentations and pdf files. There is no need to purchase literature, as the presented material is not commercialized.
Registration
Registration must be done via uSis at the latest 5 days before the start of the course. Registration in uSis gives you automatic access to the course in Brightspace.
Contact
Contact information
Dr. Sandra van Dijk
sdijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
This course is a combination of online ecucation and on campus Education at Leiden University Campus The Hague.