Admission requirements
Master’s students Psychology preferably with specialisation Health psychology, Occupational Health Psychology or Clinical Psychology.
Description
This elective course is developed to familiarize psychology students with health psychology in practical settings. Six practising health psychologists will describe in the sessions the background and essential tasks of:
their work
covering primary health care
health promotion
counseling
coaching
psychology in general hospitals
rehabilitation settings
paediatric psychology.
In addition, students will receive practical assignments from each health psychologist related to a case, an assessment, a consultation, an intervention or another professional action.
Course objectives
Students get to know the backgrounds and essential tasks of health psychologists in practical settings
Students will get a better perspective of future jobs and requirements to acquire these jobs
Students acquire skills concerning diagnosis, counseling, interventions and health promotion through assignments
Students learn to reflect and comment on health psychology practice
Timetable
Health Psychology in Practice (2013-2014):
Mode of instruction
6 lectures (2 hours)
6 workgroups with (group)assignments (3 hours)
Final endpaper
NB. Presence in all sessions is obligatory, missing one session (when announced beforehand and with reason) can be compensated with an alternative assignment. Missing more sessions is not allowed.
Assessment method
The grade will be composed of the final endpaper (80%) and assignments (20%).
From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the information concerning fraud .
Blackboard
Information on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl
Reading list
- Reading materials are posted on blackboard
Registration
Course enrolment
Students need to enrol for the course via uSis on the master’s introduction and course enrolment day that takes place at the start of each semester. Please, consult the master’s agenda Psychology.
Contact information
Dr. C. Verhoeven
Room 2B49
Tel: +31 (0)71 527 4069
E-mail: verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl