Admission requirements
Open only for MSc students Health psychology, Occupational Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology.
Description
This elective course is developed to familiarize health psychology students with health psychology in practical settings. Six practicing 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
and pediatric psychology.
In addition, students will receive practical assignments from each health psychologist related to a case, assessment, consultation, intervention or other 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, counselling, interventions or health promotion through assignments
Students learn to reflect and comment on health psychology practice
Timetable
Health Psychology in Practice (2010-2011):
Mode of instruction
6 lectures (2 hours)
6 workgroups, with (group)assignments (4 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
Michie, S Abraham, C. (2004). Health psychology in practice (recommended)
Additional reading materials will be posted on blackboard
Registration
Introduction and enrolment for courses of the first semester will take place on 2 September 2010. Introduction and enrolment for courses of the second semester will take place on 27 January 2011. More information will be available at the website of the Institute of Psychology.
NB: Exam registration will take place via uSis, and will be open between a month and a week before the (re)exam. Students who haven’t registered, cannot participate in the exam.
Contact information
Dr. C. Verhoeven
Room 2B49
Tel: +31 (0)71 527 4069
E-mail: verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl