Module Descriptors
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC80420
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 8
45 credits
Contact
Leader: Rachel Povey
Email: R.Povey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 426
Total Learning Hours: 450
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Individual supervision sessions with Chartered Health Psychologists, placement learning, independent study, professional skills workshop.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Professional Skills Logbook (Maximum 8,000 words) : Students must keep a logbook for at least two years, indicating how they have developed as a professional Health Psychologist. This should include:
Outcome 1:
Reference to the development and maintenance of systems for legal, ethical and professional standards in health psychology (including in health psychology research);
Outcome 2:
Reflections on their personal development as a professional Health Psychologist;
Outcome 3:
1. Examples where they have given health psychology advice and guidance to others (including assessment of needs, and evaluation of advice given); and
2. Examples of situations where they have provided feedback to clients (including evaluation of needs, preparation of feedback, and reflections on presentation of feedback).
3. Examples of development of team-working skills, including issues around development and maintenance of appropriate boundaries, communication skills, and confidentiality issues.
Assessment Criteria
A pass in a module will require all of the following
evidence of critical evaluation of knowledge at the forefront of the discipline;
ability to create and interpret new knowledge
ability to present this at a standard suitable to satisfy peer review
demonstration that you have acquired the skills necessary to practice as a Health Psychologist, including practising with regard to ethical principles, and accepting accountability for decision making.
Outcome 1:
Reference to the development and maintenance of systems for legal, ethical and professional standards in health psychology (including in health psychology research);
Outcome 2:
Reflections on their personal development as a professional Health Psychologist;
Outcome 3:
1. Examples where they have given health psychology advice and guidance to others (including assessment of needs, and evaluation of advice given); and
2. Examples of situations where they have provided feedback to clients (including evaluation of needs, preparation of feedback, and reflections on presentation of feedback).
3. Examples of development of team-working skills, including issues around development and maintenance of appropriate boundaries, communication skills, and confidentiality issues.
Assessment Criteria
A pass in a module will require all of the following
evidence of critical evaluation of knowledge at the forefront of the discipline;
ability to create and interpret new knowledge
ability to present this at a standard suitable to satisfy peer review
demonstration that you have acquired the skills necessary to practice as a Health Psychologist, including practising with regard to ethical principles, and accepting accountability for decision making.
Module Resources
CD-ROM and web based databases to review current relevant literature in electronic database format.
Internet access.
Thompson library, Resource rooms (Psychology and general in Mellor Building)
Computer terminals
Internet access.
Thompson library, Resource rooms (Psychology and general in Mellor Building)
Computer terminals
Module Special Admissions Requirements
You must satisfy these admission requirements
1. hold an honours degree recognised by the British Psychological Society as offering Graduate Basis for Registration AND
2. have completed British Psychological Society Stage One training in Health Psychology (a BPS accredited MSc in Health Psychology)
1. hold an honours degree recognised by the British Psychological Society as offering Graduate Basis for Registration AND
2. have completed British Psychological Society Stage One training in Health Psychology (a BPS accredited MSc in Health Psychology)
Module Texts
Belbin, M. (1993). Team roles at work. Oxford: Butterworth.
Bersoff, D. (1996). Ethical Conflicts in Psychology. Washington DC: APA
BPS (2005). Code of Conduct. BPS.org.uk/documents/code/pdf
Lindsay, G. & Colley, A. (1995). Ethical dilemmas of members of the Society. The Psychologist, October, 448-453.
Marks, D. (2002). The Health Psychology Reader. London: Sage.
Michie, S. & Abraham, C. (2004). Health Psychology in Practice. Oxford: Blackwell.
Bersoff, D. (1996). Ethical Conflicts in Psychology. Washington DC: APA
BPS (2005). Code of Conduct. BPS.org.uk/documents/code/pdf
Lindsay, G. & Colley, A. (1995). Ethical dilemmas of members of the Society. The Psychologist, October, 448-453.
Marks, D. (2002). The Health Psychology Reader. London: Sage.
Michie, S. & Abraham, C. (2004). Health Psychology in Practice. Oxford: Blackwell.
Module Indicative Content
Development and maintenance of systems for legal, ethical and professional standards in health psychology (including in health psychology research); reflecting on professional practice; giving health psychology advice and guidance to others (including assessment of needs, and evaluation of advice given); providing feedback to clients (including evaluation of needs, preparation of feedback, and reflections on presentation of feedback); and team-working skills (including issues around development and maintenance of appropriate boundaries, communication skills, and confidentiality issues).