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PSY8060 Advanced Health Psychology

Semester 1, 2022 Ipswich On-campus
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Psychology and Wellbeing
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MCPS or MCPA or be undertaking the course as professional development

Overview

Many preventable causes of acute and chronic illness and premature death are associated with lifestyle and environment, in addition to socio-cultural (e.g., ethnicity), biological and physiological aetiologies. Also, the wellbeing of individuals already suffering from acute and chronic illness can be enhanced with psychological assistance in managing psychological aspects of symptoms and medical treatments, including working as psychologists in multi-disciplinary teams. In order to address lifestyle-related health issues and psychological aspects of chronic and acute illness management, practitioners need to understand the biopsychosocial factors in health, how to assess these factors, develop and provide appropriate interventions and assess outcomes; within contemporary multi-disciplinary contexts.

This course will examine biopsychosocial factors associated with mortality and morbidity in the Australian culture; and in working in multi-disciplinary teams across health contexts. It will consider research and theory relevant to health and lifestyle-related behaviour and pain management. A range of health attitudes, assessment methods and interventions will be reviewed, and students will use several of these methods in practice sessions-including theory and application with specific groups (e.g., ethnicity, Australian Indigenous clients). Attendance at the on-campus workshops/residential schools and 13 hours of online workshops are mandatory. Dates of the on-campus workshops/residential schools will be according to the 'Workshop Schedule' which will be emailed to students at the outset of the program.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. apply knowledge of evidence-based biopsychosocial factors in relation to acute and chronic health problem prevention, intervention and rehabilitation鈥攊ncluding the influence of cultural factors and culturally-responsive treatment approaches;
  2. appropriately select from and implement a range of assessment and intervention strategies relevant to these problems, and identified priority populations (e.g., Indigenous Australians);
  3. identify and assess the relationship between health attitudes and health behaviours, risk-taking and potential injury; recovery from surgical procedures and invasive diagnostic procedures; and how to effectively work within intra-professional teams to enhance patient outcomes;
  4. apply advanced knowledge of the interaction between stress, coping and support systems;
  5. incorporate knowledge of gender, age, and socio-economic disadvantage to the assessment and intervention of health-related behaviour and attitudes, in a culturally-responsive manner;
  6. integrate advanced knowledge and skills regarding motivational interviewing/stages of change;
  7. implement advanced intervention strategies for facilitating positive affect, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour related to pain management.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Concepts of health, personal wellness and self care in response to acute and chronic illness. 25.00
2. Lifestyle behavioural change promoting health and recovery, appropriate use of motivational interviewing strategies. 25.00
3. Psychological models of pain, its assessment and intervention. 25.00
4. Psychological models of chronic illness and disease, assessment and intervention. 25.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Marks, D.F., Murray, M., Evans, B., & Estacio, E.V 2020, Health Psychology: Theory, research, and practice, 6th edn, Sage Publications, London.
Rollnick, S, Miller, W & Butler, C 2008, Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behaviour, Guildford Press, New York.
White, CA 2001, Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic medical problems: A guide to assessment and treatment in practise, John Wiley, Chichester; New York.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Report No 50 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Practical Practical No 50 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Date printed 10 February 2023