Modiwl PHP-3006:
Topics in Illness & Disability
Topics in Illness and Disability 2023-24
PHP-3006
2023-24
School Of Human And Behavioural Sciences
Module - Semester 2
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Valerie Morrison
Overview
Models of health and illness; biomedical, social-environmental and biopsychosocial models of disability; illness perceptions and the self-regulation of illness; the role of assistive technology; coping; pain; cognitive, emotional and behavioural models of illness outcomes; families and disease; carer strain and gain; assessing patient outcomes, mood and QoL; dr-patient communication and healthcare decision-making; developing and evaluating interventions
Assessment Strategy
-threshold -(D) Adequate answer to the question, largely based on lecture material. No real development of arguments or evidence of critique.
-good -(B) Reasonably comprehensive coverage of both the underlying theory and empirical material relevant to health psychology. Well organised and structured answer demonstrating a good understanding of health psychology concepts and their application in research and practice
-excellent -(A) Comprehensive and accurate coverage of the area demonstrating a synthesis of relevant material, clarity of argument and expression. Depth of insight into theoretical issues with back up from empirical evidence base showing a strong grasp of health psychology concepts and their application in research and practice.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate how theory is applied in psychological assessments common to the practice of health psychology by means of evaluation published intervention studies in terms of their processes and outcomes.
- Demonstrate understanding of current theories of responses to illness through critical evaluation of competing explanations of illness and disability (cultural, social, individual, biomedical), and place these within contemporary health psychology.
- Interpret and demonstrate understanding of empirical findings from correlational, prospective or
interventional studies in terms of their relevance to a) assessment b) theory and c)
healthcare practice and intervention
- Review and sythesise empirical evidence so as to generate a proposal for a theoretically derived and evidence-based intervention targeted at patients, their informal carers, or health care practitioners.
- Understand the principles underlying biomedical and biopsychosocial explanations of illness and how these underpin theories of symptom perception, interpretation and coping response
Assessment method
Group Presentation
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Group presentation of journal article (possibly online)
Weighting
30%
Assessment method
Class Test
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Exam
Weighting
40%
Assessment method
Other
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Poster -Intervention Development and Display (answering Qs, not presenting) See Blackboard guide. SUBMIT 2/5/23, PLUS bring a A3 printed copy for display and questioning on 5//5/23. NO display and question session attendance, no mark
Weighting
30%
Due date
02/05/2023