Health Psychology MSc

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** <br/><br/>**Course summary:**<br/>- Meet the British Psychological Societys (BPS) Stage 1 requirements for progression to becoming a Health Psychologist.<br/><br/><br/>- Gain knowledge, skills, values and academic approach to secure employment or career development within a variety of health-related settings.<br/><br/><br/>- Successfully completing the course provides you with the skills to progress onto Stage 2 Health Psychology training including the BPS accredited Doctoral Programme in Health Psychology, which confers eligibility for registration as a Practitioner Health Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. <br/><br/><br/>**How you learn:**<br/>All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.<br/><br/>The course content includes perspectives and contexts in health research and practice, introduction to research methods, health cognitions and behaviour, biopsychosocial determinants of acute illness, applications and practice of health psychology, client groups and stakeholders, advanced research methods and a research project.<br/><br/>You learn through:<br/><br/><br/>- online study<br/><br/><br/>- group work<br/><br/><br/>- problem solving<br/><br/><br/>- practitioner skills workshops<br/><br/><br/>- research conferences<br/><br/><br/>Modules combine online learning with weekly on-campus study days. This provides flexible learning opportunities to enable a diverse range of students to study alongside employment and/or family commitments. <br/><br/>Our course leaders are experts in clinical health practitioner work in private practice and in the NHS. The course includes an introduction to a range of applied skills that you will practice during on-campus study days.<br/><br/>Applied practitioner skills include:<br/><br/><br/>- motivational interviewing techniques<br/><br/><br/>- conflict resolution skills relevant to working in multidisciplinary healthcare teams<br/><br/><br/>- consultation and collaborative treatment planning<br/><br/><br/>- solution-focused counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)<br/><br/><br/>- the communication of bad news<br/><br/><br/>- critical self-reflection and ethical reasoning<br/><br/><br/>**Applied learning - Live projects**<br/>This course aims to provide you with the ability to use your work or voluntary experience within a health-related setting to aid your learning and training. For example, work-based reflection is a core element of the healthcare contexts module and is designed to contribute to your continuing personal and professional development.<br/><br/>If you do not work in a health related setting, we have a careers workshop and a dedicated careers adviser who can help you find suitable employment or voluntary work. The course leadership team can also advise on what types of work will be suitable for your work-based reflection.<br/><br/>In the research project module we focus on developing the personal and academic skills needed to carry out research and importantly, to manage your research project, for example analytic skills, oral communication skills, and time planning skills.<br/><br/>You will use a Personal Development Plan (PDP) to store evidence of your progress and development in all modules and to reflect on your progress and plan actions to improve.<br/><br/>**Networking opportunities**<br/>Specialist research seminars, delivered by members of the department and guest speakers are used to deepen knowledge and understanding of the course content.<br/><br/>All our courses are well supported by a comprehensive suite of career management services including interview training, and networking opportunities. We also have a week of dedicated focus on employability to give you early orientation to career opportunities.