Research Masters
Course: Health Psychology; advanced course
Building on the course “Health Psychology”, this course focuses on four important themes in the field of health psychology, namely etiology of illness and survival, advances in health behaviour theory & research, psychological interventions for patients with a somatic illness, and dyadic coping. The aim is to provide knowledge and insight in the most recent developments in psychological and medical-sociological theories relevant for theory-driven research in medical settings, as well as for evaluating the effects of psychosocial interventions among patients with a somatic disease.
Each topic will be addressed in two meetings (2 hours each).
1. During the first meeting, the group will discuss relevant literature. Students receive a reading assignment to prepare themselves for this discussion.
2. For the second meeting, students will receive a writing assignment (± 750 words), which can vary from “write a critical review of the literature” to “write a newspaper article based on the literature”. During the meeting, students will receive feedback from fellow students and the teacher.
The course will be completed with a final assignment. Students have to search for additional literature and write an essay with respect to one of the four research themes. One of the teachers will supervise and be available for providing feedback. The paper will be graded by the teacher and the coordinator.
Material
Compulsory: Selected papers (will be distributed at the start of the course)
Grading based on writing assignments
The first four writing assignments make up 50% of the final grade, the final assignment makes up the other 50% of the grade:
(Mean(Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3, Assignment 4) + Final Assignment) / 2.
For this course basic knowledge of Health Psychology is required.
The deadline for the assignment is 17:00 h, Thursday, May 28
Preliminary schedule
Session
| Date | Theme | Task | Time | Teacher |
Meeting 1 | Tuesday March 3 | Introduction |
| 13.00-13.30 | Hagedoorn |
Meeting 2 | Thursday March 12 | Dyadic coping | Reading assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Hagedoorn |
Meeting 3 | Thursday March 19 | Dyadic coping | Writing assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Hagedoorn |
Meeting 4 | Tuesday March 24 | Advances in health behaviour change models
| Reading assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Pool |
Meeting 5 | Tuesday March 31 | Etiology of illness and survival
| Reading assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Ranchor/van Tuijl |
Meeting 6 | Tuesday April 7 | Etiology of illness and survival | Writing assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Ranchor/ van Tuijl |
Meeting 7 | Thursday April 16 | Psychological interventions | Reading assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Sanderman |
Meeting 8 | Thursday April 23 | Advances in health behaviour change models
| Writing assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Pool |
Meeting 9 | Thursday April 30 | Psychological interventions | Writing assignment | 13.00-15.00 | Sanderman |
Meeting 10 | Thursday April 30 | Introduction final assignment |
| 15.00-15.30 | Hagedoorn |
Meeting 11 | Student makes appointment with teacher | Individual meeting with teacher | Feedback on final assignment |
| One of the above |
Coordinator
prof. dr. M. Hagedoorn, e-mail mariet.hagedoorn@umcg.nl, 050-3616662
Teachers
prof. dr. M. Hagedoorn
dr. G. Pool, e-mail g.pool@umcg.nl
prof. dr. A.V. Ranchor, e-mail a.v.ranchor@umcg.nl
prof. dr. R. Sanderman, e-mail r.sanderman@umcg.nl
Date
March 3–May 28, 2020
Time
13:00–17:00
EC (with exam)
5
Location address
Groningen
Course coordinator
- Prof. Mariët Hagedoorn
Language
English
Vacancies
enough