University of Stirling
MSc Health Psychology
Stirling, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioural processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioural, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness.
Health Psychologists promote healthier lifestyles. They try to find ways to encourage people to improve their health and also to improve the healthcare system as a whole. For example, helping people to lose weight or stop smoking, or advising healthcare providers on better ways to communicate with their patients.
Top reasons to study with us
#1 Successful completion of this course fulfils Stage 1 of the requirements towards Chartered Membership of the Society and full membership of the Division of Health Psychology
#2 We’re ranked 2nd in Scotland and top 10 in the UK for Psychology (National Student Survey 2022)
#3 100% overall student satisfaction with MSc Health Psychology (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2022)
Curriculum
You’ll learn to use your knowledge of psychology to promote general wellbeing and understand physical illness. We will teach you the skills needed to help people deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of health and illness, and to support people who have long-term conditions.
Our MSc Health Psychology has an experiential focus and emphasises the application of health psychology to real world settings. The course includes contributions from health psychology trainees and healthcare practitioners. You will carry out a brief observational placement in a health related setting, which can include third sector (charities) or industry, and the NHS (virtual or in person). You’ll usually arrange this placement yourself with support from the course team.
This Masters in Health Psychology is designed to meet the British Psychological Society’s requirements for Stage 1 training towards professional Health Psychologist status. Through formal teaching and practical experience, you’ll acquire relevant skills and core competencies as a basis for professional training in health psychology (Stage Two) or other applications of psychology to health issues.
Work placements
You’ll carry out a brief observational placement in a health or social care setting, which can include third sector (charities), industry or the NHS (virtual or in-person). You’ll usually arrange this placement yourself with support from the course team.
Course details
You'll take three modules in each semester with a research project over the spring and summer months.
Teaching
We combine formal teaching, workshops and practical experience of health psychology applications.
Where possible, each of the course modules will include teaching input from practitioners and health psychology trainees working with individuals or groups, either in a research or service delivery context.