PS52052: Health psychology placement
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Psychology |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOI 25%, CWRI 50%, CWVI 25% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Poster (CWVI 25%)
- Oral presentation (CWOI 25%)
- Placement report (CWRI 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will:
- Develop skills required as autonomous researchers and for teamwork.
- Develop transferable skills that will prepare you for postgraduate employment or further study.
- Gain a range of skills by participating in placement related activities.
- Learn about the placement setting in which you have been placed.
- Develop reflective skills to enable you to thoughtfully consider what you have learned from your placement and how you may use these new skills, knowledge and experience in future study or employment.
- Develop skills in the areas of problem-based learning, communication, time management, administration and presentation.
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| Synopsis: | Your placement will give you the opportunity to enhance your skills as a scientist-practitioner.
You'll work closely with a professional in a health-related setting on a 16 week placement.
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| Content: | You will work alongside a professional in a health-related setting, where you will take part in the daily life of the institution where you work, participate in meetings with other professionals and clients, involve yourselves in on-going projects and undertake a research project that is analysed and presented as a dissertation.
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| Course availability: |
PS52052 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Psychology
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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