MAINTAINING HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN - 2020/1
Module code: PSYM022
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in a departure from previous academic years and previously published information, the University has had to change the delivery (and in some cases the content) of its programmes, together with certain University services and facilities for the academic year 2020/21.
These changes include the implementation of a hybrid teaching approach during 2020/21. Detailed information on all changes is available at: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/coronavirus/course-changes. This webpage sets out information relating to general University changes, and will also direct you to consider additional specific information relating to your chosen programme.
Prior to registering online, you must read this general information and all relevant additional programme specific information. By completing online registration, you acknowledge that you have read such content, and accept all such changes.
Module Overview
This module provides students with advanced knowledge and understanding of methods, theory and practice in developing and maintaining health throughout the life span. This module has been designed in accordance with requirements (stage 1) of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology accreditation criteria. This module addresses the following curriculum areas for a British Psychological Society accredited Health Psychology Masters degree: contexts and perspectives in health psychology, physiological and psychosomatic disease processes, client groups and other stakeholders, health-related behavior and cognitions, interventions, measurement issues and professional issues. This module will help students to better understand how health psychology theory can be used in health across the lifespan.
Module provider
Psychology
Module Leader
CROPLEY Mark (Psychology)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
JACs code: C841
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Module Availability
Semester 1
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
None
Module content
Indicative content includes:
- Eating
- Physical Health: a visit to the Surrey Human Performance Institute
- Exercise
- Illness cognition
- Stress and illness and coping
- Sleep: disorders and interventions
- Addiction
- Smoking
- Health promotion i - introduction to Health promotion & ethical issues
- Preventative medicine: vaccinations
- Health promotion ii - evidenced based health promotion
NB: This timetable is subject to minor fluctuation due to availability of external speakers
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | ESSAY 2000 WORDS | 50 |
| Coursework | PRACTICAL EXERCISE 2000 WORDS | 50 |
Alternative Assessment
N/A
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate a thorough understanding of key theories and evidence to be able to apply this to patient behaviour in a clinical setting.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
Coursework: Essay 2000 Words (addresses learning outcomes: 1, 2) Submission: Week 5
Practical Exercise: 2000 Words (addresses learning outcomes: 1, 2) Submission: Week 11
Formative assessment
Student will receive formative assessment based on group exercises and case studies completed in class.
Feedback
Students will receive written feedback on their two assignments
Module aims
- Introduce students to the different principals, health psychology theories used in lifespan research
- Help students understand the principles of health promotion and ethical
- To evaluate the evidence-base of health promotion
- Introduce students to different ways to maintain health across the lifespan
- Help students to communicate their work in two different format
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critically assess health psychology research in the form of a systematic review | KCPT |
| 2 | To critically evaluate published theories and research | KCPT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Overall student workload
Independent Study Hours: 128
Lecture Hours: 22
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:
Expose students to health psychology knowledge in the area of lifespan development and to ways of evaluate the empirical evidence.
The learning and teaching methods include:
11 x 2hr lectures including in-class discussion and learning exercises
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: PSYM022
Programmes this module appears in
| Programme | Semester | Classification | Qualifying conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Psychology MSc | 1 | Compulsory | A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module |
| Research Methods in Psychology MSc | 1 | Optional | A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module |
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.