MSc Health Psychology Skills Training Programme

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use library resources effectively, including specialist referencing software
• Plan, reflect on, and take responsibility for your continuing professional development
• Critically appraise published research
• Use basic project and time management techniques
• Use specialist data collection skills for your dissertation (e.g. survey software to implement online questionnaires, qualitative interviewing)

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Present your dissertation proposal and/or early results as an academic poster at the Psychology Postgraduate Conference
• Describe and demonstrate basic core applied health psychology skills: communication; teaching; consultancy
• Understand options for further training in health psychology and other sub-disciplines of psychology

The workshops will cover a range of topics and skills including: (i) skills specifically relevant to your personal development as an MSc Health Psychology student (e.g. taking responsibility for professional development); (ii) academic skills you will use throughout the programme (e.g. critical appraisal, advanced academic writing); (iii) skills specifically pertaining to your dissertation project (e.g. data collection); and (iv) a range of broad generic skills (e.g. time management, reflective practice, communication, research/funding). Workshops that focus on your dissertation will consider challenges that student commonly face, help you to problem-solve, and give you an opportunity to discuss your progress with your class-mates.

This programme consists of a series of short interactive workshops. These workshops will introduce you to the content matter and give you the opportunity to acquire new skills that are important not only for the MSc programme but also for your general skills development.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.