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On completion of this module students will:
• Recognise and respond to the challenges of health care delivery in the context of the Biopsychosocial model of health.
• Understand the key components associated with psychological assessment.
• Critique psychological theories that inform the management of chronic illness in Adults.
• Understand the nature of resilience (personal, interpersonal, and organisational).
• Apply sociological perspectives to understandings of health, illness, and health care delivery.
• Develop a critical and questioning understanding of health, illness, and social dynamics in healthcare.
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health.
Psychological theories related to the management of chronic illness.
Psychological Assessment.
Positive Psychology - compassion and resilience theories to support self-care.
Sociology of childhood and family.
Health inequalities by virtue of class.
Ethnicity and gender.
Sociology of mental illness.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Conversation Class | 5 |
Specified Learning Activities | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 90 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Answer a Clinical Question (1,000 words) OR Case Study- Written assignment (1,000 words) OR Case Study- Recorded 10 min power point presentation (10 Slides) |
Week 9 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Assignment: 1000 word essay (excluding reference list) | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Online automated feedback
A discussion forum will be available to students throughout the module. Question and Answer sessions will be held throughout the module to support student's learning.
Name | Role |
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Miss Breda Connaughton | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Hasheem Mannan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Denise O'Brien | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sarah Sinnamon | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |