MSc Clinical and Health Psychology

This unit addresses key professional, academic and career development issues for working in clinical and health psychology. Topics covered include personal development, ethical and statutory obligations, and multidisciplinary working. 

• Consider the importance of reflection in academic activities and professional practice
• Discuss issues related to professional working in research and practice settings, including ethical and statutory obligations.
• Provide an understanding of potential career routes and provide opportunities for students to interact with people working or training in clinical, health, and research-related roles.  

• Understand the importance of reflection on studying, practice, and personal development
• Understand a range of potential career routes, and the pathways required for those career options
• Understand the legal and ethical frameworks relevant to research and practice in clinical and health psychology (in particular, BPS and HCPC).
• Consider what is means to be a socially responsible psychologist.
• Be able to present oneself confidently and positively in writing and in person 

Teaching will be delivered both online and on campus with synchronous (live) sessions and asynchronous teaching materials to enable students to prepare for live sessions. Canvas will be used to provide learning materials, podcasts, links to relevant materials and reading lists.

Canvas will also host a Padlet for students to raise any questions they might have and to gain feedback from staff and other students.

The on-campus sessions will consist of three master classes. These will examine and describe setting up projects including ethical considerations; the role of clinical and health psychologists and beginning to think about careers and employability the third will cover communicating research (including presentation skills) and dissemination of research.