School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health and Clinical Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY5150
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eyal GRINGART

Description

This unit examines psychological, biological, and social influences on health. Examples of the application of basic psychological intervention strategies in health promotion, relapse prevention, and management of psychological effects of health conditions will be covered.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Perform and reflect on interpersonal communication and questioning skills for psychological practice.
  2. Explain how basic psychological intervention strategies apply across various contexts.
  3. Plan and implement approaches to ensure culturally responsive communication and application of psychological intervention strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Theoretical approaches to health psychology.
  2. Understanding the biological, social and psychological determinants of health and illness in general, and in relation to Aboriginal Australians.
  3. Knowledge of health systems and health care management.
  4. Knowledge of core psychological treatments and interventions in health settings.
  5. Primary and secondary health promotion, relapse prevention and coping with psychological effects of physical illness.
  6. Knowledge of specific topics in health and clinical psychology such as substance use and abuse, cardiovascular disease and stress.
  7. The body-mind connection, identifying stress, and inducing the relaxation response.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online delivery supported by online discussions and readings with an on-campus residential school (Joondalup campus).

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceVideo recorded interview and written reflection50%
ExerciseFormulating a culturally responsive psychological strategy50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health and Clinical Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY5150
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eyal GRINGART

Description

This unit examines psychological, biological, and social influences on health. Examples of the application of basic psychological intervention strategies in health promotion, relapse prevention, and management of psychological effects of health conditions will be covered.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Perform and reflect on interpersonal communication and questioning skills for psychological practice.
  2. Explain how basic psychological intervention strategies apply across various contexts.
  3. Plan and implement approaches to ensure culturally responsive communication and application of psychological intervention strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Theoretical approaches to health psychology.
  2. Understanding the biological, social and psychological determinants of health and illness in general, and in relation to Aboriginal Australians.
  3. Knowledge of health systems and health care management.
  4. Knowledge of core psychological treatments and interventions in health settings.
  5. Primary and secondary health promotion, relapse prevention and coping with psychological effects of physical illness.
  6. Knowledge of specific topics in health and clinical psychology such as substance use and abuse, cardiovascular disease and stress.
  7. The body-mind connection, identifying stress, and inducing the relaxation response.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online delivery supported by online discussions and readings with an on-campus residential school (Joondalup campus).

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceVideo recorded interview and written reflection50%
ExerciseFormulating a culturally responsive psychological strategy50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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