Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Fall 2020 - PSYC 365 D100

Health Psychology (3)

Class Number: 3166

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 16, 2020
    Wed, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PSYC 201.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explores applications of psychological principles to health and health care. The development of the field of health psychology is traced and major topics introduced. Topics include health promotion, the hospital experience, communication in medical settings, coping with serious illness, psychoneuroimmunology, and field-specific methodology.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course explores the application of psychological principles to the field of health and health care within the context of the Canadian health care delivery system. The development of the field of health psychology is traced and major topics introduced. Topics include stress and coping, health promotion, the hospital experience, communication in medical settings, coping with serious illness, psychoneuroimmunology, pain, physical activity, working in the health professions and field-specific methodology

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  1. To learn the fundamental concepts and theories of health psychology.
  2. To apply these concepts and theories to better understand health-related behaviour as it is manifest in daily living.
  3. To apply these concepts and theories to better understand the provision of health care.
  4. To better understand how the fundamental concepts and theories of health psychology can be used to improve health and health care.
  5. To become more articulate communicators of our ideas.

Grading

  • Tentative Breakdown:
  • Mid-Term Exams: 40%
  • Writing Assignments: 25%
  • Final Exam: 35%

NOTES:

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of health psychology. This will be done through an emphasis on the Canadian health care delivery system. Health psychology is concerned with the contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the identification of etiologic and diagnostic concerns. Given that health psychology is primarily an applied discipline, the focus of the course will be on the applications of health psychology in the health field.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Poole, Gary. , Matheson, Deborah., & Cox, David N. (2016). The Psychology of Health and Health Care: A Canadian Perspective. (5th Canadian edition); Pearson, Toronto, Ontario


 


Registrar Notes:

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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020

Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).