Medical Psychology

Year
3
Academic year
2015-2016
Code
01014395
Subject Area
Introduction to Medicine and Clinical Practice
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
3.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

No preriquistes

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes: Presentation

Pratical classes: Demostration, Modeling, Simulations, Role-playing, Discussion, Debate, Case studies, Field Trips to relevant clinical settings (E.R; admission wards)

Learning Outcomes

- To understand the relevance of the biopsychosocial model for health/disease

- To understand the importance of health/disease beliefs and expectations for the lay models of illness

- To know the factors that influence the behavior of illness and seeking help and their relevance in health / disease

- To understand the importance of behavioral health/disease

- To understand the concepts of stress and coping, the physiological factors involved in the stress reaction and the mechanisms of the stress-disease link

- To understand emotional reactions to illness

- To interview according to the principles of the biopsychosocial model

- To apply, in the interview, verbal and non-verbal communication skills

- To practice specific communication skills to different stages of the life cycle

- To deal with difficult situations of communication.

- To practice skills needed to communicate bad news

- To use communication as a tool for health promotion and behavioral change.     

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Medical Psychology.

2. Health Psychology and Biopsychosocial Model in Medicine

3. Patient centered Medicine

4. Illness behavior

5. Help seeking behavior

6. Stress, coping and illness

7. Personality, health and disease

8. Psychology of the life cycle

9. Intelligence, empathy and communication

10. Emotion, emotion regulation and response to disease

11. Communication and chronic disease

12. Unexplained medical symptoms

13. Communication in difficult contexts

14. Communication and adherence

15. Motivation and behavior modification models

16. Positive psychology and medicine

Head Lecturer(s)

António João Ferreira de Macedo e Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Practical assessment: 20.0%
Frequency: 20.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Albery, I. & Munafò. M. (2008). Key Concepts in Health Psychology. SAGE Publications, London.

Ayers, S., Visser, R. (2010). Psychology for Medicine. Sage Publications.

Coulehan, J.L., Block, M.R. (2006). The medical interview. Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice. 5th Ed. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia.

Gleitman, H., Gross, J., Reisberg, D. (2010). Psychology. 8th ed. W.W. Norton & Company, London.

Kurtz, S., Silverman, J., Draper, J. (2009). Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine. 2nd Ed., Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford, San Francisco.

MacDonald, E. (2004). Difficult conversations in medicine. Oxford University Press.

Marks, D., Murray, M., Evans, B., Estacio, E. (2011) Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice Sage Publications.(LT)

Mota Cardoso, R. (2012). Competências Clínicas de Comunicação. Edição da Faculdade de Medicina do Porto.

Ribeiro, J.L. (2005). Introdução à Psicologia da Saúde. Quarteto, Coimbra.