Cardiovascular Psychology
Course, Master's level, 3HI013
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 30 September 2024–8 December 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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At least 120 credits in medicine, caring science, psychology or another health science.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 18,125
- Total tuition fee: SEK 18,125
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-43102
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 29 August 2024–23 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, English For exchange students
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 30 September 2024–8 December 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
At least 120 credits in medicine, caring science, psychology or another health science.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 29 August 2024–23 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course increases your knowledge about the psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease. The course content will cover causes of mental illness in cardiovascular disease and psychological treatments in this setting. Risk factor management is a major challenge for both primary and secondary prevention and it is, to a large extent, behavioural. Several models for how behaviour can be influenced will be discussed during the course. Some cardiac conditions have special behavioural challenges which will also be discussed in the course. Finally, inequalities when it comes to cardiac risk factors and cardiac rehabilitation, e.g. due to sex, socioeconomic status and mental health, will be covered in this course.
This course is a free-standing course. It could also be elective within certain programmes (the physician, psychologist and physiotherapist programmes). The course can also serve as supplementary training for professionals in medicine, caring science, public health, physiotherapy and psychology. The course is part of the European university network ENLIGHT's course catalogue.
Outline for distance course: The course is delivered online via Zoom, Studium and e-mail. Communication between students and teachers will be done via these platforms.
The course includes two to three hours of lectures one to two times per week, with mandatory presence. There is also mandatory group work with two sessions with the assigned supervisor. The examination consists of a written assignment (online), participation in mandatory seminars and a group task.
To participate in this distance course you need access to a computer with an internet connection, a web camera and a headset.