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2022/2023

Research Practicum in Clinical and Health Psychology

Code: 43874 ECTS Credits: 9
Degree Type Year Semester
4316222 Research in Clinical Psychology and Health OB 0 A

Contact

Name:
Maria Alvarez Moleiro
Email:
maria.alvarez@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)

Teachers

Nuria Osa Chaparro

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites.

Objectives and Contextualisation

 

The objective of this module is for students to learn basic research skills observing the tasks carried out by the members of the research team in which they are incorporated  and sharing some of the research tasks of the research team

Competences

  • Analyze data and interpret results on research in clinical and health psychology.
  • Apply the outstanding ethical principles and act accordingly to the deontological code for the profession in the scientific research practic.
  • Design, plan and to implement projects psychological research project in the area of clinical and health psychology.
  • Discuss the results the results on clinical and health psychology research, and contrast them with existing scientific literature and draw conclusions and practical applications.
  • Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  • Master skills and means necessary for group work and multidisciplinar group work.
  • Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  • Select adequate instruments of psychological assessment for the objectives of a research project in clinical and health psychology in different fields: medical or other.
  • Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  • Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
  • Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze and reason the choice of the appropriate evaluation instruments to answer research questions in clinical and health psychology and interpret them in the context of this field of study.
  2. Analyze and reason the choice of the most appropriate research designs to answer research questions in clinical and health psychology.
  3. Analyze whether research procedures in clinical psychology and health follow ethical principles.
  4. Apply the outstanding ethical principles and act accordingly to the deontological code for the profession in the scientific research practic.
  5. Carry out a critical reading of a scientific publication on the basis of the methodological quality of the research design used and the scientific and practical relevance of the results or contributions in the context of the research practicum.
  6. Evaluate the choice and adequacy of statistical analysis techniques to answer research questions in the clinical and health context.
  7. Evaluate the results of the research in the context of existing scientific production in clinical psychology and health psychology and to discuss and analyse the implications.
  8. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  9. Know different ways of presenting research results and to evaluate the choice of the most appropriate in the context of clinical psychology and health psychology.
  10. Master skills and means necessary for group work and multidisciplinar group work.
  11. Participate in planning of procedures for research in clinical psychology and health psychology.
  12. Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  13. Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
  14. To evaluate the choice of instruments of evaluation of clinical psychology and health according to the characteristics of the informant.
  15. Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
  16. Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.

Content

Search and summary of literature.

Participation in the preparation of materials.

Collaboration in the collection of data.

Drafting of scientific reports.

Attendance at research seminars.

Attendance at conferences.

Methodology

Students join a research team and their function is  to collaborate with the research staff in specific parts of the team's work. Under the tutelage of a researcher you will acquire a practical and critical approach to the foundations of the scientific work that will form the basis of your Master’s degree Final Project (TFM). The module focuses on the practical learning of the most procedural aspects of research

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Research group seminars. 25 1 2, 1, 9, 10, 8, 15, 16, 7, 14, 6
Type: Supervised      
Supervised practical activities. 50 2 2, 1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 8, 13, 14, 6
Type: Autonomous      
Comprehensive reading and preparation of written works. 125 5 2, 1, 4, 12, 9, 5, 8, 15, 16, 7, 14, 6
Oral presentation of works. 25 1 2, 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 8, 16, 7, 6

Assessment

The assessment of this subject will be carried out based on four evidences of learning:

EV1 - TFM project. Evidence of individual authorship that the student must submit in written format through the Moodle classroom of the subject in week 15 of the first semester. The weight of the evidence will be 10%. It will be evaluated by the coordination of the subject.

EV2 - Oral defense of the TFM project. Evidence of individual authorship that will have a value of 20%. Oral format presentation. To be completed in week 15 of the first semester. It will be evaluated by the coordination of the subject.

EV3 - Delivery of a report of the activities carried out in the research team, which will have a value of 30% in the final grade of the subject. It is an individual evidence in written format that must be delivered by email to the tutor of the student in week 15 of the second semester. It will be evaluated by the TFM and Practicum tutor.

EV4 - Attendance at and/or participation in the activities programmed by the research team, with a value of 40% of the final grade. It will be evaluated by the TFM and Practicum tutor.

Students are considered to have passed when the weighted final grade is equal to or greater than 5.

Students who, after having completing the continuous assessment process, and having delivered evidence with a minimum weight of 2/3 of the grade, obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 3.5 and less than 5 points, may opt to submit the EV3 again. Under no circumstances will it be possible to recover EV1, EV2 and EV4. The final grade of the module, in case of having opted for the recovery, will always be a 5.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
EV1-Delivary of the TFM project 10% 0 0 2, 1, 9, 5, 11, 8, 15, 16, 7, 14, 6
EV2- Oral Defense of the TFM Project 20% 0 0 2, 1, 5, 11, 15, 14
EV3-Delivery of activities memory 30% 0 0 2, 1, 3, 4, 12, 9, 5, 11, 7, 14, 6
EV4- Assistance and participation in the activities programmed by the research team 40% 0 0 12, 10, 11, 13, 15

Bibliography

The bibliography may vary depending on the line of research to which the student is assigned.

Software

This subject may require the use of specific software, the research group will determine the software required.