Master's Degree Dissertation II
Code: 44725 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4314949 General Health Psychology | OB | 2 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Albert Fornieles Deu
- Email:
- albert.fornieles@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
Teachers
- Antoni Sanz Ruíz
- Albert Feliu Soler
Prerequisites
Having passed the TFM I subject, which implies having defined the TFM project, searching for documentation and having a first version of the introduction to the TFM.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The philosophy of the TFM is to confront the student with a real research problem related to general health psychology, either by joining a research team to contribute to a line already started, or by identifying, with the help of the tutor / s, a need, problem or lack of health interest. To achieve this purpose, the TFM places the student in a position to deploy and combine all the skills developed so far in order to 1) solve the problem or question that you address and, in this way, 2) demonstrate that you have the capacity for which the MUPGS will accredit you: that of using your knowledge and skills to solve real problems.
Competences
- Acquire, develop and put into practice a concept of integral health, including all its biopsychosocial components, in line with WHO guidelines.
- Apply the principles of bioethics and the deliberation method to professional practice, in line with Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on organisation of the healthcare professions.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Communicate with other professionals and show mastery of skills needed in working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Critically analyse and use clinical information sources.
- Formulate working hypotheses in research and critically assess information for problem-solving, using the scientific method.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know healthcare personnel's duties and responsibilities regarding confidentiality and protection of patients' personal information.
- 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.
Learning Outcomes
- Carry out a multidimensional-multilevel analysis of health-illness processes.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Design and give presentations in public.
- Gather and analyse information consistently with the research objectives and hypotheses, and interpret the results obtained appropriately, acknowledging the impact on individuals and communities in the context of the master's dissertation.
- Identify the most suitable research methods and designs for responding to a hypothesis in the context of the master's dissertation.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Integrate perspectives and approaches in health-illness processes.
- Justify the sources of clinical information used (evaluation tests, clinical guidelines, informants, programmes of treatment, etc.) for the master's dissertation.
- Know and apply quality criteria to the selected documentary sources and clinical material.
- Plan and carry out a systematic documentary search that unearths scientific evidence.
- Recognise and describe the factors determining health from a biopsychosocial perspective.
- Respect the confidentiality of the data used or obtained.
- 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 documentary and bibliographic databases to obtain information relevant to the objective of the master's dissertation and to professional practice.
- Write the master's dissertation in accordance with regulations on ethical professional practice and research in the field.
Content
The student can choose one of the following options depending on his/her interests and the interests or proposals allowed by the tutor supervising their work:
A. Systematic Review following PRISMA Guidelines
B.Empirical Research
C. Development of a new tool for Health Psychology practice: therapy programmes, health guidelines, e-health project, assessment procedures....
Methodology
The student develops the competences acquired during the Master’s Degree in order to achieve the option he/she has chosen (Systematic Review, Empirical Research or Development of a New Tool) following the guidelines provided by the tutor. The student works autonomously and is assisted by his/her tutor. The hours spent on each task (autonomous work, tutorials, assessment and coordination) are described in the following table
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 | |||
| Assessment and coordination | 1 | 0.04 | 7, 3, 15 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Follow-up sessions with the academic tutor | 12 | 0.48 | 7, 3, 15 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Developing MD work | 209 | 8.36 | 7, 3, 15 |
Assessment
To pass the MD, the student must achieve 5 over 10 or more points adding scores obtained in Evidences 1, 2a and 2b, and a minimum score of 6.5 (over 10) on Evidence Wtiting report (extern).
Link to the avaluation rules of the Faculty (https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html)
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral communication | 40 | 1 | 0.04 | 4, 7, 15 |
| Writing report (extern) | 40 | 1 | 0.04 | 7, 2 |
| Writing report (supervisor) | 20 | 1 | 0.04 | 10, 6, 1, 8, 9, 11, 7, 14, 3, 5, 12, 17, 13, 15, 16 |
Bibliography
http://www.apastyle.org
www.coneixement.accio.gencat.cat/eines
Software
In this subject no specific software is served