这些课程面向那些希望从心理学角度了解健康和医疗保健复杂问题的高效自我指导的人士。申请人希望进行创新的研究，以了解这些问题并开发和评估潜在的解决方案。健康心理学通过将严格的研究纳入基于证据的实践中，探索影响健康维护和促进，疾病发展以及医疗保健交付的心理和行为过程。在城市教学中，提倡科学家-从业者模型，在这种模型中，研究会影响我们的实践方式，同时让我们的实践经验可以塑造我们要解决的研究问题。我们认识到，除非获得的经验教训能为公众，患者和医疗保健专业人员提供干预措施，否则出色的研究不会改变人们的生活。您将学习如
These courses are for high-performing, self-directed individuals who want to learn about complex problems of health and healthcare from a psychological perspective. Applicants will have the desire to conduct innovative research to understand these issues and develop and evaluate potential solutions. The programme is a Stage 1 Health Psychology qualification accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). It has been designed for students who would like to go on to a PhD or DPsych in Health Psychology. Health psychology explores the psychological and behavioural processes that influence the maintenance and promotion of health, the development of illness, and the delivery of healthcare through rigorous research that feeds into evidence-based practice.