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Self-care in Helping Professions
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:16.11.2023 11:51:02
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_347 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology; Medicine; Pedagogy; Nursing Science; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aija Ozola | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen students' knowledge of self-care in the context of psychology and health care, its role in the helping professions, and the possibilities of arts- and technology-based self-care. To promote self-observation and self-reflection ability and the skills to identify one's own self-care needs, use theory-informed self-care strategies, plan and implement self-care behaviour change for psychological resilience and self-growth. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of self-care and its theoretical concepts in health care and psychology. Self-care as an imperative, health and well-being risks in helping professions: stress, professional burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatism. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Self-care in personal and professional contexts: classification and characteristics of strategies. Stages and processes of behaviour change for self-care development. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Digital transformation in health care. The impact of arts on health and well-being. Arts as a resource for self-care. Arts- and technology-based interventions for self-care. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Self-care needs, importance and attainability of strategies. The role of self-monitoring and self-reflection in implementing behaviour change for self-care development. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Systematic, independent study of the specified literature, self-assessment tasks at the end of the course topics, analysis of self-care research, writing a self-care diary reflecting on the planning and implementation of self-care behaviour change and reflecting on the individual and group tasks carried out in class, development and presentation of a final essay - self-reflection. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Performance in self-assessment tasks at the end of each course topic (25%), active participation in discussions, individual and group tasks in classes (25%), analysis of self-care research according to given criteria (25%), final essay and presentation - self-reflection according to given criteria on self-care behaviour change planning and implementation, self-care diary writing (25%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knows, analyses and compares theoretical concepts of self-care in psychology and health care, and understands the role of self-care in the helping professions. Analyses the development of self-care in the context of theories of behaviour change. Understands the content of self-care strategies, the concepts of importance and attainability. Understands the role of the arts for health and well-being. Analyses and critically assesses research on arts- and technology-based self-care. Understands the role of self-monitoring and self-reflection in identifying self-care needs, implementing and enhancing self-care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Carries out self-monitoring and self-reflection of personal and professional self-care. Selects and uses personal and professional self-care strategies for psychological resilience and self-development. Plans and implements self-care behaviour change. Engages in arts- and technology-based self-care practice. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Based on theoretical knowledge of self-care, identifies own self-care needs, use theory-informed personal and professional self-care strategies. Plans and implements personal and professional self-care development. Self-monitors own self-care, is able to reflect. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gengoux, G. W., et al. 2020. Enhancing wellness among psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health clinicians. American Psychiatric Association Publishing. | ||||||||
| 2 | Oliver, J., and Bennett, R. 2020. The mindfulness and acceptance workbook for self-esteem. New Harbinger Publications. | ||||||||
| 3 | Seaward, B. L. 2022. Managing stress: Skills for self-care, personal resiliency and work-life balance in a rapidly changing world. Jones & Bartlett Learning. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mordue, S. J., Watson, L., and Hunter, S. 2020. How to thrive in professional practice: A self-care handbook. Critical Publishing. | ||||||||
| 2 | Parry, S. (Ed.) 2017. Effective self-care and resilience in clinical practice: Dealing with stress, compassion fatigue and burnout. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | psychologytoday.com | ||||||||
| 2 | selfcarepsychology.com | ||||||||
