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Psychosocial Aspects and Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Health and Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:11.00
Study Course Accepted:19.02.2024 08:49:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_294 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; General Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Gulbe | ||||||||
| 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) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social psychology, clinical psychology, clinical health psychology, health psychology, developmental psychology, professional work and ethics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Improve and systematise students' understanding of fundamental principles, terminology and methodology of psychosocial rehabilitation; educate on possibilities in psychosocial rehabilitation; stimulate understanding about work in a multidisciplinary team and its principles in psychosocial rehabilitation; educate on the use of psychological help methods, goal setting in psychosocial rehabilitation and preparing psychological help plan for different patient/client groups. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture. Psychosocial rehabilitation. Pscyhologist as part of multidisciplinary team. Hospitalisation and rehabilitation. Doctor-psychologist relationship in medical institution. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Psychologist in a health care facility. Multiprofessional team. IFC. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Working with different patient groups: cardiovascular disease: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Working with different patient groups: spinal cord injury: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Working with different patient groups: neurorehabilitation: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Working with different patient groups: neurodegenerative disease: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Working with different patient groups: oncological disease: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help. Palliative care. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Working with different patient groups: psychiatric disease: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, methods of psychological help. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Working with different patient groups: diabetes: etiology biopsychosocial factors, psychological help methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Working with different patient groups: narcology: etiology, biopsychosocial factors, psychological help methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Seminar. Psychologist in a multidisciplinary team, biopsychosocial approach in working with patients with chronic diseases. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Development of a psychological rehabilitation plan for one client/patient (case study), group presentation and simulation of one psychological counselling session, indicating the chosen psychological help methods and justifying their choice. 2. Reflection on topics in each lecture/class. 3. Independent reading of compulsory literature. 4. Completing the course feedback questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Test (40%). 2. Case study of psychosocial rehabilitation and development of a plan in groups (50%). The exercise consists of three parts: • Written work submitted, including a brief medical history, physician-defined rehabilitation goal, problem description by biopsychosocial model, theoretical justification for intervention / technique used, and counseling plan (number of consultations, time, methods planned) (3 pages); • Presentation of written work (5-7 min); • Simulation of one fragment of consultation (15 min, with feedback). Task evaluation criteria: 10 points – theoretical analysis of a correct case is made, the psychological problem of the client is formulated; the goal of individual help has been set according to the client's difficulties and needs and the psychological assistance strategy has been developed and appropriate methods have been selected. Students are able to critically analyze their professional activities, reflect on their limitations and resources. 9 points – theoretical analysis of the correct case is made, the psychological problem of the client is formulated; the goal of individual help has been set according to the client's difficulties and needs and the psychological assistance strategy has been developed and appropriate methods have been selected. The student is able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflects on his / her limitations and resources. 8 points – theoretical analysis of the correct case is made, the psychological problem of the client is formulated; the goal of individual help has been set according to the client's difficulties and needs and the psychological assistance strategy has been developed and appropriate methods have been selected. The student is partly able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflecting on his / her limitations and resources. 7 points – theoretical analysis of a correct case is made, the psychological problem of the client is formulated; the goal of individual help for the client's difficulties and needs and the psychological help strategy developed are partially correct and appropriate methods are chosen. The student is partly able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflecting on his / her limitations and resources. 6 points – theoretical analysis of a correct case, partially correct formulation of the client's psychological problem; the goal of individual help for the client's difficulties and needs and the psychological help strategy developed are partially correct and appropriate methods are chosen. The student is partly able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflecting on his / her limitations and resources. 5 points – theoretical analysis of a correct case, partially correct formulation of the client's psychological problem; the individual help goal and psychological help strategy set for the client's difficulties and needs are partially correct, the chosen methods are partly appropriate. The student is partly able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflecting on his / her limitations and resources. 4 points – partially correct case theoretical analysis, partly correctly formulated client psychological problem; the individual help goal and psychological help strategy set for the client's difficulties and needs are partially correct, the chosen methods are partly appropriate. The student is partly able to critically analyze his / her professional activity, partly reflecting on his / her limitations and resources. 3 points – partially correct theoretical analysis of the case, partly correctly formulated psychological problem of the client; the individual help goal and psychological help strategy set for the client's difficulties and needs are not correct, the chosen methods partly correspond. Students are not able to critically analyze their professional activities and reflect on their limitations and resources. 2 points – theoretical analysis of the case is partially correct, client psychological problem is incorrectly formulated; the individual help goal and psychological help strategy set for the client's difficulties and needs are not correct, the chosen methods partly correspond. Students are not able to critically analyze their professional activities and reflect on their limitations and resources. 1 point – incorrect case theoretical analysis, incorrectly formulated client psychological problem; the individual help goal and psychological help strategy set for the client's difficulties and needs are not correct, the chosen methods are partially appropriate. Students are not able to critically analyze their professional activities and reflect on their limitations and resources. 0 points – work not done. 3. Creating and maintaining a "Psychologist in Rehabilitation" diary (10%). This exercise provides a brief self-reflection for each lecture / lesson, answering the following questions: • What did I find out? • What did I get? • How can I use it in my professional life? The course is passed if at least 80% are achieved. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is a mandatory requirement to provide a study course evaluation/feedback at the end of the study course on the e-study platform! Please introduce yourself with the guidelines for Artificial Intelligence in the study process: https://www.rsu.lv/maksligais-intelekts-augstakaja-izglitiba | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Defines and explains the terminology, principles and methodology of psychosocial rehabilitation; explains the possibilities of psychological help; describes the working principles of a multiprofessional and interdisciplinary team in psychosocial rehabilitation and defines strategies for providing psychological assistance in psychosocial rehabilitation according to the patient group. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Uses the terminology acquired in the course; is able to recognize factors influencing the process of rehabilitation; recognizes the main tasks of the specialists of the multi-professional and interdisciplinary team and is able to communicate according to their field of work, is able to choose the methods of psychological help appropriate to the patient group and factors, applies theories and methods of setting psychological help goals and development of psychological plan. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Understands and applies the terminology used in psychosocial rehabilitation; develops cooperation with their own and other professionals in solving client problems by joining the multi-professional and interdisciplinary team work; explains the principles of multiprofessional team work in psychosocial rehabilitation and cooperates with team specialists according to the sphere of activity, applies psychological help methods according to the patient group, develops an appropriate psychological assistance plan and sets the goals of psychological help provision. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Asking questions | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 2 | Confrontation | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 3 | Discrepancies | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 4 | Feedback | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 5 | Focusing | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 6 | Hear key words | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 7 | I/ Others noticing statements | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 8 | Instruction | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 9 | Psychoeducation | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 10 | Recommendations | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 11 | Self-help; Self-care | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 12 | Summarizing | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Borsos, D. P., Weikel, W. J., & Palmo, A. J. (2011). Foundations of Mental Health Counseling. Charles C Thomas. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kennedy, P. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology. Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | King, R., Lloyd, C., Meehan, T., Deane, F., & Kavanagh, D. (2012). Manual of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. UK Willey-Blackwell. | ||||||||
| 4 | Park, J. & Nasypany, A. (2012). Psychological Consultation in Rehabilitation. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 10 (1), 1-5. | ||||||||
| 5 | Mārtinsone, K. un Sudraba, V. (2019). Veselības psiholoģija starpdisciplināra pieeja. RSU izdevniecība. | ||||||||
| 6 | Sanford, J. A. (2012). Universal Design As a Rehabilitation Strategy: Design for the Ages. Springer Publishing Company. | ||||||||
| 7 | Coetzer, R., Daisley, A., Newby, G., & Weatherhead, S. (Eds.). (2013). Practical neuropsychological rehabilitation in acquired brain injury: A guide for working clinicians. Karnac Books. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brian, E., Marks, D. F., Murray, M. D., & Estacio, E. V. (Eds.). (2011). Health psychology: theory, research and practice. SAGE Publications. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ogden, J. (2012). Health Psychology. Open University Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | Robinson, R. H. (2014). Foundations of Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation. Springer Publishing Company. | ||||||||
| 4 | Pratt, C. W., Gill, K. J., Barrett, N. M., & Roberts, M. M. (2006). Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Academic Press. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sanderson, C. A. (2013). Health psychology. JohnWiley&Sons. | ||||||||
| 6 | Taylor, S. E. (2012). Health psychology. NewYork. | ||||||||
| 7 | Siegert, J. (2015). Rehabilitation goal setting: theory, practice, and evidence. Taylor & Francis Group | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Rehabilitation Psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Health Psychology | ||||||||
| 4 | British Journal of Health Psychology | ||||||||
| 5 | Psychology and Health | ||||||||
| 6 | Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | ||||||||
| 7 | Journal of Epidemiology of Community Health | ||||||||
| 8 | Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin | ||||||||
