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Study Details: PgCert 10 Months
If you work in a health or social care setting, this course will provide you with the skills and knowledge to enhance your professional development, communication skills and understanding of your service users.
This course focuses on health psychology’s approach to understanding people’s experience of illness, disability and health. As part of the course you will acquire knowledge and skills which you will apply to enhance your professional practice. You will be encouraged to engage in reflection and reflexive practice which will enable you to further develop your skills in order to meet new challenges and understand ways to improve care.
Applicants need one of the following • BSc or BA Psychology with a 2.1 or above • BSc or BA in a closely related discipline (e.g., health, social, community care) with a 2.1 or above Applications from students who have achieved a 2.2 degree will be considered by the course leadership team. Where there is evidence that at least two of the following criteria have been met the applicant may be offered a place on the course. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more • applicants have work experience in a health-related setting • applicants have an enthusiasm for health psychology • applicants have demonstrated their ability to achieve a 2.1 within their undergraduate degree (for example, transcripts reveal a 2.1 in key undergraduate curriculum areas such as research methods). All applicants are required to provide two satisfactory references (normally one of these will be an academic reference) and a personal statement. If you do not have GBC you can do a BPS accredited conversion course. We offer an MSc in Psychology that would give you eligibility for GBC, provided you achieve an overall mark of at least 50 per cent and pass your dissertation. You should be enthusiastic about psychology and have a good understanding of the British Psychological Society-s core areas If English is not your first language you typically need an IELTS 6.5 score with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in all other skills or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.5 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score. This course is open to Home and EU students and International students who do not require a Tier 4 visa in order to study.
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