Psychology: Health and Medical Psychology

Universiteit Leiden

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Health and Medical Psychology at Leiden University looks at how health, illness, and recovery are affected by biopsychosocial factors.

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locatieLeiden
diplomaMSc 
typeregulier, 60 EC
start1 februari, 1 september
taalvolledig English
opleidingsduur12 maanden voltijd
accreditatiesNVAO
croho-code66604
numerus fixusnee
honoursheeft honours track

						There is a strong focus on empowerment, so 'what someone can do', instead of only focusing on what the burden of a specific disease is.

The broad focus is on the relationships between biopsychosocial processes (such as cognitions, emotions and behaviour, psychophysiological stress systems, brain functioning) and health outcomes. More specifically, topics of interest are prevention of disease and promotion of health, and the diagnosis and treatment of the psychological aspects of chronic somatic diseases.
					


					

Waarom aan de Universiteit Leiden?

You not only develop your knowledge of health and medical psychology as a science, you also learn to apply this knowledge. You learn to understand and analyse practical problems and to develop effective interventions for dealing with these problems.

Reasons to choose Health and Medical Psychology at Leiden University

With a master's degree in Health and Medical Psychology you can work in different interdisciplinary settings and organisations, focusing on different topics and target groups. For example, you can train medical staff, set up big health promotion campaigns or have a key role in advisory boards for health concerns.
You will have the possibility to work clinically with various patient populations or in research projects together with associated organisations, like the Leiden University Medical Centre.
You will have the opportunity to participate in excellent research programs, focusing on a broad variety of research methods in both applied and fundamental research on exciting topics, such as eHealth, self-management in chronic conditions, placebo effects, stress, somatic unexplained symptoms or health promotion.

Studieprogramma

opbouw
1e jaar

opbouwFor an overview of the subjects offered by this programme in the current year, check out the e-Prospectus: http://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/psychology_health_psychology

The master's specialisation Health and Medical Psychology consists of three main parts: the mandatory and elective courses, a thesis and an internship.

	1	2	3	4
	periode
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	5 EC
Basic Therapeutic Skills	5 EC		5 EC
Master Thesis in MSc. Psychology onderzoek	20 EC
Internship Psychology stage	10 EC
Psychological Assessment and Interventions in Chronic Disease		5 EC
Cognitive Behaviour Interventions		5 EC		5 EC
Health Psychology in Practice aangeraden vak			5 EC
Innovations in eHealth Care aangeraden vak			5 EC

taal van onderwijs	100% en
onderwijsopzet	30% zelfstudie 30% theorie 40% praktijk
avondonderwijs	n.v.t.
afstandsonderwijs	n.v.t.

onderwijsvormen

case study, group discussion, group assignment, lecture, individual assignment, literature study, oral presentation, research, research project, research proposal, poster presentation, practicum, project, internship, tutorial, working group, workshop, self evaluation, self study

instruction modes

Lectures, work groups, research projects, Master's thesis, etc.

Every year, as part of the course 'Health Promotion and Disease Prevention' students organise the Healthy Faculty Days. Here they develop and implement an health intervention program for staff and students at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

objectives

We offer a very diverse programme that takes you through all the indispensable elements of Health and Medical Psychology.

The major aim of the Health and Medical Psychology specialisation is to provide you with the theoretical background and professional skills required for health and medical psychology research and interventions. Health and Medical Psychology looks at how health, illness, and recovery are affected by biopsychosocial factors, such as physiological stress system responsiveness, cognitions, emotions, and behaviours, and social bonds.

study abroad

Psychology students can study abroad for a semester. So, if your heart is set on studying at partner universities in Boston, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Florence or Oslo, go ahead; it will give you another unique and unforgettable experience! It also improves your chances on the job market.

Leiden University has many exchange programmes with foreign universities in which important matters such as tuition fees, supervision and recognition of credits are already taken care of. This saves you time and money. Psychology master students can use the existing agreements to take courses abroad. These courses are extracurricular (you can't fill your elective space with courses abroad) and therefore, your master programme will take more than one year. You are allowed to do an internship or your thesis abroad.

honours-/excellence program Leiden Leadership Programme

The Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is an honours programme of 15 ECs on top of the regular master's curriculum. The programme consists of training courses, seminars and a practical assignment.

Are you looking for an extra challenge in addition to your Leiden master's programme? Are you adventurous enough to look beyond the borders of your own master's programme? The Leiden Leadership Programme may be just what you are looking for. The programme gives you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills. You will follow seminars and courses, as well as carrying out a practical assignment for a company or organisation as part of a small, multidisciplinary team. Your lecturers will be leading academics and experienced professionals from the business sector.

Students can apply who have:

Good study results in the bachelor's programme;
The ambition and motivation to develop leadership qualities;
A broad and interdisciplinary span of interest.

Toelating en kosten

startmomenten

1 februari 2021

aanmelding deadline : 1 december 2020
collegegeld nog niet bekend

1 september 2021

aanmelding deadline : 15 juni 2021
collegegeld nog niet bekend

Every student will need to start their application in Studielink. Afterwards, you will receive access to the online application portal of Leiden University.

Within approximately 24 hours after applying through Studielink, you will receive login details for the online application portal. The online application portal will give you further instructions. Applicants who need to apply for admission will need to upload certain documents.

toelatingseisen

aanvullende vakeisen
Students with a Bachelor in Psychology from Leiden University are directly eligible for admission, if at least the appropiate specialisation course is completed. Prospective students from other universities should have done advanced courses (at least 30 ec) on a third year Bachelor level on topics pertaining to this master specialisation.

instaptoets
In some cases (depending on your portfolio) it is required to take an additional entrance exam.

basiskennis
Prospective students should have sufficient knowledge of Methodology and Statistics (at least 20 EC): introductory and more advanced courses in methods and statistics of psychological research (including psychometrics, multivariate data analysis) and the use of SPSS.

They should also possess the skills, understanding and knowledge that are required for earning the bachelor's degree; more specifically knowledge on university level of the following topics:
◦Introduction to Psychology
◦Social and Organisational Psychology
◦Personality Psychology
◦Cognitive Psychology
◦Neuropsychology and/or Psychophysiology and/or Biopsychology
◦Clinical and Abnormal Psychology
◦Developmental and Educational Psychology
◦Theory or training in interpersonal skills, such as interview, counselling, discussion techniques
◦Theory or training in psycho diagnostics

vooropleiding
Prospective students should have earned a Bachelor degree at a Research University (not at a University of Applied Sciences / Professional Education) or demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements for such a degree.

studie kosten

bron: Universiteit Leiden
bedrag	kostenpost
€ 10000	levensonderhoudper jaar
€ 100	inschrijvingsgeldper jaar
€ 400	studiematerialenper jaar

inbegrepen in collegegeld

examination

estimated monthly costs

bron: Nibud
bedrag		kostenpost
€	350	kamerhuur in Leidenrond het landelijk gemiddelde
€	22	internet+tv
€	152	boodschappen/kostgeld
€	32	telefoon
€	117	verzekeringen
€	172	collegegeldop basis van € 2060 per jaar
€	80	studieboeken en -spullen
€	29	drinken/snoep/snacks
€	77	uiterlijkkleding, kapper, schoenen
€	30	contributies/abonnementen
€	132	vrije tijdstappen, uit eten, vakantie
€	42	vervoernaast de OV-kaart
€	45	overig

€	1218	totale maandelijkse uitgaven landelijk gemiddelde is € 1181

Hiernaast staat een overzicht van de gemiddelde kosten die een uitwonende student heeft. Niet iedere student heeft met iedere kostenpost te maken. Het totaalgemiddelde is dus niet gelijk aan de optelsom van alle kostenposten.

Bekijk ook de uitgebreide toelichting: wat kost studeren?

Studenten en studentenleven

studentaantallen

1073	studenten volgen deze opleiding
79%	daarvan is vrouw
98	eerstejaars gestart in 2017
84%	daarvan is vrouw
27713	studenten aan de Universiteit Leiden
59%	daarvan is vrouw

bron: StudieData

studievereniging

Labyrint

Labyrint is dé studievereniging voor psychologiestudenten in Leiden. De vereniging is na een fusie opgericht op 30 juni 1994 en heeft op het moment bijna 4000 leden. Naast het organiseren van studiegerelateerde activiteiten, is Labyrint er ook om het contact tussen de studenten te bevorderen.
Bovendien verkoopt Labyrint de studieboeken voor alle jaren van de studie psychologie. Als lid van Labyrint kun je zowel deelnemen aan de studiegerelateerde activiteiten, als aan de sociaalgerichte activiteiten.

Een goed voorbeeld daarvan is het eerstejaarsweekend, dat elk jaar in september rond een bepaald thema georganiseerd wordt. Dit weekend is voor de eerstejaars de ideale gelegenheid om medestudenten te leren kennen. Ouderejaars kunnen mee als begeleiding. De mensen die je tijdens dit weekend ontmoet, kun je terugzien op de Labyrintactiviteiten, waar je natuurlijk ook andere leden tegenkomt.

Daarnaast zijn er regelmatig goedbezochte themafeesten, waarop ook niet-psychologiestudenten welkom zijn. Tevens organiseert Labyrint een allejaarsweekend, een leuk weekend in binnen- of buitenland waar leden vanuit alle studiejaren aan deel kunnen nemen. Het is de ultieme gelegenheid om medestudenten van verschillende studiejaren te leren kennen. Ook is er elk jaar een reis van een week naar een buitenlandse bestemming, waar je zowel studiegerelateerde dingen doet als sociaalgerelateerde, culture en sportieve activiteiten.

Op kamers in Leiden

31058	studenten studerend
12630	studenten woonachtig
€ 350	gemiddelde kamerprijs
	kamer betaalbaarheid
20 m²	gemiddelde kameroppervlak
	kamer beschikbaarheid

bron: Nationale Studenten Enquête

aan het woord: studenten en docenten

Mariska Blom

werkzaam als Psychologist bij Parnassia

Testimonial Mariska Blom, MSc

“As a psychologist, I give at different practices brief psychological treatments, mostly based on cognitive behavioural therapy.”

“During my Health Psychology study at Leiden University, I did my internship at a hospital in The Hague for one full year. I worked at the Medical Psychology department, where I carried out interventions and treatments on patients who needed psychological help...

As a psychologist, I work at different general practices and I give brief psychological treatments. Most treatments are based on cognitive behavioural therapy and the main complaints are depression, anxiety, grief and relationship problems. I really enjoy my work, because all my patients have different complaints and I have the opportunity to treat a very broad field of problems.

In the master's in Health Psychology I expected to learn about the relationship between somatic complaints and psychological health and also about health promotion and psychological interventions. The master's lived up to these expectations and in addition I also learned a lot about diagnostic skills and psychological disorders. Looking back, the courses in Basic therapeutic skills and Cognitive- behavioural interventions were particularly helpful for the work I am doing now. In these courses I learned many basic and general interventions, which I now use in practice. I would definitely recommend the master's in Health Psychology to students who are interested in the combination of psychology, health behaviour and somatic complaints or diseases.”

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€ 350 gemiddelde kamerhuur

98 eerstejaars

83% vrouw

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100% Engelstalig

	deze opleiding	landelijk
algemeen oordeel	3.8
inhoud	3.6
docenten	3.6
studiefaciliteiten	3.4
studielast	3.3
studiebegeleiding	3.2