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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS

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Course summary

LJMU's Prof Doc in Health Psychology meets the requirements for BPS Stage Two training in Health Psychology and leads to eligibility for registration with the HCPC.

  • Choose this programme which meets the requirements for BPS Stage Two training in health psychology and leads to eligibility to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Benefit from studying on a course that is British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited and HCPC approved
  • Experience quality training and supervision on a course underpinned by high-grade research and practice activity
  • Learn from enthusiastic, expert staff offering supportive learning opportunities
  • Enjoy career opportunities in the health industry, healthcare provision, teaching and research
Health psychology is an exciting new discipline with growing opportunities for qualified professionals. The DHealthPsych programme is underpinned by a strong focus on equipping the future Health Psychologist for a range of professional scenarios. In keeping with the nationally agreed curriculum competences for Health Psychologists, you will be developing your skills in teaching and training, behaviour change interventions, research, consultancy and demonstrating that you have the generic professional skills needed to qualify in this field. This is achieved through your own job role, taught sessions on the programme and extensive supervision. Staff in the School of Psychology produce high quality research in a range of areas in health psychology. Areas of expertise include pain, disability, patient-reported outcome measurement, positive psychology, obesity and health cognition. Staff have long-standing expertise in training and developing future Health Psychologists.

Assessment method

To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme. Assessment methods include: a log and diary of professional practice, case studies, reflections on each competence and a viva voce examination. In terms of research, you will produce a number of publishable papers and submit them to peer-reviewed journals.

Entry requirements

Postgraduate degree (required for research programmes): -a BPS Accredited MSc in Health Psychology (or BPS Stage I Qualification), normally at merit level or higher Undergraduate degree: -a good honours degree in Psychology and GBC Interview required: -All candidates will be interviewed International requirements: -IELTS: IELTS 7.0 (minimum 6.5 in each component) Other international requirements: -International students applying to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU should check if they require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate -International students entering on a student visa cannot study part-time Extra Requirements: To become a Health Psychologist, you must have the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership from the British Psychological Society and fulfil a number of requirements: -Stage 1 training involves the satisfactory completion of an accredited Masters programme - such as MSc Health Psychology at LJMU -Stage 2 training includes two or more years spent acquiring a range of supervised skills connected with professional skills, interventions, consultancy, research, and teaching and training (as facilitated through this course) RPL: RPL is accepted on this programme

English language requirements

-IELTS 7.0 (minimum 6.5 in each component)

Please visit the part-time course page below for more information about this programme.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduates/36864-doctor-of-health-psychology-doc

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £3910 Year 1
Northern Ireland £3910 Year 1
Scotland £3910 Year 1
Wales £3910 Year 1
International £9125 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS