The MSc in Health Psychology is the only postgraduate program in the field of health that:
-Includes internship and places students in institutions and hospitals in order to prepare their thesis and gain practical experience.
-Offers expertise in a innovative and flexible field increasing job options in the health sector.
-Emphasizes on the practical application of psychology and how it can contribute to other health areas such as medicine, dietetics, physiotherapy, sports etc.
-Teaches the use of special techniques that help both individuals with diseases and their main caretakers.
-Concentrates on the prevention and disease management and therefore promotes health by providing a deep understanding of the behavior of individuals.
-Focuses on principles of behavioral change and maintenance of the new behavior of patients, models already applied in the private sector and which inevitably will be adopted soon by the public sector.
-Informs new health professionals of the need for cooperation between different specializations in order to achieve improvement in both the quality of patients’ life and that of health services.
-Tutors are professional health psychologists and combine a successful academic career with work experience in the field.
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