Medicine and Surgery

General Objectives of the integrated course Clinical Psychology In the Clinical Psychology module, students should acquire scientific EB knowledge on the main psychological and psycho-social processes relevant to health, to develop positive relationships with patients, to manage treatments and health care through a patient-centred and Inter-professionally oriented biopsychosocial approach. Specific Objectives of the integrated course Clinical Psychology To promote interdisciplinary and inter-professional collaborations, the module aims to provide students with basic current knowledge on the functions of the mind, on the main individual and personality characteristics, and on the most relevant psycho-social processes for the promotion and protection of health in clinical medical settings. At the end of the course the student will have to: a) know the main psychological processes (perception, emotions, attention, learning, memory, language, conscience, reasoning) relevant to the activity of doctors and other health professionals; b) understand the role of subjective factors in the evaluation of cases and of the treatment effects; c) recognize the relevance of subjective well-being and health behaviours; d) know some psychological theories and constructs relevant for the implementation of the intentions for behavioural change and for self-regulation; e) possess psychological and psychosocial knowledge and skills that can be used in communicating with patients and their families, with particular reference to the clinical setting and to the promotion of health care and behaviour; f) know the stress and its connections with the diseases, the burn out and the principles for stress management; g) know the main orientations of psychoeducational interventions, counselling, and psychotherapies.