This postgraduate certificate will broaden your horizons as a health psychologist and will allow you to grow personally and professionally"

Psychologists play a fundamental role in healthcare when it comes to improving people's physical, mental and social wellbeing. Today they are an essential component in resolving different psychological disorders.

This University Course provides extensive knowledge in advanced models and techniques in assessment, diagnosis and psychological intervention in this field of health. For this, you will have a teaching faculty that stands out for its extensive professional experience in the different areas in which psychology has developed and in different sectors of the population.

Throughout this program, the student will go through all the current approaches in the work carried out by health psychologists.  The correct approach to psychological assessments and interviews; the implementation of psychological techniques for stress prevention or the assimilation of the different phases of the research process in Psychology. There will be some of the many topics of work and study that students will be able to integrate into their training with this comprehensive program.

We will not only take you through the theoretical knowledge we offer, but we will introduce you to another way of studying and learning, one which is simpler, more organic and more efficient. We will work to keep you motivated and to develop your passion for learning, helping you to analyze and to develop critical thinking skills. 

A high-level step that will become a process of improvement, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level. 

A training program created for professionals who aspire for excellence, and that will enable you to acquire new skills and strategies easily and effectively"

This postgraduate certificate in Research in Clinical and Health Psychology has the most complete and up-to-date academic program in the university landscape. The most important features of the University Course are:

• Developing 100 practical cases presented by experts in General Health Psychology
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for carrying out research
• News and innovations on research in the different fields of psychology
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• Special emphasis on research methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Access deep insights in General Health Psychology and its multiple implications, in a comprehensive postgraduate certificate designed to propel you to another professional level" 

It includes a very broad teaching staff made up of experts in psychology, who share their work experience in this training, as well as recognized specialists from leading communities and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program designed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, where the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced research experts.

Increase your confidence as a healthcare psychiatrist by updating your knowledge through this postgraduate certificate"

This University Course marks the difference between a professional with a lot of knowledge, and a professional who knows how to apply it in their daily practice"

This program is aimed at healthcare psychologists, so that they can acquire the necessary tools to develop in the field, learning about the latest trends and delving into the issues that are at the forefront of this branch of knowledge. Only with the right preparation, you will be able to successfully achieve your objectives.

If your goal is to improve in your profession and acquire a qualification that will enable you to compete with the best, then look no further. This specialization will give your career the boost it needs"

General Objective

• Train professionals qualified to perform Research in Research in Clinical and Health Psychology according to current legislation, with the ability to carry out effective assessments and treatments in people's behavior and activity in order to promote and improve their general state of health

Specific Objectives 

• Understand the definition and characteristics of Clinical and Health Psychology, its historical background and its relationship with other disciplines
• Know the legal framework that regulates the practice of General Health Psychology in Spain and other countries, as well as the main controversies
• Study ethical and deontological standards in the practice of both the health profession and research, with emphasis on data protection obligations
• Provide a biopsychosocial perspective on health problems and comment on the theories that explain the relationship between psychological factors and health status
• Detail the different explanatory theories of stress and its impact on health and disease in individuals
• Understand the importance of interprofessional communication in General Health Psychology and to detail how it is carried out and the health care settings in which it is most frequently performed
• Know the main models of psychopathology and the current classification systems and understand their usefulness for health psychology
• Describe what evidence-based clinical practice consists of, the benefits it provides, the methodology it uses, the skills needed to develop it, and its limitations and future challenges
• Discover how outcome assessment and evaluation of the therapeutic process is carried out
• Delve into the phases of the research process in psychology and the different research designs that can be used
• Present the main ways of applying new technologies to psychological treatment, as well as their main advantages and disadvantages

This University Course is aimed at all psychologists who want to achieve a high degree of specialization in the healthcare sector”