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Master of Psychology (Health)

Graduate Attributes

This program will provide a professional qualification for those who wish to work as psychologists within the applied health field.

The School of Psychology offers a Master of Psychology (Health) degree consisting of three major components:

1. coursework
2. research thesis
3. field placements

The program involves two years full-time or four years part-time study.

Objectives

To produce health psychologists who can apply psychological research and methods to:

• the prevention and management of disease and illness;
• the promotion and maintenance of health;
• the identification of psychological factors contributing to illness;
• the improvement of the health care system and health policy.
  
  

Prerequisites

The program is available to graduates with an Honours degree in Psychology. Selection procedures depend on academic results, referee reports and a structured interview. It is important that Honours students who wish to be considered for Masters enrolment should make an application, using the relevant form. The South Australian Psychological Board recognises the program as equivalent to the two year supervision requirement for registration purposes under the proclaimed Psychological Practices Act, 1973.

International Students need to apply via the International Office

The Program

The proposed program will provide a professional qualification for those who wish to work as psychologists within the applied health field. In particular, the aim of the program is to produce health psychologists who can apply psychological research and methods to the prevention and management of disease and illness; the promotion and maintenance of health; the identification of psychological factors contributing to illness; and the improvement of the health care system and health policy.

Successful completion of the program will enable graduates with an advanced level of training in health psychology to meet full registration of the South Australian Registration Board; to meet entry requirements to the Australian Psychological Society (APS) as a full member; to meet entry requirements to the College of Health Psychologists of the APS; and to meet the demand of the private and public sectors concerned with health delivery.

The program will comprise the following components: three supervised placements (two in health promotion and one in clinical health psychology) in a variety of settings in government and non-government organisations; coursework; a research thesis in the form of a literature review; and a research article of a specified length.