Medicine
The course aims at increasing knowledge about the psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease. The course content will cover causes of mental illness in cardiovascular disease and psychological treatments in this setting. Risk factor management is a major challenge for both primary and secondary prevention and it is, to a large extent, behavioural.
Several models for how behaviour can be influenced will be discussed during the course. Some cardiac conditions have special behavioural challenges which will also be discussed in the course. Finally, inequalities when it comes to cardiac risk factors and cardiac rehabilitation, e.g. due to sex, socioeconomic status and mental health, will be covered in this course.
More information: Cardiovascular Psychology 2025
The teaching takes place online with lectures, seminars and group exercises via a video conference system. Students are expected to read literature and take part in other material, such as videos, assigned via Uppsala Universities' learning platform before each teaching session. All lectures, seminars and group exercises are mandatory.
Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G)
Students are assessed through a written exam and a group project work where they search material on the use of psychological interventions for people with cardiovascular disease and present their result orally and in writing.
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