Research Applied to Health Psychology

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 Postgraduate Certificate 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 training programme, 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 Applied to Health Psychology has the most complete and updated academic program in the university landscape. The most important features of the program include:

• 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 of professionals belonging to the field of psychology, who pour into this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists of reference societies 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 program"

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

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals in Research Applied to Health Psychology, who are aware of the importance of up-to-date specialization in order to be able to deepen the area of knowledge and produce publications of academic quality.

This Postgraduate Certificate in Research Applied to Health Psychology has the most complete and updated scientific program in the market”

Module 1. Research Applied to Health Psychology 

1.1. Scientific Research 

1.1.1. Research in Psychology 
1.1.2. Research Process 
1.1.3. Research Designs 

1.1.3.1. Manipulative Strategy Designs
1.1.3.2. Non-Manipulative Strategy Designs

1.2. Search for Scientific Information 

1.2.1. Information Sources
1.2.2. Search Strategy
1.2.3. Other Aspects of the Search Process

1.3. Systematic Reviews: Data Selection and Extraction Process 

1.3.1. Selection Process

1.3.1.1. Study Selection
1.3.1.2. Other Aspects of the Selection Process 

1.3.2. Data Extraction

1.3.2.1. Data Extraction: Data to be Extracted and Sources 
1.3.2.2. Data Extraction: Extraction Process 

1.4. Systematic Reviews: Risk of Bias Assessment 

1.4.1. Sources and Dimensions of Bias 
1.4.2. Risk of Bias within Studies 
1.4.3. Risk of Bias across Studies 

1.5. Meta-Analysis 

1.5.1. Measuring the Effect 
1.5.2. Summary of Effects across Studies 
1.5.3. Heterogeneity 

1.6. Scientific Report and Bibliographic References 

1.6.1. Requirements and Sections of a Scientific Report 
1.6.2. Referencing Styles 
1.6.3. Citing and Referencing with APA Standards 

1.7. Experimental Designs 

1.7.1. Cross-Group Experimental Designs 

1.7.1.1. Cross-Group Experimental Designs: Features and Types
1.7.1.2. Cross-Group Experimental Designs: Data Analysis Techniques

1.7.2. Intrasubject Experimental Designs 

1.7.2.1. Intrasubject Experimental Designs: Features and Types
1.7.2.2. Intrasubject Experimental Designs: Data Analysis Techniques

1.8. Factorial Designs 

1.8.1. Ex Post Facto Designs: Features and Types  
1.8.2. Ex Post Facto Designs: Data Analysis Techniques 

1.9. Quasi-Experimental Designs 

1.9.1. Ex Post Facto Designs: Features and Types  
1.9.2. Ex Post Facto Designs: Data Analysis Techniques 

1.10. Other Research Designs 

1.10.1. Single Case Designs 

1.10.1.1. Single Case Designs: Features and Types  
1.10.1.2. Single Case Designs: Data Analysis Techniques 

1.10.2. Ex Post Facto Designs 

1.10.2.1. Ex Post Facto Designs: Features and Types  
1.10.2.2. Ex Post Facto Designs: Data Analysis Techniques 

1.10.3. Qualitative Research 

1.10.3.1. Qualitative Research: Features 
1.10.3.2. Qualitative Research: Types

Our curriculum has been designed with teaching effectiveness in mind: so that you learn faster, more efficiently, and on a more permanent basis"