CANCER SCREENING|PSYCHOLOGY OF CANCER PATIENTS|HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

This module will provide you with an introduction to behavioural and psychosocial aspects of cancer care and prevention. Topics covered will include: public...

Behavioural Science and Cancer (CINS0004)

This module will provide you with an introduction to behavioural and psychosocial aspects of cancer care and prevention. Topics covered will include: public awareness and understanding of cancer, cancer prevention through lifestyle change and cancer screening, and psychological issues related to cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival. You will be introduced to psychological theories related to health behaviour change, information processing and illness representations. Applied behavioural examples will illustrate the issues.

In this module you will learn how to carry out and appraise research and evaluation studies in healthcare. You will also review the different types of...

Research Methods in Healthcare (CHME0003)

In this module you will learn how to carry out and appraise research and evaluation studies in healthcare. You will also review the different types of descriptive, comparative and qualitative studies, as well as secondary research methods including systematic reviews. You will learn the different sampling methods used for studies and qualitative methods of data collection. The module also covers thematic analysis of qualitative data. Data quality, management and analysis will also be discussed.

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

Critically assess the use of evidence and the methodology of research used in the scientific literature and policy documents.
	Demonstrate an understanding of the principles underpinning the use of various research approaches and methodologies and be able to critically evaluate these.
	Design simple research studies.
	Demonstrate knowledge and understanding to support the choice of appropriate research designs and methods to answer a range of questions
The module is delivered through web-based distance learning in the UCL Virtual Learning Environment plus a 3-day face-to-face teaching session.

Bowling A. (2014). Research Methods in Health. Open University Press, 4th edition.

Boynton PM. (2016). The Research Companion. Psychology Press. 2nd ed.

Green J, Thorogood, N (2018). Qualitative Methods for Health Research (Introducing Qualitative Methods series). Sage.