Program Overview

Course Plan for Health and Ill-Health - a Psychosomatic Perspective

Introduction

The course plan for Health and Ill-Health - a Psychosomatic Perspective is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the psychosomatic approach and its application in patient care. The course is offered by the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at Karolinska Institutet.

Basdata

Course Information

• Course code: 2QA085
• Course name: Health and Ill-Health - a Psychosomatic Perspective
• Credits: 7.5
• Education form: Higher education, 2007 study order
• Main field of study: Other subjects
• Level: Advanced level, course deepening cannot be classified
• Grading scale: Failed (U) or passed (G)
• Responsible institution: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
• Decision-making body: Board of Education
• Date of establishment:
• Revised by: Education Committee NVS
• Latest revision:
• Course plan applies from: Autumn semester 2021

Särskild behörighet

Special Eligibility

• At least 120 credits from education leading to occupational therapist, audiologist, dietitian, speech therapist, medical, psychological, nursing, physiotherapist, or social worker exam. Additionally, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 with a minimum grade of pass/E are required.

Mĺl

Objectives

The course objectives are to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the psychosomatic approach and its application in patient care. After completing the course, students should be able to:

• Describe and apply a biopsychosocial perspective on mental/psychosomatic illness, chronic pain, and stress-related disorders
• Describe body therapeutic, affect-focused, and behavior-oriented interventions and their applications
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team and argue for their specific knowledge area and role in the rehabilitation of patients with mental/psychosomatic illness, chronic pain, and stress-related disorders
• Demonstrate scientific and critical thinking and a reflective approach to their own perspectives/values and needs for lifelong learning

Innehĺll

Content

The course covers:

• Bio-, psycho-, social explanation models for health/illness
• Body, being, meaning, and reflection as central concepts for understanding body-soul interaction
• Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological understanding of "the lived body"
• Explanation models for understanding acceptance and change processes
• Existential perspectives on health/illness
• Therapeutic approach
• Theories and exercises to promote affect and body awareness

Arbetsformer

Working Methods

The teaching is conducted in the form of lectures, literature studies, discussions in seminar form, and theme work. Great emphasis is placed on the student's own active knowledge acquisition and reflection on their own experiences in connection with body awareness and mindfulness exercises.

Examination

Examination

The assessment of knowledge, skills, attitude, and reflective ability takes place continuously through follow-up of study assignments and at the final examination. The examination consists of a written individual assignment and a group assignment. For a passed course, completion of study assignments, passed examination, attendance (see below), and active participation in body awareness training and seminar discussions are required.

• Mandatory moments for a passed course are:
  • Oral and written study assignments presented individually or in groups
  • Mandatory attendance and active participation in patient case seminars and presentations
  • Attendance at 80% of other scheduled time

Övergĺngsbestämmelser

Transition Provisions

Examination will be provided for a period of one year after a possible discontinuation of the course. Examination can be carried out according to the previous literature list for a period of one year after the time when a renewal of the literature list has been made.

Övriga föreskrifter

Other Provisions

• Language of instruction: Swedish
• Course evaluation is conducted according to the guidelines established by the Committee for Education at the basic and advanced levels. During the course, participants are encouraged to provide feedback on the course content and structure.
• The course replaces 2QA020.
• The course may not be credited in an examination at the same time as a completed and passed course, whose content entirely or partially coincides with the content of the course. The following course is overlapping: 2XX044, Health and Ill-Health - a Psychosomatic Perspective, 7.5 credits

Litteraturlista och övriga läromedel

Literature List and Other Teaching Materials

Obligatorisk litteratur

Mandatory Literature

• Att förstĺ kroppens budskap : sjukgymnastiska perspektiv , Biguet, Gabriele; Keskinen-Rosenqvist, Riitta; Levy Berg, Adrienne, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 406 s. ISBN: 1-7, LIBRIS-ID:

Additional literature in the form of scientific articles will be added - announced at the start of the course.

Rekommenderad litteratur

Recommended Literature

• Andersson, Christina, Compassioneffekten : att utveckla självtillit och inre trygghet , Stockholm : Natur & Kultur, 2018 ISBN:
• Bragée, Britt, Kroppen först : En behandlingsmodell vid psykosomatik , Studentlitteratur AB, 2013 ISBN: 0-2, LIBRIS-ID:
• Bullington, Jennifer, Psykosomatik : om kropp, själ och meningsskapande , 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2007 - 207, [1] s. ISBN: , LIBRIS-ID:
• Lagerström, Ann; Serrander, Elisabeth, Existentiell coaching , Upplaga 1 : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2019] - 213 sidor ISBN: , LIBRIS-ID: hsp3941cf7mlv3ph
• Sonnby-Borgström, Marianne, Affekter, affektiv kommunikation och anknytningsmönster : ett bio-psyko-socialt perspektiv , 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2005 - 255 s. ISBN: -1, LIBRIS-ID: , Selected parts
• Vĺrdvetenskapliga begrepp i teori och praktik , Wiklund Gustin, Lena; Bergbom, Ingegerd, Andra upplagan : Lund : Studentlitteratur AB, 2017 - 468 sidor ISBN: 3-5, LIBRIS-ID: