24676 - Psychology of Communication in Health-Related Contexts

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 9079)

Course contents

-Communication as the preferred tool for achieving health objectives


-Communication fallacies


-Self-awareness and functional motivational systems for caregiving


-The role of the psychosocial context around the patient and therapy on clinical outcomes

Readings/Bibliography

Materials provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Lectures, small group discussions, role playing activities

Assessment methods

Oral Exam

Office hours

See the website of Katia Mattarozzi