24676 - Psychology of Communication in Health-Related Contexts

Academic Year 2021/2022

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

Course contents

-The role of communication and information in triggering adverse effects in clinical practice (nocebo mechanism)

-Shared decision making in healthcare: decision making in the team

Readings/Bibliography

Materials provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Lectures, small group discussions, role playing activities

Assessment methods

Multiple-choice test (14 questions with 4 answer options, two wrong options, one partially correct but incomplete, one correct and complete) + one open question.

Office hours

See the website of Katia Mattarozzi