Module PY1903-KP04, PY1903

Development of Professionalism in Health Care (EbIH)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
  • Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology
  • Bachelor Psychology 2013, optional subject, psychology
  • Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

  • Development of Professionalism in Health Care (blockseminar (compact course), 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 90 hours private studies and exercises
  • 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Professional Identity
  • Professionalism
  • Development of Expertise
  • Goals and Values
  • Professional and personal competencies of psychologists, psychotherapists and physicians
  • Relation to patients
  • Relation to colleagues
  • Relation to academic teachers and superiors
  • Role models
  • Personal limits
  • Development of experience and procedural knowledge
  • Development of metacognitive knowledge

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Conceptual knowledge about professional identity and its development during university education and work. Factors influencing the development of professional identity
  • Metacognitive knowledge about the role of hard and soft knowledge in the control of professional behavior
  • Awareness about the influence of personal goals and values on professional behavior Application of the knowledge in the analysis of specific problematic professional situations

Grading through:

  • presentation

Responsible for this module:

Teacher:

Literature:

  • Glen Gabbard : Professionalism in Psychiatry American Psychiatric Association 2011

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for enrolling in the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participating in module examination(s):
- Active participation

Module examination(s):
- PY1903-L1: Development of Professional Identity in Medicine, presentation, 100% of the module grade (B certificate, ungraded)

It is recommended that students do not enroll before the 4th semester.

Last Updated:

07.11.2025