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Master's Degree Dissertation II
Code: 44725Credits: 9
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| General Health Psychology | OB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Juan Vicente Luciano Devis
- Email :
- juanvicente.luciano@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Sonia Lorente Sànchez
- Antoni Sanz Ruíz
- Juan Vicente Luciano Devis
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
Having passed the subject of TFM-I, which implies having completed and had the feasibility report validated by the tutor.
Objectives
The philosophy of the master's thesis is to face the student with a real problem of research related to general health psychology, he/she must follow a research team to contribute to a line already endegated, or be identified, with the help from the tutor/s, a need, problem or lack of health interest. To achieve this purpose, the DM places the student in a position to deploy and combine all the skills developed in order to 1) solve the problem problem or question approached in this way, and 2) demonstrate that you have the ability to which the MUPGS will accredit you: the ability to use your knowledge and skills to solve real problems.
During the Master's thesis II subject, the student must complete the actions foreseen in the feasibility report approved by his/her tutor within the framework of the Master's thesis I subject.
Learning outcomes
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Carry out a multidimensional-multilevel analysis of health-illness processes.
- Recognise and describe the factors determining health from a biopsychosocial perspective.
- Integrate perspectives and approaches in health-illness processes.
- Write the master's dissertation in accordance with regulations on ethical professional practice and research in the field.
- Plan and carry out a systematic documentary search that unearths scientific evidence.
- Use documentary and bibliographic databases to obtain information relevant to the objective of the master's dissertation and to professional practice.
- Know and apply quality criteria to the selected documentary sources and clinical material.
- Justify the sources of clinical information used (evaluation tests, clinical guidelines, informants, programmes of treatment, etc.) for the master's dissertation.
- Identify the most suitable research methods and designs for responding to a hypothesis in the context of the master's dissertation.
- Gather and analyse information consistently with the research objectives and hypotheses, and interpret the results obtained appropriately, acknowledging the impact on individuals and communities in the context of the master's dissertation.
- Respect the confidentiality of the data used or obtained.
- Design and give presentations in public.
Contents
The TFM can be carried out using 3 formats in accordance with the needs, interests and possibilities of each student and their tutor(s). The type of work must be freely chosen by the student and/or his/her tutor/s in order to be able to complete a good TFM, always guaranteeing that the TFM is feasible in the time stipulated for its duration and that can be presented for evaluation and defended at the end of the MUPGS.
A. The first type of work is the systematic review. The systematic review makes it possible to synthesize and report on the current state of research on a topic, using systematic and explicit procedures for the identification, selection and critical assessment of relevant research. In addition, systematic reviews make it possible to identify relationships, contradictions, absences and inconsistencies in the scientific literature, as well as to suggest new works to solve the problems raised. The bases to be followed for the development of a work of this type can be consulted at the PRISMA Institution (www.prisma-statement.org).
B. The TFM can also be an empirical study that addresses a relevant research question and will take the form of a conventional scientific article. This format helps the student to become familiar with the processes of a research (design, field work, statistical analysis, writing) and can give rise to a presentation at a congress or a publication if the final result is of sufficient quality . It is recommended to have a methodological tutor or co-tutor and edit it in accordance with APA style (www.apastyle.org).
C. Finally, it can be a product work, which would include all those works whose objective is to develop a new instrument or evaluation method, a new modality or system of intervention, the improvement of a process, new therapeutic materials, a program, a tutorial, or any other tangible consequence with direct utility for health psychology, whether in relation to patients or users, health workers or agents,or other elements of the health system susceptible to benefit from psychological knowledge.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developing MD work | 205.3 | 8.212 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Follow-up sessions with the academic tutor | 17.7 | 0.708 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Assessment and coordination | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 3 |
The TFM has four characteristics that distinguish it from other modules:
1) It has an eminently autonomous character, that is to say, the student must undertake most of the 225 hours covered by his TFM-II (209 hours of independent work).
2) TFM teaching is non-directed and is based on tutorial action. The student does not attend class but is assisted by his tutor, with whom he must carry out a minimum of 3 tutorials, in accordance with the work schedule provided in the feasibility report.
3) To do this, the student is expected to deploy and integrate a large number of previously developed skills (during the degree, the rest of the MUPGS subjects and contact with the tutor. The TFM-II has of being the proof that the student can integrate what he has learned and put it to the service of addressing a complex reality, solving problems, and showing that he can continue with his self-taught training.
4) It involves a large number of agents, since each TFM will be supervised by one or two tutors (at least one academic professor on campus and eventually an external supervisor associated with practice health centers) and subjected to evaluation before an independent tribunal .
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV1. Writing report (tutor) | 40 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
| EV3. Dissertation (reviewers) | 40 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 5, 16, 17 |
| EV2. Executive abstract (reviewer) | 20 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 5, 16 |
- The assessment of this subject is made up of 3 evidences of learning, assessed by different people:
- The final report (evidence EV1, 40% of the overall grade), which will be delivered in the second half of January 2027 in the subject's virtual classroom and will be evaluated by the tutor who has monitored the learning process of the student along the TFM-I / TFM-II continuum.
- The executive summary (evidence 2, 20% of the overall grade), which will be delivered in the second half of January 2027 in the subject's virtual classroom and will be evaluated by thesis committee composed by one member (academic from the Faculty of Psychology).
- The oral defense (evidence 3, 40% of the overall grade), which will take place during the first half of February 2027 and will be evaluated by the same professor that evaluates of the executive summary plus one Emotional Wellbeing and Community Health Coordinators in Catalonia -REBEC-.
Criteria for considering the course passed
- In order to pass TFM II, students must obtain a minimum overall mark of 4.85 out of 10 in the sum of the 3 assessment components: oral defence, final report and executive summary.
- In addition, in accordance with the Faculty’s assessment guidelines, in order for a course assessed under the continuous assessment system to be considered passed, students must obtain a minimum overall mark of 5.0 out of 10 —equivalent, for calculation purposes, to 4.85— and a mark equal to or higher than 4.0 in each of the assessment components that is in person and contribute 20% or more to the final mark. This rule specifically applies to assessment component Ev3, corresponding to the oral defence.
- If these requirements are not met, the maximum mark that may be recorded in the academic transcript will be 4.5 points.
- This subject does not provide for the single assessment system.
- This subject does not provide for a synthesis test for second enrollment students.
- Link to the Faculty's evaluation guidelines (https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html)
Feedback
| Learning evidence | Feedback week | Feedback modality |
| Ev1: Final report | W22 of the first semester | Written feedback using a rubric, available through Moodle, with the possibility of review in a tutorial. |
| Ev2: Executive summary | W1 of the second semester | Written feedback using a rubric, available through Moodle, with the possibility of review in a tutorial. |
| Ev3: Oral defence | W1 of the second semester | Feedback using a rubric in Moodle, in-class comments after the oral defence, and the possibility of review in a tutorial. |
Not assessable: The student will be considered \"not assessable\" if they submit only EV2 or do not submit any deliverable.
Use of AI
By default, in the TFM-II course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted solely as a support tool for tasks such as information retrieval, language correction, style improvement, or text translation. In all cases, the use of AI must be previously agreed upon with the supervisor(s).
In addition, the student must clearly identify which parts of the work were generated with the help of such technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the work process and the final outcome.
Lack of transparency in the use of AI in EV1, EV2, and EV3 will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty on the activity’s grade, or even more serious sanctions depending on the severity of the case.
Software
In this subject no specific software is served
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TFMmRD) Treball de fi de màster (màster RD) | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |