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Offerings
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
Requisites
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Enrolment rules
Enrolment in M1238 Master of Applied Psychology (Professional)
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Learning outcomes
1.
Have an understanding of the experience and psychology of people at work and in organisations as these relate to well-beig.
2.
Understand the role Psychologists can have in improving the quality of work life and organisational outcomes.
3.
Have a psychology-informed understanding of the issues of employee health, safety, human factors and well-being in occupational settings.
4.
Have an understanding of the methodological issues of conducting research within the field of worker well-being including, ethical considerations relating to data collection/access and observation, comparability, contamination and variability and the criterion problem.
Assessments
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Additional information
Unit content:
Core topics covered in this unit include:
- The Significance of Work
- Work Stress
- Mental Health and Counselling in the workplace: Bullying, Substance abuse, Counselling & Coaching
- Working as a psychologist in schools
- Working with disability
- Workplace Health and Safety. Health and Safety Legislation and Accident Causation: Human Error
- Safety culture and systems
- Trauma Interventions
- Work and Life Balance
- Work Transitions and Cessation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
This curriculum aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being