1. Welcome to the Master in Psychology
Specialization Occupational Health Psychology
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2. Introduction session
 Getting acquainted
 Give you an overview of the Master program OHP
 Introduce the mandatory and elective courses
 Answer questions
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3. Professional Master Programme
MSc in Psychology
• Mandatory courses 20/25 ECTS
• Elective courses 10/5 ECTS
• Thesis Proposal+Thesis 20 ECTS
• Internship 10 ECTS
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4. Occupational Health Psychology
• Central topic: health, performance, and well-being of people
in organisational settings
• Crucial feature: integration of knowledge from various
disciplines of psychology
– Social & Organisational Psychology
• Leadership and work motivation; group processes
– Cognitive Psychology
• Human Factors, e.g. role of human behaviour in
accidents, human-computer interaction
– Health Psychology
• Causes and consequences of occupational stress;
health promotion in work settings
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5. Occupational Health Psychology
Depending on your interest you can further focus on
the Social & Organizational Ψ or Cognitive Ψ or
Health Ψ approach by:
 choosing specific topics for your thesis
 choosing a specific internship
 selecting specific electives.
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6. MSc OHP: Mandatory (20 / 25)
* Work & Stress (5)
role of workplace factors in employee health & well-being
* Human Error at work (5)
systemic & behaviour-related causes of accidents
* Social Psychology of Organizational Behaviour (10)
how to apply social psychology know-how to issues in organisations
OR
Motivation, Power & Leadership (5)
the interplay between individuals, groups, and organisations
with special attention to the roles of managers
* Interventions in Occupational Health (5)
how to assess occupational risks & how to design, implement &
evaluate interventions
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7. Work & Stress (5 ects)
• Once a year: 1st semester – block I
• role of workplace factors in employee health & well-
being
• Lectures; student presentations & discussion;
individual paper
• Coordinator: dr Margot van der Doef
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8. Human Error at Work (5 ects)
• Once a year (1st semester – block II)
• systemic & behaviour-related causes of accidents
• Lectures/seminars, project report, presentations &
discussion; take-home exam
• Coordinator: Prof Patrick Hudson
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9. Interventions in Occupational Health (5 ects)
• Once a year (2nd semester – block IV)
• How to assess occupational risks & how to design,
implement & evaluate interventions
• Lectures – work groups; individual & subgroup
assignments
• Coordinator: dr Margot van der Doef
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10. Motivation, Power & Leadership (5 ects)
• Once a year (1st semester – block I)
• The interplay between individuals, groups, and
organisations with special attention to the roles of
managers
• Lectures; exam
• Coordinator: dr Fieke Harinck
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11. Social Psychology of Organisational
Behaviour (10 ects)
• Twice a year (1st semester; 2nd semester)
• How to apply social psychology know-how to issues
in organisations
• Lectures / Work group sessions, presentations,
assignments, exam
• Coordinator: dr. Wolfgang Steinel / dr. Arjaan Wit
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12. Master thesis (20 ects)
• Thesis proposal and full thesis – under supervision of an experienced
researcher.
• You will receive a list of thesis topics offered by staff members of
S&O, Cogn, and Health Ψ. You can indicate your topics of interest
and will be allocated to a topic & supervisor.
• You will be informed on the procedure in the upcoming weeks (tight
schedule).
• It is also a possibility to do your thesis extern (e.g., TNO).
• Thesis coordinator: Margot van der Doef
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13. Master thesis
Till end of January 2013:
Thesis proposal and detailed planning 14 weeks
From Feb till June 2013:
Actual thesis research: data collection or
getting to know your data file, analysis, write up 19 weeks
Standard deadline full thesis: June 2013
NOTE:
• Internship opportunities may result in tailor-made schedule with
later deadline.
• In September, first individual mentor-meeting: thesis is one of the
topics on the agenda.
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14. Internship (10 ects)
• Preferably you start an internship after you finished most of
your courses and most of your thesis.
• The timing (nr. of days a week) of the internship is flexible,
and depending on your wishes and those of the organisation
• Finding a place: finding one yourself or apply to listed
organisations. Criteria in the internship manual on
Blackboard.
• Internship coordinator: Margot van der Doef
• Option for Dutch students: Trainers Course Communication
Skills (Oct-Dec – 10 ects) + trainer Interpersoonlijke
BeroepsVaardigheden (Jan-March - 10 ects)
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15. Internship (10 ECTS)
• standard period: Jun-Aug, 280 hrs (= 35 days, report included)
• If you want to start your internship earlier, your schedule for thesis
and internship should be adapted & approved by supervisor and
coordinator.
• Find internship yourself
• List of recent internships available
• Examples (profit/non-profit):
– Human resource management
– Psychological assessment & selection
– Safety management
– Consultancy
– Training/education (e.g. TCCS)
– Counseling / coaching
– Research organizations (TNO)
• Coordinator: dr Margot van der Doef
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16. Occupational Health Psychology program (start Sept 2012)
September October November December January February March April May June
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Work & Stress (5) Human Error (5) Interventions in OH (5)
Thesis (20) Internship (10)
MPL (5)
Soc Psychology of Org Behav (10) Soc Psychology of Org Behav (10)
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17. What courses can you take
besides the ‘mandatory’
program?
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18. Electives OHP
 5 - 10 ECTS
 Depending on your interest you can further focus
on the Social & Organizational Ψ or
Clinical/Health Ψ or Cognitive Ψ approach
S&O Ψ:
• Social Psychology of Organisational Behaviour (10
ECTS; 1st or 2nd semester)
• Motivation Power & Leadership (5 ECTS; 1st
semester, block I)
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19. Electives OHP
Health/Clinical Ψ:
• Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (5 ECTS;
1st semester, block I)
You will learn in depth how to design and implement an
intervention program to promote health behavior.
• Training Course Communication Skills (10 ECTS;
Oct-Dec) + trainer IBV (10 ECTS – Jan-March;
internship possibility)
You will acquire teaching skills for communication and
social skill-training. Note: in Dutch!
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20. Electives OHP
Cognitive Ψ:
• Human Potential: Application (5 ects; 2nd semester
– block III)
You will learn to translate cognitive theories to entries for
cognitive enhancement in a variety of (job) contexts
• Human Computer Interaction (5 ects; 2nd
semester – block III)
You will learn the cognitive issues involved in designing
interactive systems and to evaluate graphical user
interfaces
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21. Other electives
e.g.:
• Applied Data Analysis (5 ects; twice a year:
1st and 2nd semester)
• Health Psychology in Practice (5 ects;
2nd semester – 1st block)
• Policy and social behavior (5 ects;
1st semester, 2nd block)
• Psychology of economic behavior (5 ects;
1st & 2nd sem, 1st block)
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22. Preparatory course in
Methodology and Statistics
• International students and external students who would
like to update their knowledge and/or skills in statistics
can do a course in the first semester, to be prepared for
their thesis research.
• Leiden BA students can do the course if they think they
need it.
• If it was a requirement in your admission, you need to
pass the course (≥ 5,5)
• Course takes place in 1st semester (evenings)
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23. Mentor-system
• Three meetings a year
• You are invited for a first meeting (please sign in!)
Aim:
• To discuss choices within the master program (e.g.,
electives, thesis, internship)
• To discuss study progress
• To discuss future perspectives (e.g. internship, postmaster
courses)
• To refer you to the right person
Contact info: Dr. Margot van der Doef; room 2B29;
doef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl; 071-5273987
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24. Last But Not Least
Opportunity to participate in departmental policy:
• 1 student OHP to represent this master in the Master
Educational Board (MOC)
– Dedicated to the monitoring, preservation and
improvement of the quality of your Master education
– Board of both faculty and institutional staff and student
presentatives
– ± 10 meetings (once a month)
+
• 1 international OHP student for International Students
Platform
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25. Procedure to subscribe
Subscribing with Usis for 1st semester courses of 2012-2013 will be
possible this afternoon between 12.00-15.00
• In January 2013 you subscribe for the courses of the 2nd semester
• Read carefully in Usis the remarks (e.g. “Students Occupational
Health Psychology”, “international students”, “English”), so you
subscribe to the right coursegroup (act. codes of the courses)
• If Usis reports for a chosen elective: “Full” or “waiting list” there is
a realistic possibility that you can not follow the course. However, if
it is a mandatory course for your master you will always be placed.
• In case of questions:
Occupational Health Psychology  Mrs. K. Minnebo (2B03)
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26. Note I
• You must register in time for examinations
– through uSis (our on-line registration system)
– by sending an e-mail to the Student Information
Desk
• Master diploma
– submit the application form for graduation in time -
best you can do is to apply for graduation when you
have 40 ECTS
– diploma’s are dated on the last working day of the
month
– Official graduation sessions are scheduled four times
a year
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27. Note II
• Blackboard:
Here you will find the latest info on courses, including
assignments, powerpoints of lectures. Often you need
to enroll yourself for the courses you are taking.
• Umail:
the university will use umail for important messages -
forward it to your personal mail address if you don’t
check it regularly…
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28. In case of questions,
feel free to contact me:
doef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Room 2B29
071 – 527 3987
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