PGCERT Behaviour Change at Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn to critically evaluate and apply different approaches, theories and models to health-related issues and behaviour change.
• Develop your ability to reflect on your practice, planning and personal development.
• Apply problem solving strategies to complex professional scenarios.
• Develop research and systematic literature reviewing skills.

This course focuses on health psychology’s approach to understanding people’s experience of illness, disability and health. As part of the course you will acquire knowledge and skills which you will apply to enhance your professional practice. You will be encouraged to engage in reflection and reflexive practice which will enable you to further develop your skills in order to meet new challenges and understand ways to improve care.

Live/real world projects

An important part of your learning is to apply your developing knowledge and skills to real-world problems, both individually and in group discussion. This enables you to develop a flexible application of knowledge to enhance your professional practice in a health or social care-related setting. Our course leaders are experts in clinical health practitioner work, both in private practice and in the NHS. Applied skills you'll learn range from health needs assessments to behaviour change interventions to systematic reviewing. 

The course aims to provide you with the ability to use your work or voluntary experience within a health and/or social care related setting to aid your learning and training. If you don’t currently work in a health-related setting, we have a careers workshop and a dedicated careers adviser who can help you find suitable employment or voluntary work.

Networking opportunities

Specialist research seminars, delivered by members of the department and guest speakers which include academics and practitioners, are used to deepen knowledge and understanding of the course content.

All our courses are well supported by a comprehensive suite of career management services including interview training, and networking opportunities. There is also a week of dedicated focus on employability to give you early orientation to career opportunities, and we encourage an atmosphere of supportiveness among our students. 

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• Health promotion
• Nursing
• Social work
• Medical practice
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
• Mental health and wellbeing