Pre-registration / waiting list
Applied Health Psychology: the Art and Science of Medicine
A 1-day course led by Dr. Inês Trindade
A supportive, evidence-based group for practicing physicians who want to deepen their understanding of the psychological dimensions of clinical work.
We examine how stress, stigma, symptom perception, and the biopsychosocial model influence patient behaviour, decision-making, and engagement with care, and how these same processes shape the clinician’s own emotional responses.
Participants also have space for confidential clinical reflection on the emotional weight of their work, including themes such as avoidance, empathy fatigue, boundary strain, and the impact of healthcare inequalities on patient encounters.
Program outline:
Biopsychosocial model in clinical care
Coping and health behavior models
Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology
Conditioning, social learning, and the placebo effect
Stigma and other barriers to effective provider-patient communication
Clinician vulnerability and needs
Mindfulness-based self-regulation practices
Compassion-based practices for sustainable clinical presence
Clinical reflection and emotional integration
Integrating mind-body tools into everyday clinical work
Course language: English
Duration: 1 day (6 hours in total, 9h-12h; 13h-16h)
Cost: 220 EUR
Each course will be confirmed when conditions to run it are fulfilled. When that happens, pre-registrants will be informed by email and invited to proceed with their payment in order to effectively register in the course.
More about the trainer here.
Two available formats:
- In person (Porto, Portugal, 13 March 2026)
- Online (via zoom, dates TBA)