The key lesson from this section is that in our goal to help ourselves, loved ones or our patients get well is not and SHOULD not be solely based on biomedical approach that ignores the psychology of the individual. This is the reason why future healthcare professionals like yourself need to take an introductory course in behavioural sciences because combating an illness is not just about knowing the correct treatment but also understanding and learning about how your patients think.

Here are the areas covered in your learning journey for this week:

1. Psychology and the science of understanding behaviour

2. BioPsychoSocial Model of Health

3. The Health Belief Model and the health decision

• By the end of this week's lesson, you should learn the concept of seeing human behaviours from a scientific perspective through psychology.

• Be able to understand what is the Biopsychosocial Model of Health and how this model can shape the way we look at health and illness behaviour.

• Learn to apply the Health Belief Model to understand patients' decisions that impact their health or illness.