MAEMP4200 Health Pedagogy Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course highlights and problematises core concepts in health pedagogy and the relationship between the concepts. It covers health pedagogy methods and digital solutions used for health challenges. Through training and reflection, the student will acquire the expertise necessary to plan, execute and evaluate health pedagogy measures provided to persons with health challenges and their next of kin, and incorporate user knowledge when teaching patients/users and next of kin.

Emphasis is placed on interprofessional cooperation and the organisation of health pedagogy measures, as well as the importance of being a change agent in different arenas related to health promotion.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• can critically assess concepts and methods in health pedagogy

Skills

The student:

• can plan, implement, critically assess and document a health pedagogy scheme for patients/users or next of kin
•  can apply health pedagogy knowledge and skills in interprofessional collaboration and in cooperation with patients/users and next of kin, in a practical training situation or at their place of work
• can discuss the planning and implementation of different health pedagogy methods, if relevant in cooperation with patients/users and next of kin 

General competence

The student:

• can critically analyse and incorporate user knowledge in patient and next of kin training individually and in groups

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods include lectures, practical exercises in health pedagogy methods individually and in groups, group work and self-study.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination: 

• participation in practical exercises
• approved research question for the home examination by a given deadline

Individual home examination over two weeks based on the focus and content of the chosen topic. The student chooses the research question themselves. Scope: 2,500 words (+/- 10%).

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.

At least 20% of the examination papers will be assessed by an external examiner together with an internal examiner. The remaining papers will be assessed by two internal examiners. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all students.

The course overlaps 100% with MAPO4400 Health Pedagogy, 10 ECTS credits.