MAHAB4100 Coping and Participation in the Rehabilitation Process Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course covers knowledge on (re)habilitation from an individual perspective and looks at (re)habilitation processes. Particular emphasis is placed on different understandings of disability, participation in valued activities and user involvement in the role of service recipient. Topics such as coping, life course, social inequality and communication in (re)habilitation processes are key aspects of the course. The course also deals with different approaches to assessment, goal setting, decision-making support and evaluation in individual (re)habilitation processes.

The changed role of the individual in the (re)habilitation process requires extensive knowledge and skills in user involvement on the part of professional practitioners. The course therefore places great emphasis on a nuanced understanding of how the (re)habilitation process is intertwined with the individual’s social circumstances and in their self-understanding.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Degree 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 analyse different understandings of disability and how these are significant to (re)habilitation
• can assess user perspectives and user participation in individual rehabilitation processes
• can analyse coping, communication and interaction in (re)habilitation processes

Skills 

The student 

• can conduct clinical assessments and set objectives in (re)habilitation 
• can apply recognised strategies to set goals for (re)habilitation processes
• can analytically reflect on user participation in the design of (re)habilitation practice

General competence  

The student

• can facilitate and discuss challenges related to individual (re)habilitation processes 
• can actively apply user perspectives in the development of (re)habilitation practice
• can analyse (re)habilitation as a process and activity at the individual, institutional and societal level

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

•  Minimum attendance of 80% at teaching sessions

Individual project examination in the form of a written work of 2,000-2,500 words that is developed during the course. The student can choose between two or more set research questions.

Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment), he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

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 by 10 ECTS credits with MAREH4000 Rehabilitation as Knowledge and Practice, 20 ECTS credits.