EPN-V2

ØABED2200 Business Analytics Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Business Analytics
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Business Administration and Economics
Oslo Business School, Exchange Programme
Weight
7.5 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Curriculum
SPRING 2021
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

The bachelor’s thesis is the final academic in-depth paper in the nursing programme. Through the work on the bachelor’s thesis, the student will delve into a delimited area of research, and have the opportunity to develop his/her own academic independence. The topic must be linked to the nursing profession, patients and/or next-of-kin. The bachelor’s thesis must include systematic literature searches to apply results from recent research related to the chosen research question. The bachelor’s thesis must be presented in a systematic and clear manner. The title of the bachelor’s thesis will also be included on the diploma.

Recommended preliminary courses

SYKKPRA40, and SYKPPRA40 and B overlap 100 %.

Required preliminary courses

Physiotherapy practice requires expertise in how to adapt measures for patients with reduced functioning as a result of injury/disease of the musculoskeletal system, different pain conditions, mental and psychosomatic health problems, rheumatic and degenerative diseases, systemic disease (cancer), as well as for patients who have undergone surgical procedures. To provide professionally sound health services, physiotherapists must obtain information about the health of individuals. Physiotherapists must also have knowledge about possible relations between a person’s health condition, their cultural and socioeconomic background, and their prerequisites for movement, activity and participation.

Physiotherapists must also acquire up-to-date and relevant research-based knowledge and reflect on the transfer value of previous clinical experience to novel clinical practice.

Learning outcomes

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

Knowledge

The student

  • can discuss the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
  • can summarise relevant research and professional development in the chosen specialisation

Skills

The student

  • can create a project description, including a time schedule and how he/she intends to complete the bachelor’s thesis with the resources available
  • can formulate a clear research question relating to nursing, which is possible to answer within the framework of the thesis
  • can carry out an independent systematic literature review in accordance with the applicable research standards
  • can clarify concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
  • can present specialist literature in an independent, logical, critical and systematic manner

General competence

The student i

  • can disseminate and arguing for strengths and weaknesses of his/her own study in a substantial and methodical manner
  • can reflect on relevant research ethics issues

Teaching and learning methods

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • is capable of reflecting on health promoting and preventive work at the individual-, group- and society level with focus on healthy, vulnerable and marginalised groups
  • is capable of describing conditions;that influence children and adolescent’s formative environment and;how activity and well-being are significant for health, welfare and the prevention of disease for all groups of the population
  • is capable of describing;key issues related to women’s health;
  • is capable of describing key issues related to sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases;
  • is capable of describing how migration, refugee;and judicial status can affect each person’s health
  • has knowledge about the importance of appreciative communication with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*
  • can explain children and adolescents’ right to participation in decisions that concern them*;
  • can explain the importance of explorative approaches in cooperation with children and adolescents*

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Skills

The student is capable of

  • exploring how social health determinants are significant to public health and work inclusion at the individual and group level
  • using knowledge of pregnancy, birth and the post-partum period
  • completing a project under supervision and disseminating the results
  • carry out a conversation about everyday life with children and adolescents*;
  • have appreciative communication with parents/guardians*

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Competence

The student is capable of

  • discussing the connection between social health determinants and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • reflecting on the health risks of people who live with demanding caregiving tasks, drug addictions in the family, and people who have experienced neglect or domestic violence
  • can reflect on their own role in explorative conversation with children, adolescents and their parent/guardians*
  • understands the importance of interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*

Course requirements

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

  • Project description for the bachelor’s thesis, scope 1,000 words (+/- 10%).
  • Completed supervision, three compulsory supervision sessions out of the four sessions offered.

Assessment

The following must have been approved in order for the student to receive a final assessment in part 2:

  • a minimum attendance of 80 % in teaching specified as ‘compulsory attendance’ in the schedule
  • an individual subject note, 700 words (+/- 10 %), that will be subject to assessment.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner.

Course contact person

SYKK3900, SYKP3900 and SKOMP3910 are fully overlapping.