ØASØK2000 Microeconomics II Course description

The course comprises clinical studies in relevant locations in the primary and specialist health services and aims to provide students with both breadth and in-depth competence. The students’ role will be to observe and participate in diagnostic work and therapeutic interventions. Knowledge, skills and methods acquired must be adapted to patients with issues of different complexity and degree of seriousness.

The learning outcomes build on earlier courses. The learning outcomes are actualised, integrated and acquired in clinical situations and form the basis for the development of clinical competence. The student must acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary to solve tasks and challenges in clinical practice placement.

The course builds on the introductory course in Microeconomics I

The student must have passed the first and second year of the programme or equivalent, with the exception of the courses PMED1050, PMED1060 and PMED1070.

After completing the course, students will acquired the learning outcomes defined in knowledge, skills and general competence"

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• the basic economic theories explaining behaviours of consumers and firms
• the market structure
• the economics of information
• game theory in analysing strategic behaviour
• the applications of behavioural economics

Skills

The student can

• use economic concepts to explain consumer and firms- behaviour
• use economic reasoning to discuss economic policies
• formulate and analyse strategic interactions

General competence

The student can

• develop insights to critically address economic issues
• engage in analytical discussions of economic policies

Work and teaching methods comprise supervised clinical studies and student-active methods in the form of reflection notes and self-study in the simulation and skills centre. Training in driving emergency vehicles applies to students who have not taken this course earlier in the programme.

The course starts with one day of preparation followed by eight weeks of supervised clinical practice. The content of the placement periods will vary with the activities at the practice placement location and will therefore offer varied arenas for clinical exposure in terms of scenarios, diagnoses and complexity.

The following required coursework must be approved to pass clinical training:

• Two reflection notes of 1,500 words (+/- 10%)*
• Submitted and signed clinical training document.

* If the student takes driving training in PMEDPRA30, he/she only needs to submit one reflection note of 1,500 words (+/- 10%).

The student has up to two attempts to have the written coursework requirements approved. If a written assignment is not approved, the student must rework it and submit it again. If the first attempt fails, the student will receive individual feedback and advice on what needs to be improved in order for the course requirement to be approved. The clinical practice placement will be registered as failed if the second attempt at meeting a course requirement fails. This counts as one (1) attempt at passing the clinical practice placement.

Practical-oral examination in groups of three to four students, based on an assigned problem statement, approximately 30 minutes.

The examination is conducted as a seminar in which all students are expected to participate.

Examination groups are given an assigned problem statement involving a clinical skill about two weeks before the examination. Based on this problem statement, the groups are required to deliver 20 minutes of theoretical instruction and practical demonstration of the skill. Other students in the cohort and examiners will be the recipients of the teaching session. After the instruction, there is a period of up to 10 minutes for oral questions from the examiners. The examination group is normally assigned a collective grade. In special circumstances, individual grades may be assigned.

All aids are permitted. The rules for source referencing must be followed.

Part 1: The midway and final assessments are made by the clinical practice supervisor. The university contact lecturer will contribute to the midway and final assessment on the basis of the criteria described in the clinical practice placement manual. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2: The theoretical and practical tests are assessed by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration

All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

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