ARBIB1000 Information search and information evaluation Course description

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

The course is also available for students outside the programme and can be applied to individually. Applicants s must have a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent degree in health and social care, public health or sports subjects from an accredited university or college. The grade C requirement does not apply to admission to individual courses.

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 assess key theories related to pain in young people, adults and the older adults
• can discuss approaches to assessing pain and appropriate interventions provided by healthcare professions
• can critically assess theories on motivation and coping with respect to long-term pain conditions
• can assess the significance of a culture and gender perspective in relation to pain

Skills

The student

• can apply relevant theories and models on pain
• can interpret the results of multidimensional assessments of people with pain
• can critically reflect on different interventions for long-term pain conditions

General competence

The student

• can describe key aspects of pain theories
• can implement knowledge about multidimensional assessments of pain conditions
• can disseminate research-based knowledge on the examination and treatment of pain

None.

Individual home examination over 14 days. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 10%).

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

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

Pass/fail.

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

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

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.

The course overlaps by 10 ECTS credits with MAFYS4100 Pain - Multidimensional Assessment and Health Professional Interventions.

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.