BYPE2700 Project management and economy Course description

A practically directed and flexible course in project management that provides a thorough introduction to the project work form. This course guides students through fundamental project management concepts and behavioral skills up to modern and digital tools that are needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize benefits from projects in the construction industry.

This course will also provide an introduction to design management, decision making, coordination, and planning related to requirements from the project site, the production, clients, and public authorities.;

Language of instruction: English (Norwegian if no English-speaking students have registered for the course)

Health communication comprises all communication on and related to health. Communication competence is crucial in all types of interpersonal relationships. Health related problems occur, are experienced and appear through communication. The student will learn to apply theories and tools to develop health communication competence, that is the competence to reflect on, observe and communicate about communication, while also understanding communication as a skill. The student will learn to apply quality criteria to different situations varying regarding function, purpose and target group of the communication. The course also consists of basic topics that will build foundations, insight and understanding within health communication The course is appropriate for everyone who works with people.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences, Pharmacy or Health and Technology.

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 describe the term health in the light of a communication theoretic perspective
• can explain how health competence, and socioeconomic, psychological and biological factors affect individuals’ communication
• can describe how communication can affect the body, life experience, embodiment, and coping
• can describe effective health communication with selected target groups
• can describe how communication processes can be evaluated

​Skills

The student

• can appraise and apply relevant theories related to health communication at the individual, group and societal level
• can apply relevant knowledge about the relationship between psyche and soma in order to promote appropriate behaviour
• can reflect on and critically analyse one’s own role and responsibility regarding interaction with the user/patient and family
• can reflect on ethical challenges that can arise in communication with the recipient/user
• can apply and adapt methods of evaluation of communication

General competence

The student

• can use communication as central tool of a health care provider
• can practice adapted health communication
• can contribute with innovation to knowledge on communication and working with relations

The course will use varied, student-active work methods and consists of several learning modules, which include lectures, observation practice, case-based groupwork, flipped classroom and discussions based on the written syllabus. The teaching is session-based on campus, with two sessions over 1 week each, with an interval of some weeks. The students will solve different assignments using various submission formats and peer assessment.

1. Two written class submissions (7-10 pages), count 30%
2. Final project submission (20-30 pages) + presentation, counts 70%

Both assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) in order for the student to pass the course.

Individual home examination in the form of a written report. Scope: 2300 words (+/- 10%).

Students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

Graded scale A-F

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course deals with the the development and evaluation of complex interventions to promote health, activity and social participation. The students will also work with topics that are relevant to their own research topic. The course is based on theories on activity, participation and inclusion. Such theories can contribute to an understanding of challenges that can arise in people’s everyday and working lives, and of what can contribute to good health and participation. The student will learn to work systematically with the development and evaluation of complex interventions, and understand how different frameworks and methods can be used in such processes. The students will have an opportunity to continue work on the topics from this course in the elective course MAVIT5300 Knowledge Translation.