EPN-V2

CORO7200 Basic Competence in Leadership-Based Teamcoaching Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Grunnleggende kompetanse i ledelsesbasert teamcoaching
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
  • Introduction

    Students must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health and Technology.

  • Required preliminary 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 account for key concepts related to technological development, service design and innovation
    • has knowledge of different stakeholders and their role in the health service and in health related research
    • can describe suitable professional tools and methods for identifying user needs through user-oriented thinking
    • is familiar with some relevant technological solutions e.g. artificial intelligence, used in diagnostic tools, therapy, health promotion or rehabilitation work

    Skills

    The student

    • can assess user needs with some established and new relevant user-oriented methods related to health and technology
    • can reflect on ethical issues relating to cases from a health and technology perspective
    • can actively engage in interdisciplinary discussions and collaborative group work
    • can discuss technological developments in their own field both nationally and internationally

    General competence

    The student

    • can reflect upon opportunities and illustrate ideas for future innovations within the field of health and technology, e.g. new sustainable solutions, working methods, services or products, with the help of user orientation and critical thinking
    • can identify and reflect upon disciplinary differences, possible barriers, and ways of integrating their own professional background and competence in an interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Learning outcomes

    The work and teaching methods used will be case-focused and include group work with practical exercises and thematic lectures involving contributions from practitioners in the municipal and specialist health services, business and industry and other special interest organisation.

    Efforts will be made to ensure that the cases used reflect how interdisciplinary collaboration will take place in the workplace. The case studies will be based on different user needs.

    Students will work in groups of 4-6 students. After an initial theoretical introduction and user orientation, the students will prepare proposals for a case based on an overall common issue at the intersection between health and technology.

  • Content

    • Coaching som metode i ledelse
    • Prinsipper, muligheter og utfordringer i ledelsesbasert teamcoaching
    • Gruppen/teamet som læringsarena
    • Gruppepsykologi og gruppedynamikk
    • Samspillprosesser, konflikter og motstand i coaching
    • Etikk i coaching og relasjonsledelse

  • Teaching and learning methods

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

    • Oral presentation in groups of 4-6 students, up to 15 minutes. The group will present their health and technology project according to given requirements, and will receive feedback on their project. The presentation must be given in English.
  • Course requirements

    Oral exam in groups of 4-6 students, up to 30 minutes. Each group have 15 minutes for the presentation of their project, followed by approximately 10 minutes with questions and discussion. The presentation must be given in English.

  • Assessment

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

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Grade scale A-F

  • Grading scale

    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.

  • Examiners

    None.