ERGOB1200 Inclusion, Belonging and Social Participation Course description

All people have a right to an active everyday life and to participate in society. Promoting this right is part of the occupational therapist's social responsibility. If people, for various reasons, do not have the opportunity to live an active and meaningful life with social connections, it can be detrimental to health. In this course, students will work on a project that aims to develop an idea for an activity-based measure to promote inclusion and belonging for a vulnerable group in society.

The students will also participate in the interdisciplinary teaching initiative INTER1100.

INTER1100 ‘The same child - different arenas’ (1.5 credits)

INTER 1100 ‘The Same Child - Different Arenas’ is part of the teaching project Interprofessional Interaction with Children and Youth (INTERACT), which takes place across the programmes of professional study at OsloMet. The goal is to increase the quality of the programmes of professional study that focus on children and young people. Through INTERACT, students acquire research-based knowledge about the everyday lives of children and young people, as well as practice in cooperating with students from other programmes. In this way, INTERACT forms the basis for improved coordination of society’s services directed at children and young people and their parents/guardians. INTER1100 ‘The Same Child - Different Arenas’ makes up the first module of INTERACT.

INTER1100 provides a common academic platform for all students involved. It is about becoming more aware and gain more knowledge about your own and other people’s programmes of professional study that target children and young people's upbringing.

External practical training at a pharmacy takes place in the course MAFARPRA Advanced Pre-Registration Training in the second semester. The practical training component includes two months’ supervised practical training at a community pharmacy or a hospital pharmacy.

The period of practical training will allow the students to practise applying their knowledge and to acquire skills that can only be learnt through practice. Students will use their pharmaceutical expertise at an advanced level in relation to both individuals and society at large. Considerable emphasis is placed on communication and interaction with different groups of patients and health personnel. The students will acquire a basis for mastering their professional role as pharmacists, which includes different tasks and responsibilities relating to leadership roles.

See the course description for MAFARPRA for more detailed information about expected learning outcomes, work and teaching methods and the course’s assessment arrangements.

Supervision and assessment

The student will have a supervisor at the practical training institution who is a pharmacist. The persons responsible for the course at OsloMet will also have regular contact with the student and the supervisor during the period of practical training. Pursuant to the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges, the university is responsible for the final assessment of the student. Reference is also made to the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University Chapter 8. Supervised practical training. Number of attempts.

Practical training

Practical training positions are allocated in cooperation with the Norwegian Pharmacy Association. The Norwegian Pharmacy Association’s practice pool is a national scheme that is used by all educational institutions providing pharmacy education in Norway.

A dedicated digital platform is used to assign practical training positions. The students choose a pharmacy from an overview of available pharmacies. The practice pool comprises available practical training pharmacies from all over Norway.

The students may need to commute to and from the training establishment. Students must comply with the clothing regulations in force at the training establishment. Vaccination may also be required. Separate requirements for attendance apply to practical training; see the section ‘Assessment of practical training’.

A manual for practical training at a pharmacy has been prepared, which contains guidelines for the period of practical training. This manual is common to all educational institutions providing pharmacy education in Norway.

After completing the course and INTER1100*, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:;

Knowledge

The student is capable of

• assessing and presenting inclusive and excluding factors that influence participation and sense of belonging in the big city
• describing the principles for user participation and resource orientation in local communities
• describing the process of growing up in a society characterised by social and cultural diversity*

Skills

The student is capable of

• using relevant legislation when arguing for equal services for different groups in a diverse society
• using occupational science and knowledge about human rights to argue for people's right to occupation and participation
• reflecting on the cultural significance of activities for belonging in a local community
• planning and defending the use of activities to promote inclusion and belonging adapted to a user group in the big city
• cooperating with students from other programmes of professional study on relevant challenges in the everyday lives of children and young people*
• discussing and reflecting on his/her own future professional role in an interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*

General competence

The student

• is capable of acting respectfully towards and building relationships with fellow students and with people in the city who are involved in the project work
• has an understanding of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their families*

Participants will develop a sophisticated awareness of the conventions of academic writing, and how they vary between different disciplines. Participants throughout the course will apply this awareness to their own projects, refining their writing and increasing their likelihood of publication. Moreover, the analytical tools each participant develops during the course will keep on working after the course: each participant will continue to develop their awareness of academic writing and improve their own writing long after the course has finished.

Among the topics covered by the course are:

• Variations in academic style
• Audience, purpose and style
• The writing process
• Disciplinary identity
• Academic language
• Vocabulary, grammar, sentence, paragraph and text
• Coherence and cohesion
• Directness and formality
• Avoiding common errors: e.g. digression, lack of thesis statement, misunderstanding one¿s audience
• Analysing, discussing and responding to academic texts
• Article structures, including IMRAD

Programme description:

Approved by the Academic Affairs Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences on 21 April 2021. Adopted by the University Board on 28 October 2021

Most recent amendments adopted by the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences on 18 December 2023Applies to students starting the programme in 2025 Autumn, Full-time

Course Code: AWC6000.

Individual oral exam consists of a 15 minute presentation, containing a visual element (e.g. a PowerPoint or Prezi), describing how the participant¿s article has developed over the course and how they expect it to develop subsequently, followed by a 15 minute discussion with the examiners, testing the reasoning behind the participant¿s writing decisions, their understanding of concepts covered, and their ability to further develop the text.

The exam will be assessed by two internal examiners.

Grading scale

Pass/Fail.

New/postponed exam

In case of failing the exam or in case of valid absence at the time of the exam, the student is entitled to make a renewed attempt. The re-examination will be arranged in the same manner as the regular exam. The students are themselves responsible for registering for the re-examination within given deadlines.

Course Description for Academic Writing Course (6 ECTS)

Approved by the Academic Affairs Committee 11 October 2016. Minor amendment 13.11.2018.

Pass/fail.

All exam papers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner will assess at least 20% of the papers together with an internal examiner. Other exams are assessed by two internal examiners. The external examiner’s assessment shall benefit all students.