ERGOB1220 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. Public health emphasises the distribution of health challenges in the population based on causal connections and risk factors related to education, work and living conditions. Public health also emphasises elements affecting disease, illness, health and quality of life in the population at individual, group and society level, including the UN sustainability goals.

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. Social participation comprises inclusion and belonging at an individual, group and societal level.

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.

Health management emphasises a fundamental understanding of how the health service is organised, of relevant legislation, strategies and goals for preventive and health promoting work in Norway.

The course is largely web-based and includes digital lectures, digital group assignments and self-study. The course also comprises a compulsory three-day session at OsloMet that includes skills training in the form of laboratory courses. The group assignments include oral presentations where students receive feedback on their work from fellow students and the lecturer.

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

• minimum attendance of 80% at scheduled digital lectures
• minimum attendance of 80% at campus-based session

Individual written home exam over 3 days, 2,000 words (+/- 20%).

The paper can be written in English or a Scandinavian language.

Grade scale A-F.

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.

The course builds on MABIO4110 Molecular Cell Biology. This course or equivalent knowledge is recommended.

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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.