JBV3000 Follow the Money Course description

Basic economic knowledge is pivotal for journalists reporting and understanding of contemporary societies. In this course, students will learn basic economics and accounting, and how to understand and present economic facts and interpretations in an accessible way. Using companies and national economies as cases, students will learn to reflect critically on economics and analyse financial statements.

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• the role of economics in contemporary societies
• the accessibility of economic and financial information in both public and private sector
• basic accounting and economics
• basic economic theory

Skills

The student

• can identify newsworthy information in budgets and financial statements
• can find and access sources of economic and financial information
• can present economic and financial information in an accessible way

General competence

The student

• can critically reflect upon the impact and role of economy in contemporary society
• can critically reflect upon the role of journalism for public understandings of economic and financial mechanisms

The course is organized in gatherings of intensive tuition, with lectures, workshops, group presentations and discussions.

Participation during class sessions is mandatory. Students who have more than 20 percent absence from class sessions will have to hand in an additional assignment. Students who have more than 25 percent absence from class sessions will not be qualified to take the exam.

In addition, the coursework requirements consist of three obligatory assignments. Two of the assignments will be related to the practice of economic/financial journalism, while the third is a discussion assignment focusing on a subject from the required reading. All three assignments must be approved before the student can take the exam.

If the assignment is not approved, the student may hand in a new, improved version within a set deadline. In the event of illness or other documented absence for compelling reasons, special deadlines can be agreed with the lecturer. If a student fails to submit work within the deadline stipulated in the course plan or agreed with the lecturer, the assignment cannot be submitted, and the student will lose the right to take the exam.

Three day take home exam. Analytical paper, 6-8 pages.

The evaluation is graded according to a scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed.

Students who have failed the ordinary examination, and students with legitimate absence, are entitled to a new examination.

Etter gjennomført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte, definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• kan drøfte organsystemers anatomi, fysiologi og patofysiologi med særlig relevans for operasjonssykepleie
• kan drøfte kirurgiske prinsipper, kirurgisk behandling, kirurgiske undersøkelser, kirurgisk leiring og komplikasjoner ved kirurgien
• kan drøfte traumatologi og traumebehandling
• kan vurdere premedikasjon, legemiddelhåndtering og anestesiens konsekvenser for kirurgisk undersøkelse og/eller behandling
• kan drøfte teorier og metoder i mikrobiologi og mikrobiologisk prøvetaking, smitterisiko, antibiotikabruk, resistensutvikling og aseptisk og antiseptisk smittevern

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan analysere og forholde seg kritisk til eksiterende teori og metoder innenfor kirurgiske undersøkelser og/eller behandling og infeksjonsmedisin
• kan arbeide selvstendig med teoretiske problemløsninger relatert til preoperativ vurdering av risikofaktorer, kirurgisk undersøkelse og/eller behandling og infeksjonsmedisin
• kan arbeide selvstendig med forebygging av sykehusinfeksjoner generelt og postoperative sårinfeksjoner spesielt

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan anvende kunnskap i infeksjonsmedisin og kirurgi for å administrere kirurgisk undersøkelse og/eller behandling forsvarlig og rettet mot pasienten, miljøet og aktuell kontekst