KJTS3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Students shall apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in over the course of the degree programme to a realistic engineering problem. They shall demonstrate the ability to further develop their knowledge and skills in theoretical and/or practical problem-solving. Students shall demonstrate a responsible and ethical approach to their professional expertise. The course builds on the first and second years of the study programme.

No aids are permitted.

Students must be registered in the third year and have completed at least 100 credits from the first and second years by the 1st of October before they are assigned a topic for their bachelor's thesis.

After completing the course, 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 using and processing knowledge of science and technology to solve biotechnology and chemistry-related problems
• is capable of proposing alternative technical solutions, and analysing and quality assuring the results.

Skills

The student:

• is capable of translating knowledge into practical solutions
• masters modern analytical and biotechnology methods and has knowledge of safe laboratory work
• is capable of quality assuring and analysing results obtained in a project
• is capable of documenting and discussing results, both orally and in writing
• is capable of obtaining literature and other background information of relevance to the project, and writing reports based on standardised methods.

General competence

The student:

• is capable of carrying out an engineering assignment based on a practical industrial or research-related issue in an independent and systematic manner
• masters both independent work and team work, including planning and implementation of engineering projects
• has the ability to place their own work in a wider engineering context.

Physiotherapy practice requires expertise in how to adapt measures for patients with reduced functioning as a result of injury/disease of the musculoskeletal system, different pain conditions, mental and psychosomatic health problems, rheumatic and degenerative diseases, systemic disease (cancer), as well as for patients who have undergone surgical procedures. To provide professionally sound health services, physiotherapists must obtain information about the health of individuals. Physiotherapists must also have knowledge about possible relations between a person’s health condition, their cultural and socioeconomic background, and their prerequisites for movement, activity and participation.

Physiotherapists must also acquire up-to-date and relevant research-based knowledge and reflect on the transfer value of previous clinical experience to novel clinical practice.

Passed first year of the programme or equivalent.

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 pathological processes relating to diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system, rheumatic diseases, cancer and mental health disorders, and describe causal mechanisms and risk factors
• describe different perspectives on pain and pain mechanisms, and compare neurological, physiological and phenomenological pain theories
• describe challenges encountered by individuals who have undergone treatment of cancer or other serious disease or injury

Skills

The student can

• discuss how disease and injuries of the musculoskeletal system and different pain conditions may affect and be affected by movement, activity and participation across the life span
• evaluate research-based knowledge using the levels in the S-pyramid, interpret the results of single studies and metanalyses reporting;on;treatment effects, and discuss their value for clinical practice
• give reasons for the methods of examination and use of standardized assessment tools for people with injuries or disorders of the musculoskeletal system
• reflect on the challenges experienced by people with long-term and progressive diseases and discuss the implications for their own role as a physiotherapist;

The work and teaching methods include self-study, group work, seminars, skills training and lectures.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to receive a final assessment in part 2:

• a minimum attendance of 80 % in teaching specified as ‘compulsory attendance’ in the schedule

• an individual subject note, 700 words (+/- 10 %), that will be subject to assessment.

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Supervised individual written exam, (multiple choice questions), 2 hours

Part 2) Individual oral exam, up to 25 minutes.

Part 1 and part 2 will be assessed independently of each other, but the student must pass all parts in order to pass the course.

Weighting: One overall grade is awarded for part 1 and part 2 based on the following weighting: Part 1, individual written exam, is weighted 25 %. Part 2, oral exam, is weighted 75 %.

Resit assessment/exam: If a student fails one part of the exam, the student must retake the part in question.

Students can appeal the grade awarded for part 1, the written exam.