MAATH4200 Complex Interventions with Assistive Technology in Health Course description

This course builds on MAATH4100 The Knowledge Base in Assistive Technology in Health (ATH). It focuses on the development, piloting, implementation, and evaluation of interventions with ATH to promote health, activity, and participation in the population. Complex interventions involve the interplay of various factors at both individual and service levels. Relevant factors include the type of intervention, where and how it is offered, the choice of outcome measures, and the competence of those providing or receiving the intervention. The course covers different phases of developing, piloting, implementing, and evaluating ATH. Students will learn about various guidelines and frameworks for complex interventions. Developing person-centred, cost-effective, and evidence-based interventions requires broad interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration between private and public actors.

Students should have passed the course MAATH4100 The Knowledge Base in Assistive Technology in Health.

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

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 critically evaluate interventions with assistive technologies using guidelines and frameworks for complex interventions.
• can critically assess objective and subjective outcome measures used in activity and movement analysis.

Skills

The student

• can conduct and interpret activity and movement analyses with various user groups.
• can apply needs assessments, develop, pilot, implement, and evaluate person-centred complex interventions with assistive technologies in interdisciplinary collaboration and within their own field.

General competence

The student

• can work in an evidence-based manner with complex interventions involving assistive technologies.
• can analyse, implement, and evaluate complex interventions with assistive technologies in health-promoting, preventive, therapeutic, and (re)habilitative work.
• can acquire specialised knowledge about interventions with assistive technologies and apply this knowledge in their professional role in interdisciplinary collaboration.

The course will use varied, student-active teaching methods. The course is organised in sessions of 3-5 days. Teaching and learning methods include lectures, seminars, digital learning resources, assignments, group work, oral presentations, and self-study. Students participate in demonstrations of technology for monitoring, activity, and movement analysis and learn how to conduct such assessments.

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Individual oral examination, up to 30 minutes. Students receive the exam question two days before the exam. The exam begins with the student presenting their answer (approx. 15 minutes) and continues with questions from the examiners (approx. 15 minutes).

The answer can be given in English or a Scandinavian language.

A digital presentation can be brought to the oral exam. All aids are allowed in the preparation of the presentation.

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.

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