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MAEMP4100 Public Health, Empowerment and Health Promotion Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Folkehelse, empowerment og helsefremmende arbeid
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2023
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Language of instruction: Norwegian

    This course focuses on legislation and health policy guidelines related to public health, empowerment and health-promoting work. Key areas include empowerment as a concept, process and result, as well as learning and coping. Students will work on concepts, theory and models related to public health work and public health science. Collaboration, interprofessional cooperation, and user participation and decision-making support will be highlighted and critically assessed. 

  • Required preliminary courses

    The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

  • Learning outcomes

    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 analyse key academic and health policy guidelines and their consequences for practice
    • can analyse the roles and functions of health personnel in the areas of public health, empowerment and health promotion
    • can critically assess the meaning of social inequality and the relationship between health, power and society

    Skills

    The student:

    • can analyse the meaning of the principles of empowerment thinking (the user as the expert on him/herself, participation and the redistribution of power)

    General competence

    The student:

    • can analyse academic and ethical problems in the areas of public health, empowerment and health-promoting work

  • Teaching and learning methods

    The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods include lectures, group work and self-study.

  • Course requirements

    None.

  • Assessment

    Individual home examination over two weeks based on a set question. Scope: 2,500 words (+/- 10%)

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Examiners

    At least 20% of the examination papers will be assessed by an external examiner together with an internal examiner. The remaining papers will be assessed by two internal examiners. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all students.

  • Overlapping courses

    10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAPO4100 Public Health, Empowerment and Health Promotion, 10 ECTS credits.