EPN-V2

MAFAR4100 Innovation within Healthcare Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Innovasjon i helse
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Language of instruction: English (Norwegian if no English-speaking students have registered for the course)

    This course is an introduction to innovation that intends to inspire innovative thinking and provide the students with an overview of the tools they can use in innovation processes. The students will acquire an understanding of what is required to succeed with an innovation project.

    The students will learn to develop and test a value proposition, and they will learn how to solve a problem in the field of health using new solutions. The course covers both commercial and non-commercial innovation, and aims to contribute to a strengthened understanding of innovation and innovation culture.

  • Required preliminary courses

    Language of instruction: English (Norwegian if no English-speaking students have registered for the course)

    Health communication comprises all communication on and related to health. Communication competence is crucial in all types of interpersonal relationships. Health related problems occur, are experienced and appear through communication. The student will learn to apply theories and tools to develop health communication competence, that is the competence to reflect on, observe and communicate about communication, while also understanding communication as a skill. The student will learn to apply quality criteria to different situations varying regarding function, purpose and target group of the communication. The course also consists of basic topics that will build foundations, insight and understanding within health communication The course is appropriate for everyone who works with people.

  • Learning outcomes

    The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences, Pharmacy or Health and Technology.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods comprise a combination of lectures on theory, supervised and non-supervised group work and inspirational lectures by parties with experience of real-life innovation projects. Groups of 4-6 students are formed early in the course and will work together throughout the course, including the exam. An interdisciplinary composition of the groups is desirable.

  • Course requirements

    The course will use varied, student-active work methods and consists of several learning modules, which include lectures, observation practice, case-based groupwork, flipped classroom and discussions based on the written syllabus. The teaching is session-based on campus, with two sessions over 1 week each, with an interval of some weeks. The students will solve different assignments using various submission formats and peer assessment.

  • Assessment

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

    • A peer assessment in groups of up to four students, subject to given criteria
    • Prepare and implement a teaching plan for fellow students, subject to given criteria

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Individual home examination in the form of a written report. Scope: 2300 words (+/- 10%).

    Students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

  • Grading scale

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

  • Examiners

    Grade scale A-F.