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MAHAB4100 Coping and Participation in the Rehabilitation Process Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Mestring og medvirkning i (re)habiliteringsprosessen
Study programme
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Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Curriculum
FALL 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course covers knowledge on (re)habilitation from an individual perspective and looks at (re)habilitation processes. Particular emphasis is placed on different understandings of disability, participation in valued activities and user involvement in the role of service recipient. Topics such as coping, life course, social inequality and communication in (re)habilitation processes are key aspects of the course. The course also deals with different approaches to assessment, goal setting, decision-making support and evaluation in individual (re)habilitation processes.

The changed role of the individual in the (re)habilitation process requires extensive knowledge and skills in user involvement on the part of professional practitioners. The course therefore places great emphasis on a nuanced understanding of how the (re)habilitation process is intertwined with the individual’s social circumstances and in their self-understanding.

Required preliminary courses

Emnebeskrivelsen finnes kun på engelsk. Velg engelsk versjon av nettsiden for å se fullstendig emnebeskrivelse.

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 different understandings of disability and how these are significant to (re)habilitation
  • can assess user perspectives and user participation in individual rehabilitation processes
  • can analyse coping, communication and interaction in (re)habilitation processes

Skills

The student

  • can conduct clinical assessments and set objectives in (re)habilitation
  • can apply recognised strategies to set goals for (re)habilitation processes
  • can analytically reflect on user participation in the design of (re)habilitation practice

General competence

The student

  • can facilitate and discuss challenges related to individual (re)habilitation processes
  • can actively apply user perspectives in the development of (re)habilitation practice
  • can analyse (re)habilitation as a process and activity at the individual, institutional and societal level

Teaching and learning methods

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can

  • analyze and critically assess the scientific work of others

Skills

The student can

  • demonstrate working knowledge of the ethical and technical principles that govern scientific research and publication, including international citation and reference standards
  • demonstrate that they can plan, implement and evaluate a supervised innovation project in accordance with research ethics guidelines and regulations, and guidelines from relevant governmental bodies (i. e., The Norwegian Data Protection Authority, relevant Norwegian Research Ethics Committees and so on)
  • choose and apply relevant methods of data collection for research or scientific inquiry
  • write a thesis according to criteria determined by the university
  • critically assess the results of his own work
  • critically assess various sources of information

Competence

The student can

  • participate in the development of the behavioral sciences
  • justify their professional behavior with reference to ethical guidelines, general ethical considerations and their own assessment of the situation
  • analyze and critically assess various sources of information with relevance for the thesis

Course requirements

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

a) Two research ethics seminars are 100 % attendance required before submitting the thesis outline. The seminars will take place digitally.

b) Completion of 6 attendance required, two-day digital thesis seminars with all tasks approved. These tasks are written submissions each with a maximum of 5000 characters, including spaces. The order of submissions 2 - 6 is individually determined by the student in collaboration with the field supervisor. Task approval is granted by the field supervisor.

  1. An outline of a project idea, with a tentative timeline.
  2. An analysis of the contingencies for implementation of the project.
  3. A description and justification of search strategy and choice of background literature.
  4. A justified suggestion for research design.
  5. A detailed description of methods for data collection, including methods for securing data integrity, and a justified suggestion for data analysis strategies.
  6. A risk and vulnerability analysis for the project, and strategies for data protection and security, including application of approval from external bodies.

c) Approval of final thesis outline by program faculty. The outline must incorporate the subjects of the tasks mentioned as Course requirements b 2 - 6.

d) Submit a signed contract with the appointed supervisor.

Assessment

Thesis. Submission of master’s thesis according to program specifications, consisting of a project report. Technical standards according to the current APA manual. Submitting dates each year: June 15th and November 15th.

Thesis format

The Master’s thesis consists of a project report. The format of the project report should conform to the publishing conventions of the science of behavior analysis, and the length should be appropriate for the work that is reported. The project report must include an executive summary for the Best Practice project bank. The project report is written according to the current APA Publishing Manual Standard; double spaced Times New Roman size 12 with standard margins for MS Office Word. Examiner’s guidelines are provided.

Ethics and data protection

An account of ethical considerations is required if the thesis includes empirical data on humans or nonhuman animals. A risk -and vulnerability analysis (ROS-vurdering) should normally be conducted, and a case number should be included in the title page of the thesis article. If data on humans are included in the thesis, an account of data protection issues is typically required. The description of ethical and data protection considerations can be included in the main body of the thesis. If the decision is made that such an account is not appropriate in the main body of the thesis, a reflection note on this topic should be attached to the thesis. A reflection note is a short description of ethical and data protection considerations, maximum 6000 characters, including spaces. For theses that do not include empirical data, research ethics relevant to the thesis should be discussed, either in the main body of the text or a reflection note.

Some Master projects may require consideration or approval from external bodies, such as Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD), the Regional Committee for Medicine and Health Sciences Research Ethics (REK), National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH), and/or internal or external data protection officials. It is ultimately the responsibility of the main supervisor to ensure that the relevant bodies are consulted. If external bodies are consulted, a case number should be included in the title page of the thesis article. If a decision is made that there is no need to consult external bodies regarding ethics or data protection, a description of the deliberations preceding this decision is required, either in the main body of the thesis or in the reflection note. If the thesis is an empirical work, the main supervisor must state in writing that the research is conducted in accordance with current laws and regulations before the thesis can be submitted.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All

Grading scale

One internal and one external examiner will assess all exams.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

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.

Overlapping courses

10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAREH4000 Rehabilitation as Knowledge and Practice, 20 ECTS credits.