MALK4000-401 Complexity, Science and Society Course description

In this course, students will learn about Human beings’ fundamental physiological and psychosocial needs and resources and human psychological development. Factors that promote, impedes and maintains balance in people's fundamental needs are central aspects of the course. The purpose is to enable the nurse to carry out duties in the municipal and specialist health services. Knowledge of communication skills and ethics in nursing is emphasised.

Inspirational practical training belongs to the first practical training (PRA10) in the spring semester. The implementation itself takes place in the autumn semester and will appear in the timetable for this course.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can describe and discuss societal influences that support a complexity perspective
• can describe and discuss complexity as a scientific approach
• can describe and discuss dualism as a philosophical perspective, and the effect of dualism in an applied setting
• can describe reductionism; emergence; critical mass; consilience; the unity of science, and other concepts from complexity science
• can give examples of analyses of the same phenomenon at different levels of reduction
• can describe and discuss differences in antagonistic and complementary professional approaches to the same phenomenon
• can describe and discuss the principle of selection at different levels of complexity

Skills

The student

• can analyze networks as the structure of complex adaptive systems
• can identify nodes and hubs, assessing the robustness and vulnerability of networks
• can identify category mistakes and discuss mentalism and evolutionary approaches
• can cite sources and arrange a reference list according to the current standard from APA
• can use EndNote for citations and references in written assignments

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• is capable of describing the historical development and social mandate of nursing and the discipline’s development from work to profession
• is capable of describing the human being’s fundamental needs and resources
• is capable of describing factors that can influence a patient's ability to self-care
• is capable of describing the human being’s psychological development and needs
• is capable of describing stepsin evidence-based practice (EBP) and explain the contents and what makes up assessment, action and decision-making processes in nursing
• is capable of describing the main elements of care ethics and why attitudes and values have a central place in nursing
• is capable of describing the main elements of care ethics and why attitudes and values have a central place in nursing
• kan beskrive og begrunne hva som kjennetegner en etisk vanskelig situasjonis capable of describing key values such as self-determination, respect, dignity and solidarity
• is capable of explaining the relevance of the duty of confidentiality and duty to document for nursing practice
• is capable of describing characteristics of empathetic communication and cooperation and how this is applied to nursing practice

Skills

The student

• is capable of reflecting on ethical difficulty situations by applying the SME model (Centre for medical ethics, UiO)
• has basic communication skills
• can participate actively in group cooperation and receive supervision and reflecting on his/her own role
• masters the principles of academic writing
• can perform and justify relevant procedures related to the care of basic physiological needs, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the use of a defibrillator

Competence

The student is capable of

• exchanging views on the foundations of nursing
• reflecting on the significance of own efforts in study groups and reflecting on challenges when group processes are used as learning methods

Self-study, lectures, digital learning resources, group work, seminars with presentations and practical training: simulation and skills training (two weeks) and Inspirational practical training (one week).

The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course. Digital learning resources will be made available in advance.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• individual assignment, scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10%)
• participation in seminars, compulsory attendance of 80%
• participation om SF-unit, two weeks, compulsory attendance of 90 %

Home exam in groups

• Carried out in groups of 3-5 students.
• Three days
• Scope: 2,500 words (+/- 10 %).
• Individual description of own contribution to the group is attached to the assignment, 350 words (+/- 10%)

Pass/fail.