MAPFY4070 Research Design and Project Description Course description

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Psychomotor Physiotherapy and hold Norwegian authorisation as a physiotherapist.The student must have passed the courses MAPFY4100 and MAPFY4200.

It is assumed that the student has access to a practical training establishment/own place of work where psychomotor physiotherapy treatments are performed on patients.

MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits or equivalent. MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology, 10 ECTS credits.

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

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 develop a research question for their master’s thesis
• can independently describe relevant academic frame of reference and/or context as a foundation for a project plan for the master’s thesis

Skills

The student

• can plan a research project and write a project description in a precise scientific format and language
• can carry out extensive and systematic literature searches relating to their own project description, summarise and discuss the findings of others, and cite sources correctly
• can reflect upon ethical issues related to the project

General competence

The student

• can analyse and deal critically with various sources of data and use them in scholarly arguments
• can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project plan
• can assess whether a research project requires various forms of registration or approval in accordance with the applicable legislation

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

Coursework requirements for examination part 1:

• completed a minimum of 52 hours of group supervision. Practical training periods 1 and 2 comprise 72 hours in all.
• completed a minimum of 120 patient treatments, and, in all, a minimum of 200 patient treatments
• individual patient journal in accordance with specified criteria

Coursework requirements that must be approved by the lecturer:

• a minimum of 80% attendance in skills training and scheduled seminars and group work, and group supervision
• an oral presentation in the seminar group

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Assessment of practical training.

Part 2) A practical and oral examination is taken in the fourth semester over two days:

• Day 1: Examination and assessment of patient, write a patient journal
• Day 2: Submission of the journal and demonstration of treatment performed on the patient who was examined the previous day

The student must pass part 1 to be able to take part 2.

Part 1) Not relevant

Part 2) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Part 1) Pass/fail

Part 2) Pass/fail

Part 1: The midway and final assessments are made by the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2: 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.

5 ECTS creditsoverlaps with PSYFY6300 in the topic clinical practice, and 5 ECTS credits overlaps with PSYFY6300 in the topic culture and identity.

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