MASBAPRA20 Clinical Studies in Paediatric Nursing, Level 2 Course description

Studenten skal sikres tilstrekkelig variert erfaring med ulike problemstillinger innen behandling av akutt og kritisk syke og skadde premature, nyfødte, barn og ungdom.

Praksisstudier gjennomføres ved avdelinger som tilbyr intensivbehandling til premature- og nyfødte barn og barn i alderen 0-18 år, kirurgisk barneavdeling/barneovervåkning, medisinsk barneavdeling/barneovervåkning, postoperativ avdeling eller poliklinikker.

Studenten skal fortsatt ha hovedfokus på akutt og/eller kritisk syke barns behov i en kompleks, uforutsigbar og raskt skiftende hverdag i et høyteknologisk miljø. Studenten skal integrere sin medisinske kunnskap og sin forståelse for barn og omsorgspersoners opplevelser, problemer og behov i situasjonen. Studenten skal i tillegg utvikle sin kompetanse i å forebygge komplikasjoner, redusere stress og lindre lidelse, smerte og ubehag. Barnesykepleierens pedagogiske funksjon og dokumentasjon vil også være i fokus.

MASBAPRA10, Praksisstudier i barnesykepleierens funksjons- og ansvarsområder, trinn 1 må være bestått for å kunne påbegynne dette emnet.

The course will provide the students with an understanding of what a mathematical model is and how we use models to gain insights into systems and processes in science and engineering. The course will train the students in using analytical and computational methods for analyzing and solving differential equations and prepare them for developing, analyzing and simulating mathematical models in their own projects. The models and methods taught in this course are generic and applicable not only in science, but also in various industrial contexts.

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

A student who has completed this course should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course the student:

• knows the relevance of a selection of mathematical models to real-world phenomena
• has a thorough understanding of how mathematical modelling and scientific computing are utilized in various industrialized settings
• has a repertoire of methods to solve and/or analyze ordinary and partial differential equations (ODEs and PDEs)
• knows how to analyze the dynamics of an ODE system

Skills

On successful completion of this course the student can:

• derive mathematical models from facts and first principles
• apply mathematical modelling techniques on scenarios relevant to industry
• can implement mathematical models on a computer
• analyse ODE systems and use bifurcation theory to elucidate the qualitative behavior of the systems
• implement and use a selection of numerical methods for solving ODEs and PDEs

General competence

On successful completion of this course the student:

• is aware of the usefulness and limitations of mathematical modelling as well as of pitfalls frequently encountered in modelling and simulation
• is able to discuss properties of a system using the equations of the mathematical model
• can explain and use numerical methods and interpret results of numerical simulations

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

Knowledge

The student

• can explain the causes of selected diseases in the liver and the gastrointestinal system, the endocrine system, the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the reproduction system, the skeletal-muscular system, the circulatory system, the fluid, electrolyte and acid/base balance, and the kidney and urinary tract system
• can explain biological processes that occur in connection with selected diseases in different organs, and how analyses of biological material can contribute to determine disease
• has knowledge of the relevance and significance of laboratory investigations for preventing, diagnosing and treating disease
• is familiar with methods, laboratory equipment and biomedical laboratory tasks in nuclear medicine and pharmacology
• can describe communication theories relevant to the dissemination of biomedical laboratory practice
• is familiar with how children and adolescents’ participation and rights can be secured when taking blood samples

Skills

The student

• can discuss and reflect on the significance of laboratory investigations in diagnostics
• can master cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use a defibrillator
• can find, assess and follow the applicable guidelines for protection against ionising radiation

General competence

The student

• can disseminate academic knowledge and supervise fellow students across professions

Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars, group assignments, in-depth assignment and project work.

The teaching methods the flipped classroom and team-based learning (TBL) are used for parts of the course. Digital learning resources or group assignments will be made available to students in advance, and the time they spend at the university will be used to work on assignments and group work. Seminars are held in connection with an in-depth assignment where the groups address different cases within laboratory medicine and give an oral presentation of their own assignment.

The interdisciplinary project is carried out in groups including students from other health science programmes, for example supervision of blood sample collection. A course in supervision will be organised before the project. The project is carried out in the fourth semester.

In order to be permitted to take the exam, the following must have been approved:

• Part 1, one mandatory seminar with oral presentation of in-depth assignment
• Part 2, a minimum of 80 per cent attendance in scheduled project work
• Part 2, a completed course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of a defibrillator

Combined assessment:

• Part 1 - Pathophysiology and laboratory diagnostics: Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours
• Part 2 - Interprofessional project work: Written report from project in groups of 3-5 students, 1,500-2,500 words. The report is submitted at the end of the project.

Students must pass both parts of the exam to pass the course.

Resit exam: If the student(s) is(are) awarded a fail in one part of the exam, this part must be retaken. Groups that fail Part 2 (project work) are given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Part 1: No aids are permitted.

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