EPN-V2

MASY4000 Natural Science related to Nursing Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Medisinsk og naturvitenskapelig kunnskap
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2026/2027
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2026
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents.

  • Required preliminary courses

    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 describe different theories and knowledge that form the basis for designing physiotherapy adapted to children and adolescents
    • can describe theoretical perspectives and research on which family-centred services are based
    • can describe theoretical perspectives and research on which interprofessional work is based

    Skills

    The student

    • can critically reflect on factors that can support children’s movement development, motor learning and participation in everyday activities
    • can assess and integrate different forms of knowledge in the planning and execution of measures for children and adolescents
    • can analyse and critically assess factors that promote or impede interprofessional cooperation

    ​General competence

    The student

    • can analyse and critically reflect on the knowledge basis and practice of physiotherapy for children and adolescents
    • can communicate up-to-date knowledge of the field to collaborative partners and the population at large
    • can identify and assess ethical dilemmas related to physiotherapy for children and adolescents

  • Learning outcomes

    The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching is session-based with two sessions over five days; four days of teaching and one study day per week. There are four to six weeks between each session.

    Teaching at the sessions will vary between lectures and student-active learning in the form of seminars, group work and presentations. Aside from session-based teaching, the teaching methods used are self-study and work on an examination assignment. Students can choose to submit a draft examination paper during the course (approx. 1,000 words). Lecturers and fellow students will provide oral feedback on the drafts submitted.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    In order to take the exam the following must be approved:

    • Minimum 80 % attendance at physical seminar and sessions

  • Course requirements

    Individual project examination in the form of a topic chosen by the student that is developed during the course. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 10%).

    Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment), he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

  • Assessment

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

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Grading scale

    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.

  • Examiners

    MABU4100 Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents - Part 1, 10 ECTS credits.

  • Overlapping courses

    10 ECTS credits overlaps with FYSBA6010 Paediatric physiotherapy - knowledge-based 1, 20 ECTS credits in the topics measures and treatment.