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MAVIT4100 Quality Improvement and Implementation of Evidence-based Practice Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kvalitetsforbedring og implementering av kunnskapsbasert praksis
Study programme
Suplementary Education in Cardiological Nursing
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Physiotherapy for the older adult
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Empowerment and Health Promotion
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Nutrition Competencies for Health Professionals
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Nutrition Competencies for Health Professionals
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Rehabilitation and Habilitation
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Public Health Nursing
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Nursing; Clinical Research and Professional Development
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Cancer Nursing
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Health
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Psychomotor Physiotherapy
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Public Health Nutrition
Master’s Programme in Health Sciences – Interdisciplinary Specialisation in Mental Health and Addiction, part-time
Master's Programme in Health Sciences
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Occupational Therapy
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
FALL 2023
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Det vil bli brukt varierte arbeidsmåter som forelesninger, diskusjoner i plenum, utdelte øvingsoppgaver, og gruppearbeid. Studentene forventes å arbeide med utdelte øvingsoppgaver og bidra i diskusjonene.

Recommended preliminary courses

Aktuelle arbeidsmåter er:

  • undervisning: forelesning, dialog, rollespill, observasjon
  • gi og motta veiledning individuelt og i gruppe
  • individuelt arbeid, litteraturstudier, refleksjoner
  • skriftlige oppgaver: logg, rapporter, refleksjonsnotater, også via nett
  • bruk av video og annet teknisk utstyr

Required preliminary courses

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

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 describe the health and care services’ management, organisation and framework conditions
  • can explain what characterises a high-quality service
  • can discuss prioritisation criteria and ethics in the health and care services
  • can explain management strategies in innovation and implementation of evidence-based practice
  • has insight into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 3, Good Health and Well-being, and an understanding of the connection between health and sustainable social development

Skills The student

  • can apply models for quality improvement (preparation, planning, execution, evaluation and implementation)
  • can apply different quality indicators to analyse quality improvement projects
  • can contribute to quality improvement on the basis of relevant knowledge, research and user participation
  • can provide structured feedback and assessments to fellow students on quality improvement work in progress
  • can carry out systematic knowledge searches related to specific research questio

General competence

The student

  • can apply knowledge and skills in managing and executing quality-related work, including implementing evidence-based practice
  • can contribute to interdisciplinary cooperation in the quality improvement of health and care services at the individual, service and societal level
  • can contribute to the phasing-out and implementation of methods and technology intended to improve the quality of services 

Teaching and learning methods

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will mainly be digital, in addition to seminars on campus during the course.

The work and teaching methods include lectures organised as blended learning, group assignments digitally and at seminars, and self-study. The students will be divided into groups. Each group will choose a delimited quality improvement project that they will improve. During the course, the students will perform a peer assessment where students provide feedback.

The course will be taught in English and all pertaining learning material will also be in English. The students can choose whether they wish to write their examinations in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish) or in English, regardless of whether there are exchange students in the examination group.

Course requirements

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

  • An oral presentation of a delimited quality improvement project in groups of up to six students 
  • A peer assessment in groups of up to six students 

Assessment

Project examination in the form of a written work that is developed during the course. The work is carried out in groups of up to six students  with a scope of 3,500words. One overall grade is awarded to the group for the examination.

The course is conducted in English and the exam paper is given in English. The exam can be answered in English, Norwegian (Bokmål/Nynorsk), Swedish or Danish.

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

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Emnet skal dyktiggjøre studenten i trafikkpedagogisk utviklingsarbeid med utgangspunkt i utfordringer og muligheter studentene ser for seg i framtidens trafikkopplæring eller innenfor temaet trafikk, samfunn og trafikksikkerhet.

I dette semester gjennomfører studentene et utviklingsprosjekt. Prosjektet skal ha utgangspunkt i utfordringer studenten erfarer tilknyttet undervisning av medstudenter i trafikksikkerhet. Prosjektet knyttes opp mot pensumlitteraturen, og gir en grunnleggende innføring i forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid.

Grading scale

Eksamen i emne TLP7100 må være bestått før eksamen i emne TLP7200 kan avlegges.

Examiners

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse.

Kunnskap

Studenten

  • kunnskap om behovs- og forventningsavklaringer ved igangsetting av utviklingsarbeid
  • kunnskap om trafikksikkerhetsarbeid
  • kunnskap om bruk og utnyttelse av digitale verktøy i undersøkelser og utviklingsarbeid
  • kunnskap om prosjektarbeid
  • har grunnleggende kunnskap om forskningsmetoder, kvalitet og etikk i forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid

Ferdigheter

Studenten

  • kan planlegge, gjennomføre og vurdere et utviklingsarbeid
  • har kjennskap til ulike veiledningsmetoder og digitale læringsverktøy
  • kan analysere, dokumentere og drøfte resultater i et utviklingsarbeid slik at det belyser en problemstilling skriftlig

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

  • har kjennskap til alle sider ved trafikkopplæringen, og ser områder som kan utvikles
  • kan kommunisere konstruktivt med medlærere/medstudenter

Overlapping courses

A student who has completed his or her qualification has the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The student has advanced knowledge of

  • social protection strategies, in particular related to;major social risks: unemployment, sickness, disability, lack of a provider, child abuse, and old age
  • the interplay between protection provided by the state, the voluntary sector, the family and the market
  • principles of social insurance and health insurance
  • strategies for providing residual or universal social and health assistance
  • the extended family as a risk-managing institution
  • problems with social protection coverage and strategies for extending coverage
  • strategies for efficient delivery of health and social services
  • policy evaluation methods in health and social care

Skills

The student can

  • identify similarities and differences in social and health protection strategies in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
  • investigate the arguments for and against public management, public/private partnerships, outsourcing and other strategies with regard to the delivery of publicly provided health and social services
  • analyse processes of social/health policy implementation
  • evaluate social/health policy outputs and outcomes

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General competence

The student is able to

  • Participate in the debate on how to organise and implement social welfare and health policies, in a national as well as international context
  • Participate in the discussion of which evaluation strategies that are most useful in various contexts, with regard to evakuations of social welfare and health policies, in a national as well as international context
  • Participate in the debate concerning how to frame health and social policy goals across countries and cultures