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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 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
2024/2025
Curriculum
FALL 2024
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

Recommended preliminary courses

Online resources on evidence-based practice.

English-speaking students are recommended to read Hoffmann T, Bennett S, Del Mar C. (2017) Evidence-based practice-across the health professions. Elsevier. Kindly read: Chapter 1 (page 1-12), chapter 2 (page 16-31), and chapter 3 (page 41-46).

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 key theoretical perspectives on children and adolescents’ movement development and motor learning
  • can analyse and assess typical and atypical movement development
  • can describe choices and use of outcome measures as the basis for describing motor function and identifying functional difficulties
  • can describe what forms the basis of clinical decision processes in physiotherapy

Skills

The student

  • can apply relevant theory in the analysis of children and adolescents’ movement, activity and participation
  • can critically reflect on and evaluate the use of assessment instruments in clinical practice and research
  • can integrate theory, research, experience-based knowledge, and the children’s, adolescents’ and families’ perspective and principles in family-centred services when assessing development, function and life situation

General competence

The student

  • can analyse and critically reflect on how different understandings of children and childhood can have consequences for physiotherapists’ work
  • can assess and critically reflect on the knowledge-basis for different measures and interventions in physiotherapy practice
  • can identify and analyse professional and ethical dilemmas in connection with examination and mapping processes

Learning outcomes

None.

Teaching and learning methods

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.

Course requirements

Grade scale A-F.

Assessment

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.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Pass/fail.

Examiners

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.

Overlapping courses

The course overlaps 10 ECTS with KREFT6100 The Platform of Knowledge in Cancer Nursing related to Science and Phenomenology 20 ECTS.