MAVIT4600 Supervision / Counselling Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The focus of this course is clinical supervision, practiced both individualy and in groups. The course highlights and operationalises supervision as a concept and structured educational process. The course is based on teaching and hands-on supervision (simulation), where the student is guided in supervision situations. Emphasis is placed on developing professional and personal skills as a supervisor through self-training and critical reflection. Assessment and evaluation in supervision are problematised.

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 critically assess traditions, theories, models and methods of supervision
• can critically assess the framework and guidelines for student supervision

Skills

The student

• can plan, carry out and critically assess supervision individually and in groups
• can apply and critically assess key supervision methods and can reflect on challenges related to supervision
• can lead reflection groups

General competence

The student

• can assess relevant professional and ethical problems reflected in the supervision process
• can critically reflect on and analyse supervision and personal skills in their own and other’s supervision, and give constructive feedback 
• can assess challenges and opportunities for professional development and research related to supervision

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods include lectures, practical exercises in supervision individually and in groups, group work and self-study (if relevant, using digital solutions).

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

• minimum 80 % participation in compulsory activities that deal with practical exercises where the student plans, carries out and critically assesses supervision of fellow students
• Group work with learning outcomes

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course looks at different perspectives on adolescent health and political guidelines for public health work targeting young people. Social factors that are significant to the environment where young people grow up and their habits and lifestyles are thematised through the Ungdata surveys and relevant research. How population data can be used in local health promoting and preventive work is explored through the planning of concrete projects. Young people’s participation is a key aspect of this work. The course emphasises critical reflection on different approaches to health promoting and preventive work among adolescents at the group and system level. The course is organised in cooperation with NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) at OsloMet, which is among other things responsible for the Ungdata surveys.

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 describe different perspectives on adolescent health and challenges in the adolescent period
• can discuss development trends in society that are significant to adolescents’ development, health and quality of life
• can describe political guidelines related to local public health work
• can discuss how adolescents can be involved in the planning and implementation of projects

Skills 

The student

• can take a critical approach to debate on adolescent health and different approaches to health promoting and preventive work among young people
• can design evidence-based and locally-based health promoting and/or preventive measures for young people

General competence  

The student

• can critically reflect on the knowledge basis of health promoting and preventive work among young people
• can identify and deal with professional and ethical problems related to public health work for young people
• can communicate up-to-date knowledge in the field of public health to partners, decision-makers and the population at large

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Teaching is session based and is organised as two sessions lasting four or five days, including one study day. Teaching methods vary between lectures and more student-active learning methods. Aside from session-based teaching, the teaching methods used are preparations and self-study, and work on the examination assignment. Students will choose an area of interest relevant to work with young people on the basis of the knowledge base introduced in the course. The students will prepare a project plan for a health promoting/preventive project that is feasible in practice.

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