MBIB4900 Independent study Course description

Dette emnet gir studenten mulighet til å fordype seg i et selvvalgt tema som ikke dekkes av eksisterende emner. Studenten kan utforske et spesifikt fagområde, en teori eller praksis som er relevant for masterstudiet. Arbeidet kan være i form av en studie i et selvvalgt tema, deltakelse i et forskningsprosjekt, deltakelse i en profesjonell praksis, utvikling av et programvareprodukt eller dataproduksjonsløype eller annen form for arbeid i tråd med studentens ønskemål. Temaet for arbeidet kan være tilknyttet masteroppgaven. Alle former for arbeid rapporteres i form av en semesteroppgave.

Undervisningsspråk er hovedsakelig på norsk eller annet skandinavisk språk. Noe undervisning kan bli gitt på engelsk.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Language of instruction: Norwegian: Autumn and English: Spring (Norwegian if no English-speaking students have registered for the course).

This course deals with main areas of quality of life research relating to children, young people and adults. This forms the basis for using quality of life instruments or qualitative methods when assessing and documenting what is important to a person having a good life, and when evaluating the effect of implemented measures. The topics included in the course are: theoretical models that form the basis for the quality of life concept, contextual and cultural frameworks, the quality of life concept at group, individual and societal levels, and different methodological approaches to evaluating quality of life, both in the health and social care services and in research, what promotes and diminishes quality of life and the relationship between quality of life and health in light of a sustainable society.

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 explain theoretical models that form the basis for the concept quality of life
• can identify the significance of contextual and cultural frameworks, and the individual’s values and perspectives in life
• can identify what promotes and diminishes quality of life
• can identify the relationship between quality of life and health
• can critically assess the use of the quality of life concept at the group, individual and societal level
• can critically assess different methodological approaches to examine quality of life, both in the health and social care services and in research
• can assess the significance of user participation and autonomy in the health and social care services and user participation in research

Skills

The student

• can use different questionnaires to map quality of life

• can analyse and interpret quality of life measurements
• can assess quality of life in different groups of people
• can apply user participation when assessing quality of life at all levels of the health services

General competence

The student

• can disseminate an independent work on issues relating to quality of life in the health and social care services
• can communicate about nursing issues relating to this topic at all levels of the health services

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The methods used are lectures, group work, role play and exercises, and self-study.

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

• Written assignment with oral presentation carried out in groups of three to four students. Scope: 1,500 words (+/- 10%). Documentation of literature selected by the student: xx pages.

Oral presentation of the assignment to fellow students and lecturer(s). Peer assessment and feedback from the lecturer.

Individual home examination over three days. Scope: 2,500 words (+/- 10%).

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

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