MERG4100 The Knowledge Base for Occupation and Participation Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course covers knowledge about circumstances that can promote and impede activity and participation throughout life. This includes individual circumstances, but also social challenges related to creating inclusive arenas in society. Working life is an important arena in society where these challenges come into play. The main focus of the course is to enable the students to find, compare and assess knowledge as a basis for the development of occupational therapy interventions. The students will conduct systematic literature searches, assess research literature critically and summarise knowledge in a thematic area that they decide the delimitations for themselves.

The students can continue to work on topics from this course when they later take the course MAVIT4070 Research Design and Project Description.

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

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 apply relevant research literature to illustrate possibilities and limitations in everyday and working life 
• can identify knowledge gaps in occupational therapy based on a review of relevant research literature
• can develop research questions that address important knowledge gaps

Skills

The student

• can conduct systematic literature searches for research literature that is relevant to the development and assessment of interventions in everyday and working life
• can summarise research literature that is relevant for individuals’ participation in everyday and working life
• can apply knowledge about co-production in research and user involvement 

General competence

The student

• can find, asses, summarise and communicate research results to fellow students, colleagues and the general public

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching is organised into two five-day sessions. Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars, digital learning resources, assignments, group work, oral presentations and self-study. Throughout the course, students will work on a written assignment related to a topic of their choice. One intention of the assignment is to carry out a knowledge summary of topics that can later become the focus of the student’s master’s thesis. At the teaching sessions, the students will present their home assignments and receive feedback from fellow students and lecturers. The written assignments form the basis for the examination assignment.

None.

An individual project examination in the form of an assignment that is developed during the course. Scope: Up to 3,500 words, excluding reference list. 

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

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

Pass/fail.

At least 20% of the examination papers will be assessed by an external examiner together with an internal examiner. The remaining papers will be assessed by two internal examiners. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all students.

10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAERGD4000 Interventions in Everyday Life and Work, 20 ECTS credits.