MOK1600 Media Theory - Media, Culture and Society Course description

Ingen forkunnskapskrav, men vi gjør oppmerksom på at bachelorstudiet i fotojournalistikk har generelle progresjonsbestemmelser: Normalt må hvert studieår være bestått for at studentene skal kunne fortsette studiet i neste studieår.​

Studenten skal etter å ha fullført emnet ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten har grunnleggende kunnskap om

• visuell persepsjon
• bildeform og komposisjon
• teoretiske modeller for bilder
• sannhetsbegrepet og fotografiers relasjon til virkelighet
• analytisk metode for bilder i samtidskontekst
• yrkesetiske normer for sannferdig visuell rapportering og grensene for iscenesettelse og digital manipulasjon av bilder

Ferdigheter

Studenten kan

• analysere bilders form og innhold i en journalistisk kontekst
• drøfte konkrete problemstillinger knyttet til bilder i relasjon til relevant teori
• skrive faglige analyser og drøftingsoppgaver med relevante begreper og kilder
• utøve faglig fundert kritikk av andres teoriarbeider
• orientere seg selvstendig i relevante kilder og teori

Generell kompetanse

Studenten har

• utviklet en kunnskapssøkende nysgjerrighet knyttet til bilder og hvordan de kan analyseres og tolkes
• utviklet forståelse av menneskets visuelle persepsjon og hvordan den påvirker analyse og tolkning av bilders form
• en oversikt over aktuelle teorier for bilder
• utviklet sin forståelse for fotojournalistisk yrkesetikk

Emnet er inndelt i tre delemner:

1. Persepsjon, bildeform og bildeanalyse  2. Kommunikasjonsteori, kognitive modeller og semiotikk  3. Bilde, virkelighet og journalistikk

Kurset innledes med en introduksjonssamling over to dager. Til hvert delemne hører en samling på to dager. Samlingsdagene inneholder gruppeoppgaver, forelesninger, plenumsoppgaver og evaluering av medstudenters oppgaver. I samlingene formidles det erfaringskunnskap som ikke alltid finnes i bokform.

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

• Tre obligatoriske oppgaver, en for hvert delemne. 

Deltakelse på åtte samlingsdager er obligatorisk. Det er mulig å ha to fraværsdager i løpet av emnet som helhet og likevel kunne ta eksamen. Fravær ut over dette kompenseres med relevante tilleggsoppgaver uavhengig av grunn til fraværet.

Arbeidskravene må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen. Dersom et eller flere arbeidskrav ikke blir godkjent, gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon en gang innen angitt frist.

Eksamen er en tre dagers hjemmeeksamen. Omfang: maksimalt 3000 ord. Skrifttype og skriftstørrelse: Arial eller Calibri 12pkt. Linjeavstand: 1,5.

Til eksamen vil studentene kunne bli prøvd i alt stoff som er gjennomgått i undervisningen. Dette gjelder også stoff som ikke er dekket spesielt i pensum.

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Gradert skala A-F

Ekstern og intern sensor vurderer alle eksamensbesvarelsene. 

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 organisation of and interaction between the primary and specialist health services and explain the most important functions of the municipal emergency medical centres, emergency department and municipal emergency inpatient units
• can describe how the primary and specialist health services attend to the needs of particular groups, such as children, elderly people, pregnant/women in labour, persons with disabilities, people who are victims of violence and/or sexual abuse, persons with substance abuse problems and mental illness
• can describe how emergency medical centres, emergency department, emergency psychiatric service and maternity wards interact with other parts of the health service
• can explain patients’ rights in connection with assessment and the responsibility of the primary and specialist health services for handling acutely ill and injured patients
• can explain typical patient care pathways from arrival to the emergency medical centre/emergency department to discharge/arrival to ward
• can explain the principles for triage (prioritised levels of urgency) for patients who contact a municipal emergency medical centre or an emergency department
• can discuss how the different practice placement locations apply the principle of necessity, self-defence, the duty of disclosure and reporting to the police and the child welfare service
• can describe the most important observations, complications and interventions in connection with childbirth
• can explain the principles for sterile and non-sterile procedures and is familiar with the practice placements standard operating procedures for handling clean and unclean equipment
• is familiar with the most important principles of blood sampling and common diagnostic tests
• can explain how the practice placement uses digital solutions and medical-technical equipment, and how that impacts patient safety
• can describe how paramedics contribute to preventive and health promoting work
• can describe important principles for good inter-professional teamwork and a good working environment
• can describe relevant clinical guidelines for walk-in clinics and emergency departments
• knows the use and usefulness of a blood gas analysis

Skills

The student

• can perform basic wound care and assist in suturing
• can place, manage and remove a permanent transurethral catheter, and perform sterile intermittent catherisation and clean intermittent catherisation
• can maintain relevant precautions for contact and droplet infection and is familiar with precautions for airborne infection
• can carry out basic patient reception routines in accordance with updated knowledge, applicable laws and ethical principles
• can assist in a systematic primary and secondary survey of patients, establish monitoring, and contribute to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions
• can carry out systematic primary and secondary survey of patients, start necessary monitoring and recommend actions for further treatment
• can hand over patients to partners in a satisfactory manner in accordance with requirements for information and documentation
• can assist health care workers´ in receiving patients at risk of suicide, in mental health crisis and/or with substance abuse issues
• can communicate their own assessments to cooperating staff in a clear and structured manner
• can take care of patient and their next of kin, and give advice and information adapted to their needs
• can administer medication in accordance with local guidelines
• masters bag-mask ventilation and ables to contribute in a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of advanced airway interventions
• can recognise and handle a normal birth

General competence

The student

• can disseminate knowledge about primary and specialist health services
• can identify and handle professional and ethical dilemmas that arise in the paramedic’s work at the interface between health services´
• can discuss safeguarding of patients’ rights independently of gender, age, culture, language and ethnicity when working in the primary and specialist health services
• can reflect on how health care workers assess and treat patients with complex issues
• can deliver medical help in accordance with their own competence and limitations
• can reflect on how stress and crisis reactions in patients and next of kin influence communication and interaction in emergency medical situations

Work and teaching methods consist of clinical training, simulation and skills training, group supervision, seminars, work on the clinical training document, checklists and writing of reflection notes

The course is taught over approx. 12 weeks and comprises clinical studies in different parts of the primary and specialist health services. The training establishments are:

• emergency medical centres
• emergency departments
• substance abuse and psychiatric services
• maternity wards
• anaesthesia departments

The content of the placement periods will vary with the activities at the practice placement locations and will therefore offer varied arenas for clinical exposure in terms of scenarios and complexity. Parts of the clinical studies can be replaced by simulation and skills training, if this provides a better learning outcome.

To document activity and achievement of the learning outcomes, the students must fill in a dedicated clinical training document together with staff at the practice placement location. The document is a tool to promote learning activities and to document attendance and achievement of different learning outcomes.

In addition to clinical activities, the students work on three individual reflection notes of 1,500 words (+/- 10%). One written piece of feedback is given per reflection note submitted within the stipulated deadline. The reflection notes will later form part of the portfolio assessment (see assessment and exam).