PARA2100 Ethics, Conflict and Crisis Management in Accident and Emergency Medicine Course description

Emnet fokuserer på lovverk og helsepolitiske føringer knyttet til kardiologisk sykepleie, etiske utfordringer og problemstillinger i møte med hjertepasienter og pårørende. Organisering av helsetjenesten, både spesialist- og primærhelsetjenesten belyses, samt helsetjenestens verdier, prioriteringer, økonomi og empowerment gjennomgås. Hjertets anatomi og fysiologi, samt syre-base-forstyrrelser, gjennomgås. Kunnskapsbasert praksis vektlegges.

The work and teaching methods vary between lectures, simulation and skills training, study groups, seminars and self-study.

Practical training

The students complete simulation and skills training in the administration of drugs, including:

• Safe working method for inserting a peripheral venous catheter and intravenous injections and infusions, inhalation treatment, and the use of peroral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, nasal and sublingual administration methods
• Safe management of high-risk materials (needles)
• Safe work method for preparing and administering drugs

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• has knowledge of stress and crisis reactions in patients, next of kin and health personnel
• is capable of identifying problematic ethical and communication issues
• is capable of identifying issues relating to attitudes linked to health care work in a multicultural society
• has knowledge of conflicts and conflict escalation
• has knowledge of conflict management in dealings with patients with serious mental illnesses
• has knowledge of conflict management in situations involving threats of violence
• has knowledge of conflict management in dealings with people under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• has knowledge of the principle of necessity, self-defence and the interface between paramedics and the police
• has knowledge of qualitative methodology

Skills

The student

• is capable of, based on simulated situations, telling individuals or groups in a respectful and caring manner that someone has died or communicating other serious messages
• is capable of, based on simulated cases, choosing a relevant communication and conflict management strategy, and gaining training and experience in setting limits
• is capable of processing and applying qualitative research results in written presentations

General competence

The student

• has the ability to recognise and reflect on ethical and communicative challenges in dealings with people in crisis
• has the ability to recognise conflict situations and prevent them from escalating

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form: Supervised individual written exam, 4 hours

Examiners: All papers are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner's assessment shall benefit all the students.

Assessment: Grade scale A-F

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent for å fremstille seg til eksamen:

• Minimum 80 % tilstedeværelse på obligatorisk undervisning og gruppearbeid
• En individuell, skriftlig oppgave innen anatomi/fysiologi, på ca 500 ord

Alle besvarelser vurderes av to sensorer. Ekstern sensor vurderer minimum 20 prosent av besvarelsene. Ekstern sensors vurdering skal komme alle studentene til gode.

Alle

Bestått/ikke bestått

En intern og en ekstern