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PMED2000 Ambulance Operations and Patient Safety Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Operativt arbeid og pasientsikkerhet
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Paramedic Science
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Curriculum
SPRING 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

None

Required preliminary courses

The final assessment/examination is a portfolio assessment, which counts for 100% of the grade.

The portfolio will consist of a choice of three assignments from a set of assignments offered in the course.

The portfolio is assessed as a whole and given a single grade, but all three assignments must be passed in order for the portfolio to receive a grade E or higher.

All assignments should be written in either English or Norwegian.

For assignments that require working in groups, each group may consist of 2-5 candidates.

Learning outcomes

All support materials are allowed for all the components of the portfolio assessment.

Teaching and learning methods

The final assessment will be graded on a grading scale from A to E (A is the highest grade and E the lowest) and F for fail.

Course requirements

Two examiners will be used. External examiner is used regularly.

Assessment

The course has 5 ECTS of overlapping content towards STKD6610 Technology and Society, STKD6600 Technology and Society I, ERGOB1070 Technology and Society I, FYB1070 Technology and Society I, RAB1070 Technology and Society I, SYKK1070 Technology and Society I, SYKP1070 Technology and Society I, TAB1070 Technology and Society I

Permitted exam materials and equipment

No aids permitted.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap with PARA3000 Ambulance Operations