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PMED2010 Ambulance Operations Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Operativt arbeid
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Paramedic Science
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Student BEST - Better and systematic team training is a teaching program in collaboration between the nursing, radiography, bioengineering and paramedic education, specialisation in anesthesia nursing (master) at OsloMet and the medical education at University of Oslo. The learning program uses simulation in teams and is used as a training method in receiving and stabilising trauma. The main focus is communication and interaction in an interprofessional group.

The work requirement is in the 3rd year of study and the students will follow the prior knowledge requirement for the other courses - Passed 1 year, SYKK / SYKP-PRA20 and PRA30 - to be able to participate here.

Required preliminary courses

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

Skills

The student

  • can apply professional knowledge to contribute to collaboration in an interdisciplinary team

Competence

The student

  • can assess their own professional role in an interdisciplinary context

Learning outcomes

The teaching program lasts one week, but each student only participates for 2 days. The learning activities are carried out in interprofessional student groups and take place at the SF unit at OsloMet (students nursing Pilestredet in Pilestredet and students nursing Kjeller at Kjeller).

Teaching and learning methods

The following coursework requirement must have been approved:

  • simulation Student BEST – 2 days

Course requirements

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

  • Minimum attendance of 80% in student groups.
  • Minimum attendance of 90% in simulation and skills training, including exercises

Assessment

Individual written home exam over two weeks, 3000 words (+/- 10 %)

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by two examiners. 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
  • 10 credits overlap with PMED2000 Ambulance Operations and Patient Safety
  • 3 credits overlap with PMED1070 Technology and Society
  • 2 credits overlap with PMED1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care