EPN-V2

PPUDPRA2 Teaching practice, 2nd period Course description

Course name in Norwegian
2. praksisperiode
Weight
0.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
SPRING 2026
Schedule
  • Introduction

    Se utfyllende informasjon om praksis i programplanen og i praksisguiden for PPU-Y

  • Learning outcomes

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  • Content

    On completion of the course, the PhD candidate has achieved the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

    Knowledge

    The PhD candidate

    • is at the forefront of knowledge of conceptual understanding and of theories on the significance of different types of scientific instruments for measuring, testing, evaluating, and assessing health
    • is at the forefront of knowledge of national and international mapping systems for health indicators

    Skills

    The PhD candidate can

    • critically evaluate different theories and approaches with methodological significance for measuring, testing, evaluating, and assessing
    • apply measurement methods, testing, evaluation, and assessment to their own research project
    • critically reflect on and evaluate different psychometric properties of measurement methods, tests, evaluations, and assessments
    • address the results of mapping, testing, and evaluation applied in health science research

    General competence

    The PhD candidate can

    • discuss ethical and social issues associated with different types of measurement methods, testing, evaluation, and assessment
    • present and discuss knowledge of methods of measurement, testing, and evaluation in the health sciences
  • Teaching and learning methods

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  • Course requirements

    Det er et krav om 100% tilstedeværelse i praksis i alle praksisperiodene. Ved fravær må dagene tas igjen etter avtale med praksissted og emneansvarlig/praksisseksjonen ved LUI.

  • Assessment

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  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    This course covers research into key phenomena originating from human experience of health and illness. Such phenomena can be perceptions of quality of life, hope, coping, pain, body, dignity, and suffering, and serve as the basis for developing concepts and theories in the health sciences. The course covers different methods for concept and theory development; for example, the hybrid model of concept development, semantic concept analysis, Walker and Avant's model for theory development, and grounded theory. The methods are applied to selected phenomena, concepts, and theories.

  • Grading scale

    This course offers an overview and adopts a critical perspective of different types of mapping, testing, and evaluation of health-related activities at individual, group, and society levels. The course covers mapping, testing, and evaluating quality of life, mental health, physical health, functional ability, and disease mechanisms. It will take a critical look at the classification of measurement methods as disease-specific vs. generic, and self-reported vs. performance-based, as well as screening vs. diagnostics, quantitative vs. qualitative evaluation, and standardisation vs. individualisation.

  • Examiners

    On completion of the course, the PhD candidate has achieved the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

    Knowledge

    The PhD candidate:

    • is at the forefront of knowledge of methodologies related to the development of concepts and theories
    • has an in-depth understanding of the relationship between human experience, concepts, and theories in a health science context

    Skills

    The PhD candidate can:

    • develop a conceptual and/or theoretical framework related to their own research
    • identify relevant clinical phenomena to develop concepts and theories
    • analyse and interpret research findings related to concept and theory development
    • address complex scientific issues and challenge established knowledge and practice in concept and theory development

    General competence

    The PhD candidate can:

    • argue in favour of particular methodologies in concept and theory development based on scientific theory
    • participate in discussions on concept and theory development