PS9400 Ideas and concepts in Social Work and Social Policy Course description

Knowledge:

The student will have:

• Broad knowledge about the strategic significance of HRM
• Broad knowledge concerning relevant HRM activities, specifically recruitment, performance management and human resource development
• Insight into the different stages within the recruitment process starting from job analysis to hiring procedures
• Knowledge about systems and methods for performance management and human resource development in organizations
• Insight into the significance of equal opportunity, managing diversity and international recruitment
• Insight into how national culture may affect HRM practices
• Knowledge about methods commonly used to measure human resource and performance development
• Knowledge about how to conduct employee appraisals and how to utilize appraisals for career development

Skills

The student can:

• Prepare a job analysis and plan the different steps of a recruitment process
• Interpret different tests commonly used to measure human resource and performance development
• Actively contribute to the implementation, follow-up and conclusion of a recruitment process
• Use relevant methods to analyze human resource needs of an organization
• Use relevant methods to follow-up employees regarding performance and competence development

General competence

The student have

• Understanding of ethical issues regarding recruitment processes, performance management and career development

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

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 assess recent knowledge on the most common MSDs
• can critically assess current examination and treatment methods, including the use of standardised instruments for the most common MSDs
• can critically assess the organisation and quality of health services, and the role of physiotherapists in interdisciplinary cooperation and interaction
• can describe knowledge on work and MSDs, and can critically assess current measures for promoting participation in working life and preventing long-term sickness absence
• can describe implementation methods for well-documented knowledge

Skills

The student

• can use the knowledge-based practice model to analyse the most common MSDs
• can use and critically reflect on recent knowledge on the most common MSDs
• can apply and critically reflect on the use of standardised instruments in clinical practice
• can use and critically reflect on recent knowledge on work and musculoskeletal health
• can implement well-documented knowledge in their professional practice

General competence

The student

• can communicate up-to-date disciplinary knowledge to collaborative partners and the population at large
• can contribute to improving the quality of today’s health services
• can contribute to promoting participation in working life and preventing long-term sickness absence

The course focuses on the development of students’ practical-aesthetic, dissemination and theoretical skills. Practical-aesthetic work is combined with art and dissemination theory and practical dissemination. The course emphasises art and dissemination in a broad societal perspective in which the understanding of space and context plays a central role. The course is organised in the form of two projects (see below) and concludes with an exam.

The fourth semester of the Bachelor’s programme facilitates Exchanges.

Knowledge

The student

· has basic knowledge of relevant materials, tools, processes and methods relating to practical-aesthetic work

· has basic knowledge of relevant materials, tools, processes and methods relating to practical-aesthetic work

· has basic knowledge of important topics, theories, issues, processes and methods relating to the field of art and dissemination

· has an understanding of how theory and context affect practical-aesthetic expressions and has knowledge of communication and dissemination in various formats and to various target groups

· has knowledge of research and development work in the field

· has basic knowledge of the discipline’s history, traditions, distinctive nature and place in society

· has knowledge of ethical challenges in the field, as well as the environment, consumption and choice of materials

· has basic knowledge of issues related to gender and multicultural perspectives

Skills

The student

· can apply relevant specialist knowledge to practical-aesthetic-, dissemination- and theoretical issues

· can reflect on their own practice due to supervision

· can use different methods relevant to project work

· can present field specific issues through practical projects, both orally and in writing

· can apply relevant tools, techniques and various forms of expression

Competence

The student

· has an understanding of relevant ethical issues and copyright

· is capable of exchanging points of view and experience with others in the field

· is capable of reflecting on issues relating to art and dissemination in a broad societal perspective

· has insight into different forms of presentation and art dissemination strategies

· is capable of leading others’ artistic development projects and art dissemination work

Project 1: Art, space and installation (individual work):

• A practical-aesthetic work

• A written, reflective text (around 1,200 words).

Project 2: Dissemination of contemporary art to specific target groups (group work):

• Practical group work relating to the dissemination of contemporary art.

• Preparation of a special communication design for the practical training week.

• A group report (the number of words depends on the project and will be specified in the assignment text for the coursework requirement).

• An oral and visual group presentation

There is a minimum attendance requirement of 80% for compulsory teaching activities.

The coursework requirements are assessed as approved/not approved.

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.

Grade scale A-F.

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