SFV4600 Comparative Social Risk Management Course description

Hver student kan ha med seg A4-ark med notater.

Det benyttes en gradert karakterskala fra A til E for bestått og F for ikke bestått eksamen.

Eksamen vurderes av to interne sensorer. En tilsynssensor er tilknyttet emnet, i henhold til retningslinjer for oppnevning og bruk av sensorer ved HiOA.

https://student.oslomet.no/m5glu-fagplan-engelsk-2018-2019

Engelsk tekst, språk og struktur:

• Engelskundervisning i flerspråklige og flerkulturelle klasserom
• Engelsk som verdensspråk
• Kartlegging, vurdering og arbeid med grunnleggende ferdigheter i engelskfaget, med fokus på muntlige og skriveferdigheter
• Fordypning i engelsk struktur fra lyd- til tekstnivå
• Valg av og tilrettelegging av arbeid med tekster

The course presents main social protection strategies with regard to major social risks, as well as evaluation methods to assess the advantages and disadvantages of health and social policy interventions.

A student who has completed his or her qualification has the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has advanced knowledge of global health problems and global health policy
• has thorough knowledge of theories, ethics discussions and empirical methods in the study of health care systems, illness and disease in populations
• can apply scholarly theories and methods to new areas in international health policy

Skills

The student can

• analyse and deal critically with various sources of information about the global health situation and main challenges to health and health care
• analyse and deal critically with the relationship between culture and illness
• evaluate research methods and strategies in investigations of population health
• apply relevant theories and arguments in debates on health inequalities
• apply relevant theories and evaluate national health care systems and their main dimensions
• apply relevant theories and evaluate the role of organisations in international health policies

General Competence

The student can

• apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out advanced assignments and projects in international health policy
• communicate about academic issues, analyses and conclusions in international health policy, both with specialists and the general public
• contribute to new thinking and innovation processes in international health policy

The course is organised into a series of lectures and seminars. Students are expected to play an active role. Students will also be required to present papers, and discuss course themes during lectures and seminars.

A student who has completed his or her qualification has the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The student has advanced knowledge of

• social protection strategies, in particular related to major social risks: unemployment, sickness, disability, lack of a provider, child abuse, and old age
• the interplay between protection provided by the state, the voluntary sector, the family and the market
• principles of social insurance and health insurance
• strategies for providing residual or universal social and health assistance
• the extended family as a risk-managing institution
• problems with social protection coverage and strategies for extending coverage
• strategies for efficient delivery of health and social services
• policy evaluation methods in health and social care

Skills

The student can

• identify similarities and differences in social and health protection strategies in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
• investigate the arguments for and against public management, public/private partnerships, outsourcing and other strategies with regard to the delivery of publicly provided health and social services
• analyse processes of social/health policy implementation
• evaluate social/health policy outputs and outcomes

Students must submit a work requirement of at least 3000 words on a course topic, preferably written in groups of 3-5 students. Students must have approval from the course lecturer in order to write individually. The paper must be approved by the course lecturer. Students whose papers are not approved after the first submission will be given the chance to resubmit once.

Papers that are not approved after two submissions will disqualify students from sitting the final examination.

The papers are to be presented at a seminar or poster session. Participation in the seminar or poster session is a mandatory part of the work requirement.