SKOMPPRA4 Clinical Studies, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Course description

Credits based on the national curriculum are:

• Main topic 1 - 2 credits
• Main topic 2 - 7 credits
• Main topic 3 - 3 credits
• Main topic 4 - 3 credits

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge:The student has knowledge of

• clinical assessment processes in nursing aimed at attending to the patient¿s basic needs and resources in mental health care, including therapeutic treatment activities and milieu therapy
• different theoretical perspectives on mental health disorders and mental health work: the significance of relationships, professional ethics, aesthetics and dignity, and integrity in dealings with patients and next of kin
• coping strategies and recovery processes (patient perspective, user participation and empowerment)
• mental health and psychosocial problems among refugees and immigrants: trauma, loss, grief and identity
• mental health in a historical perspective
• the relationship between substance abuse and mental health disorders
• how mental health disorders such as psychoses, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders affect the patient¿s basic needs, as well as special circumstances relating to old age psychiatry
• pharmacology and drug administration related to relevant diseases
• compulsory provisions set out in health legislation that apply to the municipal and specialist health services

Skills:The student

• is capable of observing, assessing and providing nursing care to patients with mental health disorders and reflecting on their own professional practice in relation to those with mental health disorders
• masters relevant drug administration
• is capable of taking active part in interdisciplinary cooperation
• is capable of using theory on personality psychological factors, cognitive functions, ego functions, identity, self-image and moods
• is capable of using theory on therapeutic communication and cooperation principles and theory on facilitating the therapeutic climate
• is capable of using relevant results from research and development work in dealings with and treatment of people with mental health disorders

Competence:The student is capable of:

• planning and carrying out nursing interventions relating to patients receiving mental health care and substance abuse treatment
• sharing opinions that can contribute to professional development

Clinical training, lectures, group work, seminars, written assignments, logs, supervision and self-study.

Students will firstly take a preparatory course lasting approx. two weeks, before embarking on eight weeks¿ clinical training with direct patient contact. The theory course is designed so that the students are introduced to the Norwegian understanding of communication with patients and next of kin, training in the simulation and skills centre, technical equipment etc., adapted to the clinical training period they are about to embark on.

In this course, the students shall develop knowledge, skills and general competence relating to the development of software systems. The students shall gain insight into how the properties of the systems are defined, the framework for the development and how the development process is managed. Furthermore, the students shall learn to understand some of the complexity of the interaction between software systems and different user and stakeholder groups. The students shall understand the essence of and develop the ability to critically assess both modern (including agile) and traditional methods and technologies for software engineering.

Language of Instruction: Norwegian

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

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

Knowledge The student is capable of explaining:

• different phases and activities that form part of software engineering
• different methods and technologies for software engineering
• the use of different process models, methods, techniques and tools to achieve project and system quality

Skills

The student is capable of:

• applying methods and techniques to obtain, analyse and specify requirements for a system
• designing software systems
• considering and applying expedient processes, methods, techniques and tools for software development
• creating system design based on a requirements analysis

General competence

The student has:

• knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods

Lectures and exercises. Compulsory assignments are carried out in groups. The groups normally comprise 3 to 5 students.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• Two big group assignments (3-5 students) where the students demonstrate their understanding of the course literature. The groups are expected to submit papers that clearly show that they have discussed and reflected on the assignments.

Individual written exam, 3 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the case of a new and postponed exam, another form of exam can also be used or a new assignment with a new deadline is given. If an oral examination is used, this cannot be appealed.