SOS2130 Work, health and housing Course description

In this subject, students will learn how work, housing, health, and health impact the quality of life. Work inclusion and social housing are essential parts of this knowledge. Work is a central arena for preventing social problems, fostering inclusion, and promoting social participation. Housing and living conditions are fundamental to an individual's well-being. How we live creates opportunities and limitations that affect our life chances in other areas, including in working life. Paid work contributes to self-understanding, providing extended rights and access to central benefits from the welfare state.Both characteristics of the labour market and challenges at the individual level, such as drug addiction, mental and somatic illness, functional impairment, and language barriers, can affect opportunities in the labour market. This is part of the social worker's knowledge of working life, where holistic follow-up may be necessary to obtain and maintain a job. The subject focuses on how the social worker can work purposefully with people in vulnerable life situations, including assisting them in establishing a suitable living situation and achieving inclusion in the workforce.

Students must have completed and passed the first year of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Work.

In this course, the students are expected to acquire in-depth knowledge of human anatomy and physiology as a basis for being able to carry out surgical assessments, examinations and/or treatment, in-depth knowledge of recognised surgical methods, and in-depth knowledge of relevant topics from the field of anaesthesiology. Students are also expected to acquire advanced knowledge of the life of microorganisms, their virulence and how infection is transferred, the organism's defences against infection and methods in infection medicine. This knowledge forms the basis for their ability to administer, monitor and evaluate advanced medical treatment.

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 in-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology and surgical methods
• has in-depth knowledge of technological opportunities and limitations relating to surgical examinations and/or treatment
• has in-depth knowledge of the consequences of anaesthesia on surgical examinations and/or treatment
• has in-depth knowledge of patient groups where special requirements apply to the choice of surgical methods
• has advanced knowledge of theories and methods in infection medicine

Skills

The student

• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories and methods in surgical examinations and/or treatment and infection medicine
• is capable of independent work on theoretical problem-solving relating to surgical examinations and/or treatment and infection medicine

Competence

The student

• is capable of analysing relevant academic, professional and research ethical issues in theatre nursing based on relevant discipline knowledge, research, experience and patient knowledge
• is capable of applying knowledge of infection medicine to administer surgical examinations and/or treatment in a professionally sound manner

Lectures and self-study.

None.

Supervised individual written exam, 6 hours

None.

Grade scale A-F.