SYBAPRA3 Clinical Studies, Health Promotive and Preventive Work Course description

Passed first year of the programme or equivalent.

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

• the research process
• project work as a method
• the demographic and epidemiological basis for health-promoting and preventive work at the individual and society levels, with particular focus on healthy, vulnerable groups, children, young people and families
• public health and the factors that influence it
• methods in health promotive and preventive work
• group processes and communication
• conflict management

Skills: The student is capable of

• finding and assessing relevant information and specialist literature and presenting it in written assignments in a manner that elucidates an issue of relevance to health promotive and preventive work
• planning and conducting a project, under supervision, in preventive health work based on research-based knowledge and initiating professional development
• applying relevant results from research and development work to innovation processes

Competence: The student is capable of

• identifying issues related to health promotive and preventive work
• disseminating project results in writing

Observational practice, lectures, group work, seminars, logs, educational posters, oral presentations, supervision and self-study.

Students will receive approx. two weeks of preparatory theoretical teaching, before embarking on eight weeks' clinical training with observation practice and project work. The content of the practice periods will vary with the practice of the practice site at all times, and will thus offer varied arenas for the studies in terms of issues, diagnoses and complexity.

As part of the assessment in the course, there is a requirement for compulsory participation in, among other things, supervisory groups, seminars and presentations. See more details in Canvas.

The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, the student's specification of the learning outcomes and the formative assessment made of the student during the clinical training period, as well as the project assignment written in groups of approx. eight students. Scope of the assignment: 10,000 words (+/- 20 %).

The students will receive supervision from the lecturer throughout the process. Attendance is compulsory in clinical training and in study group sessions with and without the lecturer. If a student's absence exceeds 10%, he/she will fail the course.

Students are responsible for obtaining a copy of their assessment form from the supervisor. The form must be presented to the new supervisor in the next clinical training period.

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

Pass-fail.

Both the process, compulsory activities and project assignment must be passed for the student to be awarded a pass grade in the course.

A lecturer from the university will assess the students.

SYBAPRA3 and SYBASPRA3 overlap 100%.

Students taking an exchange period will take the course IPH-SP International Public Health at OsloMet.