SYBAPRA4 Clinical Studies, Mental Health and Substance-Related Disorders Course description

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

Arbeidskrav 1: En prosjektplan på 3 - 5 sider må være godkjent før arbeidet med masteroppgaven begynner. Denne prosjektplanen skal omhandle problemstilling og opplegg for oppgaven. Prosjektplanen danner grunnlag for tildeling av veileder. Ikke-godkjent prosjektplan kan forbedres én gang. Innleveringsfrist bekjentgjøres tidlig i 3. semester.

Arbeidskrav 2: En muntlig presentasjon av forskningsprosjektet på et masteroppgaveseminar. Presentasjonen skal være på maksimalt 15 minutter. 

Arbeidskravene må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen. 

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

Gradert skala A-F

Eksamenssvara blir sensurerte av ein eller to interne sensorar. I tillegg blir eit utdrag på 25 prosent av svara sensurerte av ein ekstern sensor. Karakterane på utdraget fastset nivået for korleis resten av svara skal vurderast.

Yngve Benestad Hågvar

Not relevant.

Pass-fail.

One representative of the clinical training establishment and one representative of the university. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

SKOMPPRA4, SYBAPRA4 and SYBASPRA4 overlap 100%.