SYBAPRA6B Clinical Studies, Medicine Course description

Either a bachelor`s degree or equivalent with specialization in journalism, photojournalism or media studies of minimun 80 ECTS. Or a bachelor`s degree or equivalent and a minimum of two years journalistic experience. The minimum academic requirement for admission is the grade C, in accordance with Regulations Relating to Admission to Master's Degree Programmes at HiOA.

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 broad knowledge of injuries and pathological conditions and treatment forms for the most common illnesses in the medical field
• has broad knowledge of how illnesses influence basic needs
• has knowledge of palliative care and the death process
• has broad knowledge of pharmacology and drug administration
• has broad knowledge of clinical assessment processes in nursing to address the patient's basic needs and improve their own resources in the course of the illness
• has broad knowledge of nursing diagnoses and documentation systems
• has knowledge of professional ethics, dignity and integrity
• has knowledge of the relationship between culture, the body and illness
• has broad knowledge of the meaning of next of kin for patients' health and quality of life
• has knowledge of health legislation: division of authority, internal control, injuries/accidents, the right to immediate assessment and treatment
• has broad knowledge of evidence-based practice
• has knowledge of organisation and management in the specialist health service
• has knowledge of interdisciplinary cooperation

Skills

The student is capable of

• communicating and interacting with patients and their next of kin during the course of an illness
• conducting systematic observation, and identifying and assessing patients' nursing diagnoses
• planning, prioritising and performing nursing interventions and assessing these
• performing clinical procedures in accordance with the applicable guidelines
• using the documentation system and documenting in accordance with professional and legal requirements
• assessing laboratory results
• preparing the patient for an examination or treatment
• using relevant research results relating to the target group and making sound choices of action
• administering drugs in line with the applicable health legislation
• using relevant medical technology
• using different mapping tools in patient treatments
• identifying different ethical issues and dilemmas, making ethical considerations, safeguarding the patient's dignity and integrity and promoting the patient and next of kin's right of co-determination and autonomy
• organising, managing and coordinating nursing for a group of patients
• cooperating with other professional groups

Competence

The student

• is capable of planning and carrying out nursing work in the specialist health service
• is capable of sharing opinions and experience relating to ethical challenges (dignity and integrity)
• has insight into advanced medical procedures and the use of advanced medical technical equipment
• is capable of sharing opinions that can contribute to practical development in the field

Clinical training, lectures, group work, written assignments, logs, simulations at the simulation and skills centre and self-study. Each clinical training course consists of 5 weeks of practice with direct patient contact, where a 5-day week is carried out, ie 37.5 hours per week. For each clinical training course, there are an additional 2 weeks of simulation, reflection and assignments.

All clinical training have different compulsory activities and tasks in the implementation. See chapter on Clinical training.

In addition, the following must be approved before the final assessment can be done:

• Practical test at the simulation and skills centre
• Student-BEST

Assessment

For the main assessment, the students may choose one of two term papers.

Either

• A term paper of 15-18 pages, 1,5. line space, Times New Roman size 12, within the thematic field of the course.

Or

• A reportage selecting a topic within the general framework of the course. The reportage has to be developed either in digital or print format (5-6 pp. plus photos), radio (7-8 minutes), TV (4 minutes) or photo (approximately 8 photos) followed by a reflection paper, 5-8 pages, discussing the textual material on a theoretical level helped by the course syllabus.

Both alternatives may be written in either English or Norwegian.

The exam will be assessed according to a grading scale where A (highest) and E (lowest) denote a pass and F denotes a fail. Assessment is done by an examination committee with one internal and one external examiner. Students who have failed a regular examination and students with legitimate absence are entitled to sit a new examination. The student may submit a revised version of the exam.

Syllabus

Globalization War and Peace Journalism. Spring 2017

Books:

Carlsson (2016, ed.) Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition. 200 p. Open Access.

Eriksen, T. H. (2007) Globalization. The Key Concepts. Berg Publishers. 195 pp

Nohrstedt, S.A. & Ottosen, R. (2014) New Wars, New Media, and New War Journalism. 206 pp. Open Access

Orgeret, K. & Tayeebwa, W. (2016, eds.) Journalism in conflict and post-conflict conditions. World wide perspectives. 200 p

Lippe/Ottosen (2016 eds.) Gendering War and Peace Reporting. Nordicom. 200p

Journal, special issue (Open Access)

Conflict and Communication Online No 2 (6) 2007 88 pp

Compendium: Globalization, War and Peace Journalism

Contents:

Anderson R. (2006): Century of War - Century of Media. Chapters 2, 9 and 10. New York: Peter Lang, 64 pp.

*Carlsson, Ulla (2013, ed.) Freedom of Expression Revisited. Chapter 1 (Freedom of Expression is Not a Given Right), 15 pp

*Dimaggio, Anthony 2009. Chapter 2: There are no protestors here: Media marginalization of the Antiwar movement and Chapter 3: Worthy and unworthy victims: The politicization of genocide and human rights in U.S. foreign policy in When Media Goes to War. Hegemonic Discource, Public Opinion, and the Limits of Dissent. New York: Monthly Review Press. 28 pp

Eide, E (2011) Down There and Up Here. Orientalism and Othering in Feature Stories. Chapter 1, 35 pp. New Jersey: Hampton Press

*Eide, E. (2012). The Terror in Norway and the Multiculturalist Scapegoat. Journal of Contemporary European Studies vol. 20 N. 3 273-284, September 2012 12 pp

*Eide, E. & Kunelius, R. (2012) Media Meets Climate. The Global Challenge for Journalism. Chapter 1: Introduction. Gothenburg: Nordicom. 22 pp

*Kempf, W. & Luostarinen, (2002) Journalism and the New World Order vol. II , Studying War and the media.Chap 1, 2, 3, 6 and 14. Gothenburg: Nordicom. 49 pp

*Lynch, J (2013) Chapter 2: Peace Journalism and Chapter 7: A Global Standard and Prospects for Implementation in A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict. London: Routledge. 30 pp

*Mral, B. (2006) The Rhetorical State of Alert before Iraq War 2003. In Nordicom review no 1. 2006 12 pp

Ottosen, R. & Andenæs, C. B. (2016). How to explain the "unthinkable "? An analysis of the coverage of July 22 events in Dagbladet and Aftenposten . Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies . 16 pp.

*Painter, J. (2013): Climate Change in the Media . London: I.B. Tauris& Reuter's Institute for the Study of Journalism. Chapters 1 and 4 (Introduction; Reporting the Future) 26 pp

Pantti, M. (2016) Media and the Ukraine Crisis. Two chapters (TBC). New York: Peter Lang

*Said, E. (2003) The Clash of Definitions. In Emran Qureshi & Michael A. Sells (eds.) the New Crusades. Constructing the Muslim Enemy. Lahore: Oxford University Press. 20 pp

*Zelizer, B. 2004. "When war is reduced to a photograph" in Allan, Stuart & Barbie Zelizer (eds.): Reporting War. Journalism in Wartime. London: Routledge. 21 pp

(Literature list last updated: 1. December 2016)

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.

SYBASPRA6B, SYBAPRA6A and B overlap 100%.