SYKK1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care Course description

Passed first and second year of the programme.

Prior to the course, the students are recommended to go through the elements in "Startpakka" which focus on literature search, critical appraisal and use of references, see https://bokskapet.oslomet.no/courses/course-v1:BOKSKAPET+FELLES-1704+2/about

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 is capable of

• discussing the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
• summarising relevant research and professional development in the chosen specialisation

Skills

The student is capable of

• creating a project description, including a time schedule and how he/she intends to complete the bachelor’s thesis with the resources available
• formulating a clear research question relating to nursing, which is possible to answer within the framework of the thesis
• carrying out an independent systematic literature review in accordance with the applicable research standards
• clarifying concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
• presenting specialist literature in an independent, logical, critical and systematic manner

Competence

The student is capable of

• disseminating and arguing for strengths and weaknesses of his/her own study in a substantial and methodical manner
• reflecting on relevant research ethics issues

Lectures, seminars, supervision, and self-study. All students will be allocated a supervisor.

The following coursework requirement must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• Project description for the bachelor’s thesis, scope 1,000 words (+/- 10%)
• Completed supervision, three compulsory supervision sessions out of the four sessions offered

Bachelor’s thesis

• Literature review.
• Normally written in group with 2-3 students.
• Scope of 8,000 words (+/- 10%).

Resits/rescheduled exam: If the bachelor’s thesis is awarded a fail grade, the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.

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

Grade scale A-F.

One internal and one external examiner.

SYKK3900, SYKP3900 and SKOMP3910 overlap 100 %.

BIOB1060, ERGOB1060, FYB1060, RAB1060, SYKK1060, SYKP1060, TAB1060, FARB1060, PMED1060, ORI1060 overlap;100 %.