SYKK3900B Bachelor's Thesis Course description

The bachelor’s thesis is the final academic in-depth paper in the nursing programme. Through the work on the bachelor’s thesis, the student will delve into a delimited area of research, and have the opportunity to develop his/her own academic independence. The topic must be linked to the nursing profession, patients and/or next-of-kin. The bachelor’s thesis must include systematic literature searches to apply results from recent research related to the chosen research question. The bachelor’s thesis must be presented in a systematic and clear manner. The title of the bachelor’s thesis will also be included on the diploma.

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

• is capable of reflecting on health promoting and preventive work at the individual-, group- and society level with focus on healthy, vulnerable and marginalised groups
• is capable of describing conditions;that influence children and adolescent’s formative environment and;how activity and well-being are significant for health, welfare and the prevention of disease for all groups of the population
• is capable of describing;key issues related to women’s health;
• is capable of describing key issues related to sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases;
• is capable of describing how migration, refugee;and judicial status can affect each person’s health
• has knowledge about the importance of appreciative communication with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*
• can explain children and adolescents’ right to participation in decisions that concern them*;
• can explain the importance of explorative approaches in cooperation with children and adolescents*

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Skills

The student is capable of

• exploring how social health determinants are significant to public health and work inclusion at the individual and group level
• using knowledge of pregnancy, birth and the post-partum period
• completing a project under supervision and disseminating the results
• carry out a conversation about everyday life with children and adolescents*;
• have appreciative communication with parents/guardians*

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Competence

The student is capable of

• discussing the connection between social health determinants and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• reflecting on the health risks of people who live with demanding caregiving tasks, drug addictions in the family, and people who have experienced neglect or domestic violence
• can reflect on their own role in explorative conversation with children, adolescents and their parent/guardians*
• understands the importance of interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*

The work and teaching methods include self-study, group work, seminars, skills training and lectures.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to receive a final assessment in part 2:

• a minimum attendance of 80 % in teaching specified as ‘compulsory attendance’ in the schedule

• an individual subject note, 700 words (+/- 10 %), that will be subject to assessment.

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Supervised individual written exam, (multiple choice questions), 2 hours

Part 2) Individual oral exam, up to 25 minutes.

Part 1 and part 2 will be assessed independently of each other, but the student must pass all parts in order to pass the course.

Weighting: One overall grade is awarded for part 1 and part 2 based on the following weighting: Part 1, individual written exam, is weighted 25 %. Part 2, oral exam, is weighted 75 %.

Resit assessment/exam: If a student fails one part of the exam, the student must retake the part in question.

Students can appeal the grade awarded for part 1, the written exam.

No aids are permitted.

Parts 1 and 2: Grade scale A-F.

Part 1: An external examiner contributes to the preparation of the exam questions and assessment criteria. The answers is quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed.

Part 2, oral exam: The oral exam is assessed by two examiners. At least 15 % of the exams will be assessed by an external examiner.

SYKKPRA40, and SYKPPRA40 and B overlap 100 %.