SYKP1050 Public Health and Health Management Course description

Normally taught in English. Taught in Norwegian if no English-speaking students are taking the course.

This common course is developed for all the bachelor’s degree programmes taught at the Faculty of Health Sciences that are covered by the National Curriculum Regulations for Norwegian Health and Welfare Education (RETHOS).

The course deals with public health and health management. Public health emphasises the distribution of health challenges in the population based on causal connections and risk factors relating to health, education, work and living conditions. Health management emphasises international guidelines and conditions with a bearing on illness, health and quality of life in the population at individual, group and society level, including the sustainability goals.

The course is intended to contribute to a fundamental professional understanding of how the health service is organised, relevant legislation, strategies and goals for preventive and health promoting work in Norway.

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe and explain factors that affect disease, health and quality of life in groups or the population as a whole
• can describe the epidemiological and demographical foundation for public health work
• can describe social inequality in relation to health, and is familiar with the national and global consequences of inequality
• can describe the purpose, organisation and coordination of health and social care services
• is familiar with relevant laws and regulations relating to the health and social care services
• can describe the relationship between work, education, social participation, inclusion and the experience of health
• can describe the goals for sustainable development and their significance for public health

Skills

The student

• can reflect on ethical challenges related to public health work that aims to change behaviours
• can find, assess and refer to health promoting and preventive strategies, organisation and measures in light of the goals for sustainable development
• can reflect on how and why the status of Sami as indigenous peoples affects the development of the health and social care services

Work and teaching methods include digital textbooks and seminars with supervision. The flipped classroom method is used. Digital textbooks will be made available to students in advance, and the time they spend at the university will be used to work on assignments and group work under supervision.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• participate in at least 1 of 2 seminars

Individual home examination (multiple choice), 45 minutes.

The multiple choice test is given partial in English and Norwegian.

All aids are permitted.

Pass/fail

In this course, students will learn about mental health work, relational skills and factors that promote and harm the mental health of individuals and groups. People's resources and opportunities, but also their vulnerabilities as individuals, are areas of focus. The significance of close relationships and society's influence are important for mental health and are emphasised in the course. This includes patient phenomena such as hope and hopelessness, pain and pain relief, exhaustion and energy.

Passed the courses:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 The Fundamentals of Nursing, 15 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases, 20 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30K Decision-making in Nursing and Patient Safety, 10 credits

or equivalent