SYKP3900B 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.

Passed first and second year of 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

• 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.

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The purpose of this course is to enable the students to describe and assess theoretical and research-based knowledge as the basis for understanding children’s movement development and motor learning. The course provides a theoretical foundation for critical reflection on assessment and the use of outcome measures in treatment and habilitation, health promotion and preventive work. Involvement of children, young people and their families in mapping and target-setting work is central.

Bachelor’s thesis

• Literature review
• Normally written in pairs.
• 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.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe key theoretical perspectives on children and adolescents’ movement development and motor learning
• can analyse and assess typical and atypical movement development
• can describe choices and use of outcome measures as the basis for describing motor function and identifying functional difficulties
• can describe what forms the basis of clinical decision processes in physiotherapy

Skills

The student

• can apply relevant theory in the analysis of children and adolescents’ movement, activity and participation
• can critically reflect on and evaluate the use of assessment instruments in clinical practice and research
• can integrate theory, research, experience-based knowledge, and the children’s, adolescents’ and families’ perspective and principles in family-centred services when assessing development, function and life situation

General competence

The student

• can analyse and critically reflect on how different understandings of children and childhood can have consequences for physiotherapists’ work
• can assess and critically reflect on the knowledge-basis for different measures and interventions in physiotherapy practice
• can identify and analyse professional and ethical dilemmas in connection with examination and mapping processes

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching is session-based with two sessions over five days; four days of teaching and one study day per week. There are four to six weeks between each session. Teaching at the sessions will vary between lectures and student-active learning in the form of seminars, group work and presentations. Aside from session-based teaching, the teaching methods used are self-study and work on an examination assignment. Students can choose to submit a draft examination paper during the course (approx. 1,000 words). Lecturers and fellow students will provide oral feedback on the drafts submitted.

None.