TAB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care Course description

5 credits overlap with the course TANN1100 Dental Morphology and Biology

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

Eksamen er en individuell, skriftlig semesteroppgave. I besvarelsen skal studenten drøfte erfaringer med arbeidskravene i lys av studiets læringsutbytte og relevant teori. Besvarelsen skal være på 3000 ord +/- 10%

Studentene kan arbeide med eksamensoppgaven gjennom hele semesteret.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Eksamen er en praksisrelatert oppgave. Til første ny/utsatt eksamen leveres omarbeidet versjon av semesteroppgaven. Ved senere forsøk leveres ny semesteroppgave.

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt

Bestått/Ikke bestått

Det benyttes to interne sensorer. Tilsynssensor evaluerer vurderingsformer og vurderingsprosesser i studieprogrammet.

Project examination, consisting of a group assignment with up to 7 students, based on a case with a health claim in the media. The assignment will include the levels of the EBP model. The assignment is submitted as a written paper of 1500 words (+/- 10 prosent) according to further specified criteria.;

Each group decides whether their assignment is to be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Resit exam: If the assignment is given the grade fail, the group can submit a revised version once. ;

If this attempt fails, the group is entitled to a third and final attempt. In a third attempt, the group must choose a new health claim and submit a new examination paper.;

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

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

• participate in at least 1 of 2 seminars