VEPRA40 Individual Professional Course in Connection with Written Research Project Course description

In this course, the students can choose a relevant area of specialisation offered by the university. Alternatively, the students can suggest relevant areas of specialisation themselves. The students will cooperate with the practical training establishment and the service recipient(s) on relevant issues that they will work on independently during the practical training period. The learning outcomes for VEPRA40/VEPRAD40 must be linked to the bachelor’s thesis (VERN3900/VERND3900).

This is a full-time course over nine weeks.

A pass in the following courses: VERN1110/VERND1110, VERN1310/VERND1310, VERN1400/VERND1400, VEPRA10/VEPRAD10, VERN1500/VERND1500, VERN2110/VERND2110, VERN2400/VERND2400, VEPRA20/VEPRAD20, VERNLEG1/VERNLEGD1

Approved required coursework in: VERN2320/VERND2320, VEPRA30/VEPRAD30, VERN3100/VERND3100 and VERN3200/VERND3200.

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 has knowledge of

• laws and regulations of relevance for the activities at the practical training establishment
• the practical training establishment’s professional basis and how the establishment describes the purpose of its activities
• how the practical training establishment cooperates with other relevant services
• how the practical training establishment safeguards the service recipients’ right to user participation and protection of privacy
• evidence-based methods that contribute to strengthening users’ quality of life

Skills

The student is capable of

• cooperating and communicating with patients, pupils, users, next of kin and partners in different arenas
• developing a project outline
• preparing, initiating and evaluating an evidence-based project work / care or training measure in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines

Competence

The student is capable of

• suggesting and initiating care or training measures that promote the user’s coping and quality of life
• quality assuring social educator work in accordance with ethical guidelines and relevant theories

The courses (VEPRA40/VEPRAD40 and VERN3900/VERND3900) are full-time courses taught over a period of 18 weeks, of which two weeks can consist of teaching activities connected to the practical training.

The practical training is taken at a pre-approved establishment, and students must formulate their own learning objectives for the period and comply with the university's general practical training requirements. VEPRA40/VEPRAD40 run full time over nine weeks. The practical training requires active participation at the training establishment to ensure the optimal total learning outcome in relation to the chosen specialisation.

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can receive a final assessment:

• Participation in teaching activities related to the chosen specialisation (80%)
• Participation in work at the practical training establishment (minimum attendance of 90%)
• Preparation of own learning outcome descriptions for VEPRA40/VEPRAD40
• Submission of practical training documents
• assessed and found suited for the profession according to suitability criteria

If a period of practical training is assessed as 'fail', the following coursework must be repeated:

• Participation in work at the practical training establishment (minimum attendance of 90%)
• Preparation of own learning outcome descriptions for VEPRA40/VEPRAD40
• Submission of practical training documents
• assessed and found suited for the profession according to suitability criteria

Assessment of practical training

All

Pass/Fail

The lecturer based on the recommendation of the practical training supervisor