VERB1300 Anatomy and Physiology Course description

Knowledge of basic human needs, anatomy, physiology and motor skill development is crucial to health professionals. This course also covers cytology, microbiology, genetics and neuroanatomy.

Social educators need basic skills in observing and talking to children and young people to understand their life and how work with children can be carried out in interprofessional person- and family-centred care. This topic is highlighted in the interdisciplinary teaching activity INTER1100 The Same Child - Different Arenas, scope corresponding to 1.5 credits. INTER1100 addresses the learning outcomes marked with an asterisk (*) and written in italics.

The course is taught over a total of seven weeks, including Interact.

The student must have been admitted to the programme.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the structure and function of the body
• can explain basic human needs
• can describe the most important principles of hygiene
• can present important aspects of microbiology
• can describe the structure and functioning of the cell
• can describe the structure and physiology of different organ systems with a particular focus on neurology
• can describe normal motor skill development and factors that can affect this development
• can describe normal sensory development and functioning, and factors that can affect this development
• has a general understanding of childhood and of the processes associated with growing up in a society characterised by social and cultural diversity*

Skills

The student

• can explore girls' and boys' everyday life and their subjective understanding of it*

General competence

The student

• has an emerging understanding of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their families*

Teaching and learning methods include lectures, group work, written assignments, a multiple-choice test and self-study.

Two seminar days, digital learning resources and conversation and observation assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study are part of INTER1100 The Same Child - Different Arenas.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Group work in groups of six students with:

  • submission of written assignments totalling up to 1,000 words
  • minimum attendance of 80%
• One multiple-choice test;with a minimum of 80% correct answers by the given deadline
• required coursework as described under INTER 1100

https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interact

Individual written examination with invigilation, multiple-choice test, 3 hours

Passed the first year of the programme

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of explorative approaches when interacting with children and young people*
• has knowledge of children and young people’s right to participation and about the necessity of cooperating with children, young people and their families*
• can describe the main features of the historical development of applied behaviour analysis
• can explain how philosophy of science is relevant to the practice of applied behaviour analysis
• can explain basic principles of behaviour analysis
• can describe different ways of observing and measuring behaviour
• can discuss self-determination, supported decision-making and social validity
• can describe different single-subject experimental designs and selected research methods that can be used in social education
• can describe characteristics of empirically supported interventions

Skills

The student

• can explore the daily life of children and young people and construction of meaning*
• can reflect on his/her own role in explorative conversation with children and young people*
• can reflect on the group's interprofessional cooperation*
• can assess similarities and differences between important theories in the disciplines of psychology and pedagogy
• can assess social validity of interventions based on behaviour analytic principles
• can operationalise and analyse behaviour
• can assess the effect of interventions by analysing figures that present single-subject experimental designs
• can apply basic legal methods to implement lawful and professional practice
• can assess how welfare technology can be introduced to support the individual's resources and possibilities for mastery of functional skills

General competence

The student

• understands the importance of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their families*
• can apply behaviour analytic principles to promote self-determination and equal participation in society in line with applicable legislation, professional guidelines and ethical considerations
• can assess the effect of interventions based on behaviour analytic principles to promote socially valid behaviour change
• can apply relevant and up-to-date specialist literature to shed light on practical problems, make well-founded choices and apply behaviour analytic principles in socially valid behavior change

The teaching and learning methods include lectures, self-study, skills training, Interteaching, flipped classroom, podcast, case studies and assignments in groups with or without feedback/supervision, and submission of written assignments. The multiple-choice test can be taken as many times as the student wants/needs to.

INTER1200 Communication with Children, Youth and their Families includes one common seminar day, digital learning resources and assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• 100% attendance in supervised group work in groups of six students
• completed multiple-choice test by the given deadline
• Individual written paper, up to 1,000 words. Feedback on content in accordance with specified criteria
• Required coursework for INTER1200 Communication with Children and Adolescents:;http://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interact