VERB1510 Pathology and Treatment Course description

The students will learn to identify different symptoms of illness and injury. They will carry out relevant examinations and measurements, as well as carry out practical procedures at the exercise post, including first aid. The course runs over 7 weeks.

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 account for comorbid disorders, both somatic and psychological, in people with disabilities
• can give an account of symptoms of illness and the importance of the disease for good health in a life course perspective
• can give an account of forms of treatment for somatic illness
• can describe evidence-based disease prevention measures and health-promoting behaviour
• can outline relevant courses of treatment
• can describe physical and cognitive changes and the consequences of these related to old age
• can describe symptoms of neurological impairment and the disease's impact on health

Skill

The Student

• can demonstrate healthcare procedures in accordance with VAR-Healthcare (procedure and knowledge base for the health service)
• can perform life-saving first aid
• can demonstrate key principles and aids in transfer

General competence

The student

• can identify associations between health and disease, including disability and disability
• can identify abnormalities and signs of illness, as well as help patients to take care of their health challenges

The work and teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations, skills training and self-study.

In order to take the exam, the following must be approved:

• 100 percent attendance in demonstrations and skills training at the exercise post
• 100 percent attendance at first aid course related to practice post
• one practical test related to the execution of procedures at the exercise post

Individual written examination with invilgation in somatic illness and treatment, 4 hours.

None.

Graded scale A-F

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

10 credits overlap with VERN2320/VERND2320/VERNL2320 /VERB1500

5 credits overlap with VERN3100(2)/VERND3100(2)/VERNL3100(2) psykisk helse