VPSYDPRA11 Relationship and Care for People with Mental Complaints Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The relationship between mental healthcare workers, users/patients and next of kin is very important when promoting health and providing care to people with mental health complaints. Practising mental health care requires a high level of relational skills, including ethical awareness and professional expertise.

The purpose of the course is to give the students a practical introduction to and training in relational skills when interacting with people with mental health complaints. Students will take practical training that will provide a holistic understanding of the relationship between the framework conditions for service provision and the practice of mental health care. Two different forms of practical training form part of the course. The course concludes with the submission of an in-depth assignment with emphasis on user-related challenges and/or phenomena related to practical mental health care.

The clinical training will normally be carried out in places affiliated with OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University through cooperation agreements. The student may apply to complete the clinical training elsewhere. If the application is granted, the students is responsible for covering any expenses relating to this. The clinical training cannot be completed in the students' own workplace, i.e. the student's own unit, ward or similar.

The whole course is taken together with students from the Advanced Programme in Mental Health Care. For further details, see the program plan in Advanced Programme in Mental Health Care.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Mental Health Care.

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 understand human reactions after challenging life experiences and crises, and the significance of these based on recognised mental health care theory
• can described the user/patient and next of kin’s legal rights, and health personnel and the health service’s obligations
• can apply relational and care theory to analyse how attitudes and communication affect relationships and care
• can explain existential dimensions related to hope and meaning in mental health care

Skills

The student

• can apply relational knowledge to see things in light of the user/patient and next of kin’s life situation
• can facilitate targeted communication and cooperation with users/patients and next of kin
• can analyse the connection between treatment models and work methods to promote the mental health of users/patients
• can assess and discuss professional, legal and ethical aspects with users/patients, next of kin and their collaborative partners

General competence

The student

• can actively contribute to patient-oriented mental health care adapted to the individual, regardless of background, culture and nationality
• can support, guide and cooperate with users/patients and next of kin to enable targeted promotion of health and quality of life
• can analyse and adjust their own professional practice based on their preconceptions and new knowledge
• can contribute to expanding knowledge, insight and openness to promote mental health
• can actively contribute to more openness and less stigma associated with mental health complaints

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

Knowledge

The student

• has obtained an understanding of fundamental drivers of value, and valuation techniques.
• has an advanced understanding of relevant theoretical and practical application of valuation for the fair value accounting in IFRS accounting standards
• has implemented and understood the use of this knowledge in practical settings.

Skills

The student

• is able to apply the advanced valuation techniques to real companies, to form an informed opinion as to the fair value with respect to the IFRS standards.
• has increased competence in presenting and discussing complex valuation issues.
• is able to take complex financial information and distil them into relevant information for the valuation process.
• is able to confidently present the findings of their analysis verbally and in written and presentation of the fair value in a IFRS context towards investors, top management, and board of directors.

General competence

The student

• has completed demanding case work and presentations as constructive members of a student group.
• can produce alternative methods or resolve discrepancies and argue why they are good solutions to the problem.

Learning approaches include lectures, in-class problem solving, group presentations, and group work.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the students to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: Three submissions of written group work, each with a maximum of 1000 words, plus appendixes. The submissions will be written in groups of 2-4 students
• Coursework 2: There is a group project on equity valuation. Each group must make one oral presentation. All group members are required to present. The presentation will last 10-20 minutes.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one new opportunity to get these approved, within a given deadline.

The exam in the course is a supervised exam of 3 hours.

The following aids are permitted:

• Calculator (see regulations for the use of calculators in the programme description)
• One dictionary (either first language-English/English-first language or English/English)

20 ECTS overlap with VPSYPRA10 Development and Practice of Relationships, 20 ECTS

20 ECTS overlap with VPSYDPRA10, VSPYDPRA11, MAPSDPRA10 and MAPSDPRA11 - all named Relationship and Care for People with Mental Complaints, 20 ECTS.