Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Programme description

Målgruppen for studiet er primært yrkesfaglærere i videregående skoler som underviser i programfag på yrkesfaglige utdanningsprogram, men også instruktører og faglige ledere i bedrift, avdelingsledere for yrkesfaglige utdanningsprogram i videregående skole, fellesfaglærere som underviser på yrkesfaglige utdanningsprogram og fagskolelærere.

Opptakskravet er generell studiekompetanse eller tilsvarende realkompetanse, og tilsetting som yrkesfaglærer, instruktør eller faglig leder i bedrift, avdelingsleder eller fellesfaglærer på yrkesfaglige utdanningsprogram, eller fagskolelærer.

Følgende krav må oppfylles for å være kvalifisert realkompetansesøker:

1. Søkere må være 25 år eller eldre i opptaksåret og kan ikke ha generell studiekompetanse. Søkere må dokumentere ett av følgende:

• fagbrev eller tilsvarende, og minimum to års relevant yrkespraksis;
• minimum fem års relevant yrkespraksis. Inntil to av de fem årene kan erstattes av relevant ulønnet arbeid, utdanning, organisasjonserfaring eller liknende.

1. Søkere må ha tilstrekkelige ferdigheter i norsk (eller annet nordisk språk) til å kunne gjennomføre

studiet. Faget norsk (eller annet nordisk språk) skal bestå av minimum 112 årstimer fra videregående opplæring eller tilsvarende, bestått med karakteren 2 eller bedre. Alternativt kan kravet til norsk dokumenteres med en attest fra arbeidsgiver som beskriver hvordan søkeren på en tilfredsstillende måte har brukt norsk skriftlig og muntlig (eller annet nordisk språk) som en vesentlig del av sitt arbeid. Søkere med morsmål fra land utenfor Norden må dokumentere at de oppfyller krav til norsk tilsvarende kravet til generell studiekompetanse, i henhold til krav i forskrift om opptak til høyere utdanning.

Relevant deltidsarbeid av ulikt omfang og lengde kan regnes om til heltid, etter gjeldende regelverk.

Søkere som har fått innvilget stipend og/eller vikarmidler fra Utdanningsdirektoratet (Udir) får 5 tilleggspoeng.

Studiet består av to emner, hver på 15 studiepoeng:

Profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse i yrkesfag (DTK6100): Emnet omhandler den profesjonsfaglige digitale kompetansen til yrkesfaglærere, og i profesjonsfellesskapet. Studenten skal i dette emnet kartlegge og vurdere arbeidsplassens bruk og integrasjon av IKT i tilpasset opplæring. Emnet fokuserer på læreplananalyse, yrkesrelevant opplæring, grunnleggende ferdigheter, samt vurdering for og av læring ved bruk av digitale verktøy og teknologi.

Digital teknologi og undervisningsdesign i tilpasset opplæring (DTK6200): Emnet legger vekt på å anvende digitale verktøy innenfor eget utdanningsprogram og å utvikle læringsoppgaver og undervisningsopplegg for å imøtekomme elevenes ulike behov. Sentralt i dette emnet er tilrettelegging gjennom digitale verktøy som fremmer likeverdig opplæring og inkludering. I emnet skal studenten planlegge, gjennomføre og evaluere et utviklingsarbeid på egen eller annen egnet arbeidsplass.

Når faglige ledere og instruktører deltar på studiet, dekker begrepet «elever» i programplanen både elever og lærlinger.

Studiet er et asynkront tilbud, der både introduksjon av fagstoff, samhandling, veiledning, innlevering av arbeidskrav og eksamen er nettbasert. Studiet kan tilrettelegges med enkelte digitale fellessamlinger.

DTK6100 danner grunnlag for DTK6200, og gjennomført og bestått DTK6100 eller tilsvarende er en forutsetning for å kunne avlegge eksamen på DTK6200.

Normal progresjon er 15 studiepoeng pr semester.

Vurderte praksisstudier: Vurderingen tar utgangspunkt i læringsutbyttet for emnet, og den løpende vurderingen som er gjort av studenten gjennom praksisperioden. For å kunne vurdere studenten i praksisstudier kreves det nok tilstedeværelse (90 %). For mer informasjon om tilstedeværelseskrav i praksis, se «Vurdering av praksisstudier» i programplanens hoveddel.

Ny vurdering: «Ikke bestått» praksis innebærer normalt at studenten må ta hele praksisperioden på nytt.

The target group is everyone who wants to take a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy in order to practise as an occupational therapist, or as the starting point for further studies.

Bestemmelser om eksamen er gitt i lov om universiteter og høgskoler, forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet.

Innlevering av eksamensoppgave er ved avslutning av hvert emne. For informasjon om bruk av sensorer, se de enkelte emneplanene.

Det kan klages over karakterfastsetting og på formelle feil i samsvar med bestemmelsene i lov om universiteter og høgskoler, jfr også forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet.

Studentenes rettigheter og plikter ved evt ny/utsatt eksamen framgår av forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet. Studentene er selv ansvarlig for å melde seg opp til eventuell ny/utsatt eksamen.

Vurderingsformer

DTK6100 - Individuell semesteroppgave - Vurderingsuttrykk: Bestått/Ikke bestått

DTK6200 - Individuell semesteroppgave - Vurderingsuttrykk: Bestått/Ikke bestått

2 studiepoeng overlapp med FYB1000 Funksjon - undersøkelse og kartlegging og 3 studiepoeng med FYB1300 Kropp, bevegelse og aktivitet.

The increasing globalisation of the labour market makes international experience and knowledge of languages and cultures more and more important. Internationalisation contributes to raising the quality of education and strengthens the academic community at the same time as it prepares the students to become global citizens.

The study programme boasts a multicultural student environment and focuses on multicultural and global issues. This approach contributes to an increased understanding and improves the students' ability to work in a professional capacity in a multicultural society. The students gain access to specialist terminology by using the English reading list, both in the form of academic literature and international research literature.

The staff’s network, research collaboration and cooperation with colleagues in other countries contribute to internationalisation. The programme is represented in international networks related to the education of biomedical laboratory scientists.

OsloMet has exchange agreements in place with universities and university colleges in Europe. Students can take parts of their study abroad, primarily in connection with the course BIOB3900 Biomedical Laboratory Science – Bachelor`s Thesis (20 credits) in the last part of the sixth semester. Similarly, foreign students can write their bachelor’s thesis as part of the programme at OsloMet.

The course BIOB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care is taught entirely in English. The course BIOB3900 Biomedical Laboratory Science – Bachelor’s Thesis will be taught in English for international students as required. The students can decide whether they wish to write their bachelor’s thesis in English or Norwegian. Students who go on exchanges must write their thesis in English if the exchange stay is in a country outside Scandinavia.

Reference is made to the criteria that apply to student exchanges and the information about stays abroad.

The programme is divided into 12 compulsory courses and incorporates both practical and theoretical teaching at the university and external practical training. Each year of the programme has a scope of 60 credits.

The first year of study is divided into five courses. One of these courses is common to students at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, and provides an introduction to living and working in a digitalised world. The four subject-specific courses comprise basic knowledge of human occupation and participation throughout life.

The second year of study comprises four courses focusing on occupational mapping, assessment and intervention in rehabilitation, habilitaton and treatment. Focus will be on how occupational therapists can contribute to bridging the gap between the individual's preconditions and the requirements of the surrounding environment, among other things through occupational rehabilitation, compensation for loss of function, grading and adaptation of activities and the environment.

The third year of study comprises three courses about health-promoting and preventive work locally and globally, project development, innovation and management and explorative and critical reflection of professional practice. The work on the bachelor thesis must be connected to a research or development project at OsloMet or at a partner institution.

The courses build on each other with gradual progress both in terms of theoretical and practical knowledge. All the courses conclude with a final assessment. The figure shows how the courses are organised in the programme. Reference is made to the course descriptions for more detailed information about of the content of the individual courses in the programme.

The academic year is 40 weeks long, and the expected normal workload is 40 hours per week. This includes scheduled activities, students’ own activity, coursework requirements and exams.

INTERACT – Interdisciplinary teaching activity at OsloMet

INTERACT (Interprofessional Interaction with Children and Youths) is an interdisciplinary teaching activity at OsloMet, where students from both the health and social care subjects and the teacher/kindergarten teacher education programmes meet in interdisciplinary groups. The aim is to ensure that the students acquire the skills needed to meet society’s demands for a better coordination of services that affect children and young people. The teaching activity builds on pedagogical principles of interactivity and spiral learning, with extensive use of digital learning and assessment tools to improve the learning outcomes.

The teaching (INTER1100, INTER1200 and INTER1300) is carried out in the first teaching week each spring semester for students in the first, second and third study year, respectively.

See https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interactfor a more detailed description of INTERACT.

Participation in INTERACT (INTER1100, INTER1200, and INTER1300) is required and must be approved to be awarded a diploma.

Study progress

The following progress requirements apply to the programme:

• ERGOB1000 and ERGOB1110 must be passed before the student can start ERGOBPRA1
• The first year of study must be passed before the student can start the second year
• The second year of study must be passed before the student can start the third year

Students will encounter different forms of assessment during the programme. The forms of assessment are adapted to the learning outcomes in the different courses and are intended to support learning and document that the students’ competence is adequate in relation to the applicable learning outcomes. During the programme, the students will be given advice and guidance and their performance will be assessed. It is important and necessary to assess students’ knowledge and skills often, so that the students receive feedback on whether their performance is in line with the programme's requirements and whether they have achieved the learning outcomes.

The assessment of exams and practical training is carried out in accordance with the applicable rules set out in the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges, the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet and the Guidelines for Appointment and Use of Examiners at OsloMet.

The coursework requirements for each course are described in the relevant course description. All exams taken and the title of the bachelor’s thesis will be stated on the diploma.

Exam

All courses conclude with an exam. The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, and what is assessed is whether the student has achieved the stipulated learning outcomes. The grades used are pass/fail or letter grades from A to F, with A being the highest grade and E the poorest pass grade. The grade F means that the student has failed the exam.

Most courses have coursework requirements that must be approved before the student can take the exam. See the course descriptions for more details.

Resit and rescheduled exams are carried out in the same manner as the ordinary exam unless otherwise specified in the course description.

For exams where a percentage of the exam papers are assessed by an external examiner, the external examiner's assessment shall benefit all the students. In such cases, one external and one internal examiner will first grade the selected papers. The internal examiner then continues grading the rest of the papers together with another internal examiner. The assessments from the first part are summarised to serve as guidelines for the assessments carried out by the two internal examiners.

Grades awarded for written exams can be appealed, cf. Section 5-3 of the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges. It is not possible to appeal the grades awarded for oral and practical exams. For a group exam, the result of an appeal will only have consequences for the candidates who submitted the appeal. This means that all members of the group do not have to participate in the appeal.

Assessment of external practical training

External practical training is assessed as pass/fail. The assessment is based on the course’s learning outcomes, assessment criteria and the continuous suitability assessment throughout the practical training. To pass the practical training, the student must have met the compulsory attendance requirement. The attendance requirement includes both the time spent at the practical training establishment and any teaching provided as part of the programme. The practical training requires at least 90% attendance. The following also applies for absence:

• less than 10% absence: The student can complete the practical training course as normal.
• between 10–20% absence: The student can make up for the practical training/teaching missed, if this is doable. This must be agreed with the practical training supervisor and the contact lecturer at the university.
• more than 20% absence: The student must normally retake the practical training course. This will result in delayed progress in the programme.

If the student exceeds the maximum limit for absence, the practical course will be registered as failed and count as an attempt.

Suitability

Diplomas for the completed programme will only be awarded to graduates who are suited to practise the profession. A student who represents a potential threat to the physical or mental health, rights and safety of his/her patients and colleagues is not suited for the profession.

Suitability assessments are made on a continuous basis throughout the study programme, and will be included in the overall assessment of the students' professional and personal suitability for work as health personnel. Students who demonstrate little ability to master the biomedical laboratory scientists profession must be informed of this at the earliest possible stage of the programme. They will be given supervision and advice on how to improve, or be advised to leave the programme. Special suitability assessments are used in special cases, cf. Regulation to the University and College Act, Chapter 7.

Required coursework is all types of work, tests and compulsory attendance that are requirements for being permitted to take the assessment/exam and/or complete practical training. Required coursework is assessed as approved/not approved. The coursework requirements for each course are described in the relevant course description.

The purpose of coursework requirements is to contribute to the students' progress and academic development, and to stimulate the development of the therapy role.

The programme has coursework requirements in the form of compulsory attendance and different types of written assignments. Completion of certain activities can also be a requirement, see the course descriptions for more information.

Compulsory attendance

The programme emphases on a good social learning environment with student-active learning forms. To develop knowledge, skills, suitability and therapeutic competence, the students are required to attend teaching activities. The minimum attendance requirement for scheduled teaching activities is therefore 80%. Some seminars and lectures are not compulsory; these will be marked in the time schedule.

If a student exceeds the limit for absence, the lecturer must assess whether and how the student can compensate for the absence. Whether or not it is possible to compensate for absence depends on the extent of the student’s absence and which activities he/she has missed. If the absence cannot be compensated, the student’s progress in the programme will be delayed.

The practical training courses require at least 90% attendance. For more information about the requirements that apply to the practical training, see ‘Assessment of external practical training’ below.

Written assignments

Some courses have written assignments as coursework requirements. Written work that is not approved must be reworked before re-submission. If the work is not approved on re-submission, the student cannot take the ordinary exam.

Students are entitled to a third attempt before the resit/rescheduled exam. If a piece of required coursework is not approved, this may lead to delayed progress in the programme.

More detailed requirements for written work, deadlines etc. are set out in the teaching plan for the course in question.