Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Empowerment and Health Promotion Programme description

The programme was established under the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.

Candidates who pass the programme will be awarded the degree Master of Health Sciences (Norwegian: Master i helsevitenskap) in accordance with Section 3 of the Regulations concerning Requirements for the Master's Degrees. A specialisation in one of the following 15 specialisations forms part of the master’s degree programme:

Specialisations for applicants with backgrounds in health or social care:

• Health Sciences
• Empowerment and Health Promotion
• Mental Healthcare
• Rehabilitation and Habilitation

Specialisations for applicants who are authorised health personnel in the specified professional fields:

• Nutrition for Health Personnel
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents
• Physiotherapy for the Older Adult
• Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Health
• Psychomotor Physiotherapy
• Advanced Nursing Practice
• Public Health Nursing
• Cancer Nursing
• Nursing – Clinical Research and Professional Development

Specialisations for applicants from the professional field of nutrition:

• Public Health Nutrition

The specialisation will also be stated on the diploma alongside the name of the degree: Master of Health Sciences.

The master’s degree programme has a scope of 120 ECTS credits. Some of the specialisations are taken full-time over two years, while others are taken part-time over three or four years.

The programme comprises compulsory common courses, compulsory specialisation courses and elective courses, in addition to the master’s thesis. A more detailed overview of the programme’s structure for each specialisation is given under the section Content and structure.

According to the UN Agenda 2030, a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development is that everyone is able to live healthy lives. The Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences is primarily aimed at the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, Good Health and Well-being, while SDGs 4, 5 and 10 on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, and achieving gender equality and reducing inequality, are also relevant. The 17 SDGs must be seen as a whole, however, where each goal is seen in conjunction with the others. The purpose of the programme is therefore to educate candidates who are qualified to help to ensure good health and promote quality of life for everyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, education, sexuality and functional ability, while also attempting to address considerations relating to sustainability, including life-long learning.

The students taking the programme can choose a specialisation in health promotion, illness prevention, treatment, palliative care and (re)habilitation work. The programme teaches the students to handle professional problems at the individual, group and system level in close cooperation with other professions, patients, users, next of kin and other services. The candidates should also be able to contribute to safe, effective, holistic and integrated services with good use of resources, and to innovation, improvement work and systematic user involvement.

Relevance to working life

Possible fields of work and careers after completing the programme include:

• research and development in the health sciences
• teaching, development and advisory functions in the guidance, administration and dissemination of knowledge in the health professions
• clinical work that is based on specialised expertise
• health and social care management positions

Relevance to further education

Students taking the Master's Degree Programme in Health Sciences who choose to write a master’s thesis worth 50 ECTS credits can apply for admission to the research programme for health sciences while taking the master’s programme. This is taken in parallel to and as an extension of the master’s programme. The research programme develops researcher expertise over and above that provided during the master’s programme and results in a research work that can later form part of a PhD-level work.

Candidates with a Master's Degree in Health Sciences are qualified to apply for admission to PhD programmes, including the PhD Programme in Health Sciences at OsloMet.

Specialisations

The Master's Degree Programme in Health Sciences has a number of specialisations that candidates can choose. Applicants must choose and apply directly for the specialisation they wish to take when applying for the master’s programme. The specialisations are subject to different admission requirements. However, the students will take a significant part of the programme together with students from the other specialisations, partly through compulsory common courses and partly through elective courses across the specialisations. More information about this is found in the section Content and structure.

MAEMP: Empowerment and Health Promotion

This specialisation focuses on public health and health promotion and is related to professionals and users/patients in the primary and specialist health services. The programme teaches students to develop and facilitate interprofessional cooperation and user participation. They will learn how greater cooperation at the individual, group and societal level can have different consequences for the function of professionals in the health services and in their work with patients and users. Supervision is a method used in health education and in competence development for professionals, as well as being a tool in the empowerment process.

Bachelorstudiet i arkivvitenskap retter seg mot kandidater som ønsker å kvalifisere seg for arbeid innen arkiv- og dokumentasjonsforvaltning i offentlige og private organisasjoner og institusjoner. Studiet er profesjonsrettet.

For å bli tatt opp til bachelorstudiet kreves generell studiekompetanse. Søkere kan også tas opp på grunnlag av realkompetanse etter individuell vurdering.

Læringsutbyttebeskrivelsene i studiet er utformet i henhold til 1. syklus (bachelornivå) i det nasjonale kvalifikasjonsrammeverket for høyere utdanning. Kandidaten skal etter fullført studium ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskaper

En kandidat med fullført utdanning fra bachelorstudiet i Arkivvitenskap har:

• bred kunnskap om arkivfagets sentrale temaer og problemstillinger, og om faglige teorier og metoder
• forståelse for de prosesser som genererer dokumentasjon og for dokumentasjonens og arkivenes rolle i organisasjoner og i samfunnet
• god innsikt i relevant lovverk, faglige standarder og fagetiske prinsipper
• god kunnskap om norsk arkivvesen og kjennskap til internasjonale forhold

Ferdigheter

En kandidat som fullfører bachelorstudiet i Arkivvitenskap kan

• anvende faglige kunnskaper på praktiske og teoretiske problemstillinger innen arkivfeltet i tråd med norsk lovgiving
• analysere og beskrive virksomhets- og dokumentasjonsprosesser
• beskrive, organisere, vurdere, forvalte og formidle dokumentasjon og arkiv
• planlegge, organisere og styre arkiv- og dokumentasjonsforvaltningen i en virksomhet
• stille krav til og forvalte systemer for fangst og bevaring av dokumentasjon og arkiv

Generell kompetanse

En kandidat som fullfører bachelorstudiet i Arkivvitenskap

• har evne til analytisk tenkning og refleksjon
• kan følge kunnskapsutviklingen på fagfeltet og gjøre selvstendige og kritisk faglige vurderinger
• kan formidle sentralt fagstoff skriftlig og muntlig
• kan bidra til utvikling av god praksis innen fagområdet
• kan planlegge og gjennomføre arbeidsoppgaver og prosjekter som strekker seg over tid, selvstendig og i gruppe