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Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Nursing; Clinical Research and Professional Development Programme description

Programme name, Norwegian
Masterstudium i helsevitenskap - spesialisering i sykepleie - klinisk forskning og fagutvikling
Valid from
2025 FALL
ECTS credits
120 ECTS credits
Duration
6 semesters
Schedule
Here you can find an example schedule for first year students.
Programme history

Introduction

Upon successful completion of this programme, you will have attained the following knowledge, skills, and general competence at an advanced level.

Knowledge

The candidate…

  • has advanced knowledge within the field of design and a particular understanding of performing, evaluating, and adjusting their own design processes in complex contexts.
  • has thorough knowledge of the practice- and scientific-based methods applied to complex design processes.
  • can critically analyse and apply relevant theory and research methods from other disciplines in design contexts.
  • can critically analyse and evaluate communication, sustainability, culture, and aesthetics as part of design contexts.
  • can analyse design issues based on the history, traditions, distinctive character, and place in society of the academic field.

Skills

The candidate…

  • can analyse and deal critically with various sources of information and use them to structure and formulate necessary interventions for a design process.
  • can analyse existing theories, methods, and interpretations in the field of design and work independently on design projects.
  • can use relevant design methods for research and design work in an independent manner.
  • can carry out an independent design process and develop innovative design solutions for society by applying accumulated knowledge from research, theory, experiments, and practice under supervision.
  • can conduct interdisciplinary processes with other professionals as well as laypeople.
  • can undertake a limited research or development project under supervision and in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics.

General Competence

The candidate…

  • can communicate, facilitate, and manage design processes in complex contexts.
  • can critically reflect on the role of design in society and its implications for ethical problems.
  • can apply their knowledge and skills through performing and evaluating their own design processes in relation to communication, culture, and aesthetics in complex contexts.
  • can communicate extensive independent work and master the language and terminology of the academic field.
  • can communicate about academic issues, analyses, and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public.
  • can contribute to new thinking and innovation processes.

Target group

Learning outcomes at the programme level for the Master's Degree Programme in Health Sciences

The student’s overall learning outcomes for the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences fully cover the description of master’s degree level (level 7) of the Norwegian Qualifications Framework.

A candidate who has completed his or her qualification should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate

  • has advanced knowledge of health-related services and health-promoting work within their field of specialisation
  • can analyse academic problems on the basis of the history, traditions, distinctive character and place in society of the health sciences
  • has knowledge of different perceptions of body, health, illness, function and functional impairment
  • has in-depth knowledge of the individual’s right to autonomy and user participation, and of important considerations in the development of equitable health services and health-promoting work
  • has insight into the role of interprofessional cooperation in achieving results in health-related services and health-promoting work
  • has insight into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 3, Good Health and Well-being, and an understanding of the connection between health and sustainable development in society
  • has thorough knowledge of the theory of science, research methods and ethics of particular relevance to health sciences and the area of specialisation

Skills

The candidate

  • can understand, motivate and cooperate with individuals and next of kin undergoing health-related learning, coping and change processes
  • can analyse existing theories, methods and interpretations in the field of health sciences and work independently on practical and theoretical problem-solving
  • can adapt health services and health-promoting work to different groups in society
  • can contribute to the expedient and correct use of technology to improve the quality of the health services
  • can use knowledge of quality improvement and implementation to improve the services
  • can analyse and deal critically with various sources of information and use them to structure and formulate scholarly arguments
  • can use relevant methods for research and scholarly and/or professional development work in an independent manner
  • can carry out an independent, limited research or development project within their specialisation under supervision and in accordance with applicable norms for research ethics

General competence

The candidate

  • can analyse the relationship between the individual, service and societal levels when designing health-related services and in health-promoting work
  • can contribute to innovation and quality improvement that builds on relevant knowledge of nursing gained from research and experience, and knowledge of users
  • can work in interprofessional teams in order to more efficiently address complex health challenges
  • has an international perspective in their field of specialisation
  • can assess their own research design and research method based on a specific research question
  • can disseminate relevant problems, analyses and research results to specialists and the general public in a way that meets research ethics requirements
  • can contribute to new thinking and innovation processes in the health services and in health-promoting work

Specialisation in Rehabilitation and Habilitation

The following additional learning outcomes apply to candidates taking the Specialisation in Rehabilitation and Habilitation:

  • can facilitate individual (re)habilitation processes and discuss challenges related to these processes
  • can critically analyse, map and set goals in (re)habilitation 
  • can analyse (re)habilitation as a process and activity at the individual, institutional and societal levels
  • can analyse structural factors in (re)habilitation and how they can be changed through the division of responsibility and tasks

Admission requirements

Opptakskravet er generell studiekompetanse eller tilsvarende realkompetanse, og tilsetting som yrkesfaglærer, faglærer, faglig leder eller instruktør i videregående opplæring. Andre tilsatte i videregående opplæring kan tas opp etter nærmere avtale.

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.

2. 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.

Learning outcomes

Since the design subject itself focuses on and evolves within an international context, the programme also includes activities with international lecturers, teachers, researchers, and companies.

It is possible to undertake an exchange with foreign universities and university colleges in the third semester. We advise you to choose one of the institutions with whom we have established agreements. It is possible to study abroad for one semester as part of the master's education (30 ECTS credits).

Content and structure

The master’s programme is designed to be comprehensive, and the academic content and educational tools are interlinked, showing a clear context between learning outcome descriptions, learning activities and forms of assessment.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences has three or four compulsory common courses, depending on the chosen specialisation. In addition to these, there are at least two compulsory specialisation courses for each specific specialisation, and a master’s thesis worth either 30 or 50 ECTS credits, depending on the specialisation. The students can also choose one or more elective courses depending on their chosen specialisation. This does not apply to the specialisations cancer nursing, public health nursing and mental health addiction as they only have compulsory courses in their programme structures.

The courses in the programme description build to some extent on each other to ensure progress, with increasing requirements for knowledge and understanding within each specialisation. The courses are mainly taken over the course of the semester, with start-up at the start of the semester and examinations towards the end. The exceptions are certain compulsory specialisation courses that include external supervised practical training.

The academic year is 40 weeks long, and the expected workload for a full-time student is 40 hours per week. This includes scheduled activities, students’ own study activity and examinations. The course descriptions provide more details about learning outcomes, work methods, coursework requirements and examinations.

Content of compulsory common courses

The programme includes a compulsory common course MAVIT4100 Quality Improvement and Implementation of Evidence-based Practice, 10 ECTS credits. The purpose of this course is to enable students to actively contribute to promoting safe and high-quality health and care services. By health and care services is meant both public and approved private services, as well as health promoting work in the public and private sectors. The course introduces students to the organisation and management of health and care services, and prepares for interprofessional quality improvement work. It also gives students experience of interprofessional quality improvement cooperation. Through the course, the students will learn about different quality improvement models and the interaction between user knowledge, experience-based knowledge and research-based knowledge in clinical decision-making processes.

There are also three common courses in the theory of science and research methods: MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits, MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits and MAVIT4070/MAKLI4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits. These courses aim to help the student to read, understand and critically assess research literature, to critically assess various sources of knowledge that form part of clinical decision-making processes, to acquire in-depth knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, and lead up to the development of a project description for their master’s thesis.

In the first course, MAVIT4050, the students are introduced to theory of science and research methods and research ethics.

The second course, MAVIT4060, provides students with a deeper understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The third course, MAVIT4070/MAKLI4070, the students will work more thoroughly with their chosen method and develop a project description for their master’s thesis. This is to ensure that the students get to grips with work on their master’s thesis at an early stage.

Master’s thesis – 30 and 50 ECTS credits

The master’s thesis in the programme is worth 50 ECTS credits (MAVIT5900/MAKLI5900) or 30 ECTS credits (MAVIT5910), respectively. Whether the students are able to choose the scope of their master’s thesis depends on the specialisation they have been admitted to. Students will develop a project description as part of the course MAVIT4070/MAKLI4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits. The project description is developed with the support of the lecturer, who quality assures the project with respect to scope and degree of difficulty.

The same requirements apply to scientific and research-related work regardless of the length of the thesis. Students can choose to write the master’s thesis individually or in pairs. Students can also apply to write the master’s thesis with students from other specialisations, provided that the scope of the master’s thesis is the same. On application, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students. Students are encouraged to contact potential supervisors about possible project ideas.

Elective courses

In the course of the master’s programme, the students can choose one or more elective courses depending on their chosen specialisation. This does not apply to the specialisations cancer nursing, public health nursing and mental health and addiction as they only have compulsory courses in their programme structures. Which elective courses that are available will vary. These elective courses cover a broad area of the health sciences. Students must apply for a place on elective courses no later than the semester before, subject to specific deadlines. More information about the elective courses can be found here https://student.oslomet.no/valgemner-master-helsevitenskap

There will be an upper limit for places on each elective course. Elective courses could be cancelled by the Faculty if enrolment is below the minimum of 20 students.

The following courses are elective for all students taking the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences:

MAFAR4100 Innovation within Healthcare, 10 ECTS credits.

MAVIT4600 Supervision / Counselling, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT4700 Food, Health and Sustainability, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT4800 Personalised Nutrition, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT4900 Quality of Life, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT5100 Health communication 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT5300 Knowledge Translation, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT5500 Adolescent Health, 10 ECTS credits.

MAVIT5600 Physical Activity and Exercise in a Life Course Perspective and with a Special Focus on Aging, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT5700 Pain – Multidimensional Assessment and Health Professional Interventions, 10 ECTS credits

MAVIT5800 Introduction to Clinical Studies for Healthcare Personnel, 10 ECTS credits

MAPSY4400 Mental Health of Migrants and Minorities, 10 ECTS credits

MSLV4200 Collaboration and collaborative management, 10 ESTS credits

VSHSO6000 Sexual Abuse - Prevention, Detection and Follow up, 10 ESTS credits

VSHFS6000 The Impacts of Disability and Illness on Sexual Health, 10 ESTS credits

HETEK4300 Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance, 10 ESTS credits

The following courses are elective for students at the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences with relevant prerequisites:

MAVIT4400 Clinical Neurophysiology, 10 ECTS credits (AUTUMN). The student must be admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and have a bachelor´s degree or equivalent in nursing, pharmacy, psychology, physiotherapy, bioengineering, paramedicine, social education, physiology or molecular biology, or medicine (profession). The course is also offered as a separate course, with the admission requirements a bachelor´s degree or equivalent in nursing, pharmacy, psychology, physiotherapy, bioengineering, paramedicine, social education, physiology or molecular biology, or medicine (profession). Grade C is not required for admission to the separate course.

Students can also choose some compulsory specialisation courses from other specialisations as elective courses. This is on condition that the student meets the prerequisite requirements given in the relevant course description and that there is a place on the course. This applies to:

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

MAEMP4100 Public Health, Empowerment and Health Promotion, 10 ECTS credits

MAEMP4200 Health Pedagogy, 10 ECTS credits

MAHAB4100 Coping and Participation in the Rehabilitation Process, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as healthcare personnel.

MAERN4100 Energy and Nutrients, 10 ECTS credits

MERG4200 Complex Interventions in Work and Everyday Life, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and have 20 ECTS credits in nutrition

MAPHN4100 National and Global Nutrition Challenges, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a general nurse.

MAKLI4200 Practical Ethics, 10 ECTS credits

MAKRE4100 Nursing and Treatment for Patients with Cancer, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as an occupational therapist.

MERG4100 The Knowledge Base for Occupation and Participation, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

MABU4100 Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents - Part 1, 10 ECTS credits

MAELD4100 Physiotherapy for Home-dwelling Older Adults, 10 ECTS credits

Study progress

The following progress requirements apply to the programme:

MAVIT4070/MAKLI4070 must be passed before the student can start working on the master's thesis.

All compulsory courses in the programme must be passed before the student can submit their master's thesis for assessment.

Some courses may have separate progress requirements; see the individual course descriptions.

See the course descriptions for MAKLI4100 and MAKLI4200 for a more detailed description of the content of specialisation courses.

Optional course Spans multiple semesters

1st year of study

2. semester

2nd year of study

4. semester

3rd year of study

5. semester

6. semester

Teaching and learning methods

Coursework assignments

Coursework assignments are defined in the individual course descriptions and further requirements are described in the work and teaching plan for the course. Assignments are carried out individually and in groups.

Coursework assignments are given the assessment Approved/Not approved. In courses with coursework assignments, the students must receive an approved on the coursework assignments in order to be able to take examinations and be given a final assessment of the course.

Not approved coursework requirements

Legitimate absence based on e.g. a medical certificate, does not exempt students from meeting the coursework requirements. Students, who due to illness or any other documented legitimate absence, who do not meet the coursework requirements within the appointed deadline, should as far as possible, be given a new attempt to meet the requirements, before the relevant examination.

Internationalisation

Arbeidskrav er alle former for arbeider, prøving og obligatorisk tilstedeværelse som settes som vilkår for å fremstille seg til eksamen. Arbeidskrav gis vurdering godkjent/ikke godkjent. Arbeidskravene tilknyttet hvert emne fremgår i den enkelte emneplan.

Hensikten med arbeidskravene er å

  • fremme progresjon og faglig utvikling i utdanningen
  • stimulere til å oppsøke og tilegne seg ny kunnskap
  • legge til rette for samhandling og kommunikasjon omkring faglige spørsmål

Studiet har arbeidskrav i form av presentasjoner, muntlige og skriftlige arbeider, flervalgstester, praktisk prøve, hverandrevurdering og observasjonspraksis. Flervalgstestene gjennomføres primært i universitetets læringsplattform. De praktiske testene foregår fortrinnsvis på simulerings- og ferdighetsenheten.

Skriftlige arbeidskrav som ikke blir godkjent, må omarbeides før ny innlevering. Flervalgstest og praktisk prøve som ikke blir godkjent må tas på nytt. Emneansvarlig kan vurdere alternativ oppgave for studenter som er forhindret fra å delta i muntlige arbeider og hverandrevurdering. Felles for arbeidskrav er at dersom annen gangs innlevering/gjennomføring ikke godkjennes, kan studenten ikke fremstille seg til ordinær eksamen/vurdering.

Studenten har rett til et tredje forsøk før ny/utsatt eksamen. Ikke godkjent arbeidskrav kan medføre forsinkelse i studentens utdanningsløp.

Observasjonspraksis

Som del av emnet KARDI6200 inngår til sammen 5 dager obligatorisk observasjonspraksis. Dersom observasjonspraksis ikke er gjennomført, kan studenten ikke fremstille seg til ordinær eksamen/vurdering. Studenten har selv ansvar for å avtale, planlegge og gjennomføre observasjonspraksisen, og planer skal forhåndsgodkjennes av universitetet. Observasjonspraksis kan gjennomføres på egen arbeidsplass.

Work requirements

The purpose of the Quality Assurance System at OsloMet is to strengthen the students learning outcome and development by increasing the quality throughout. OsloMet wants to cooperate with its students and their participation in the Quality Assurance System is crucial. Some of the overall goals of the Quality Assurance System are:

  • Ensuring that the educational institution, including practical training, learning and study environment keep a high quality
  • Ensuring the relevance of the study programmes for the professional field
  • Ensuring a continuously improving quality development

Student evaluations:

  • Course evaluations
  • Annual student survey among the students at OsloMet

For more information about the Quality Assurance System, please see our website (available in Norwegian only): https://student.oslomet.no/regelverk#etablering-studium-evaluering-kvalitetssystem

External programme supervisors

External programme supervisors are a part of ensuring the quality of the individual study programmes. An external programme supervisor is not an examiner, but someone who supervises the quality of the study programmes. All study programmes at OsloMet shall be supervised by an external programme supervisor. However, how the external programme supervisors are used may vary. Reference is made to Guidelines for Appointment and Use of Examiners at OsloMet: https://student.oslomet.no/retningslinjer-sensorer

Assessment

Praksisopplæringen består av totalt 60 dager veiledet pedagogisk praksis i utdanningsinstitusjon og kunst/kultur institusjon. Praksisopplæringen har egen emneplan. OsloMet er ansvarlig for organisering av praksis, og Institutt for estetiske fag inngår samarbeid med egnede utdanningsinstitusjoner og/eller kunst-/kulturinstitusjoner. Praksis gjennomføres i hovedsak innen Oslo, Akershus, Buskerud og Østfold fylker, og det må påregnes noe ekstra reisetid i praksisperiodene. I 2. semester kan det være mulig å ha undervisningspraksis på folkehøgskoler, kulturskoler, ulike kulturarenaer og andre voksenpedagogiske miljøer. Praksisperiodene er organisert i to fem-ukers perioder bestående av observasjon, undervisningspraksis/formidlingspraksis og muntlig praksisframlegg. I tillegg gjennomføres praksisdager med pedagogisk opplegg knyttet til museumsformidling både i 1. og 2. semester. Det bestemte antall praksisdager er absolutte og obligatoriske. Praksis vurderes som bestått/ikke bestått. Ved ikke godkjent praksis gis det mulighet for å gjennomføre praksis på nytt en gang.

Praksis 1. semester: Praksisfelt er grunnskole og kunst-/kulturinstitusjoner

Praksis 2. semester: Praksisfelt er videregående skole og kunst-/kulturinstitusjoner

Skikkethetsvurdering

Lærerutdanningsinstitusjonen har ansvar for å vurdere om studenter som tar studiet praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning er skikket for læreryrket. Studenter er underlagt skikkethetsvurdering gjennom hele studiet. Studenter som viser liten evne til å mestre læreryrket får orientering om hvordan de står i henhold til kravene om skikkethet, og vil få utvidet veiledning. Ved manglende evne til forbedring får studenten råd om å avslutte utdanningen.

Skikkethetsvurderingen skal bygge på en helhetsvurdering som omfatter faglige, pedagogiske og personlige forutsetninger for å kunne fungere som lærer. Forskrift om skikkethetsvurdering i høyere utdanning kan leses på http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/kd/kd-20060630-0859.html

Other information

Studiet er internasjonalt orientert og tar i bruk internasjonal forskning og faglitteratur. Noe av pensumlitteraturen er på engelsk. Noe av undervisningen kan også forekomme på engelsk. Det kan være aktuelt med gjesteforelesere fra utenlandske institusjoner.