Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Public Health Nutrition 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 Health and Addiction
• 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.

MAPHN: Public Health Nutrition

Through this specialisation, the students will develop knowledge and skills needed to assess and analyse the extent, causes and consequences of diet and nutritional challenges among different population groups. The students will learn how to plan, develop, implement and evaluate interventions that address the determinants of public health nutrition issues and problems and promote equity and sustainability. The specialisation also provides insight into key political actors and processes related to food and nutrition. It includes local, national and global perspectives with particular focus on the relationship between food systems, diet and sustainability. The specialisation is taught in English.

The target group is students with a bachelor’s degree in health or social care who want to work on professional development and/or participate in research in their field, and potentially conduct clinical work in their chosen specialisation. The programme is a relevant additional education to a number of health and social care programmes.

OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet tilbyr praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning for yrkesfag (PPU-Y) som kvalifiserer for å arbeide som lærer på ungdomstrinnet og i fag- og yrkesopplæring dvs. trinn 8-13, på følgende utdanningsprogram i videregående opplæring:

• Bygg- og anleggsteknikk
• Elektrofag
• Frisør-, blomster-, interiør og eksponeringsdesign
• Helse- og oppvekstfag
• Håndverk, design og produktutvikling
• Informasjons-teknologi og medieproduksjon
• Naturbruk
• Restaurant- og matfag
• Salg, service og reiseliv
• Teknikk og industriell produksjon

Utdanning er bygd opp rundt følgende kompetanseområder:

• ledelse av undervisning og læringsprosesser
• pedagogikk og yrkesdidaktikk
• faglig kompetanse
• etikk
• samhandling og kommunikasjon
• skolen i samfunnet
• endring, forskning og utvikling

Programplanen er utarbeidet med utgangspunkt i forskrift om rammeplan for praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning 8-13 fastsatt av Kunnskapsdepartementet 18. mars 2013 og Nasjonale retningslinjer for praktisk pedagogisk utdanning for yrkesfag (NRL2019)

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 Public Health Nutrition

The following additional learning outcomes apply to candidates taking the Specialisation in Public Health Nutrition:

• has specialised insight into how food and nutrition policy, as well as social, cultural, economic and climate-related factors, are connected with the health and nutrition situation at local, national and global level
• can monitor and assess the extent and causes of diet and nutrition challenges among different population group
• can use theories, models and strategies, as well as knowledge of political actors and processes to plan, implement and evaluate nutrition-related, health promoting and preventive interventions and policies
• Can promote equitable access to safe, healthy and sustainable food though all life cycles at local, national and global level

Læreryrket er mangfoldig, komplekst og krevende med stor betydning for enkeltmennesket og samfunnet som helhet. Lærerrollen forutsetter derfor solid og sammensatt kompetanse.

Utdanningen tar utgangspunkt i læringsutbyttebeskrivelsene i programplanen og emnebeskrivelser, og disse er utarbeidet i henhold til nasjonalt kvalifikasjonsrammeverk for livslang læring som ble fastsatt av Kunnskapsdepartementet i desember 2011.

Kandidaten skal etter fullført praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning for yrkesfag ha følgende samlede læringsutbytte, definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse, i tråd med forskrift om rammeplan for praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning 8-13.

Kunnskap

Kandidaten

• har kunnskap om gjeldende lovverk og styringsdokumenter som er relevante for profesjons- og yrkesutøvelsen
• har bred kunnskap om yrkesfag, pedagogikk og yrkesdidaktikk, arbeidsmetoder/verktøy og prosesser som er relevante for profesjons- og yrkesutøvelsen, og kan vurdere behov for HMS-tiltak
• kan se yrkesopplæringen og yrkesutøvelsen i et historisk og kulturelt perspektiv
• har kunnskap om skolens mandat, opplæringens verdigrunnlag og det helhetlige opplæringsløpet fra ungdomstrinnet til endt fag- og yrkesopplæring (8.-13. trinn)
• har bred kunnskap om ungdomskultur og ungdoms utvikling og læring i ulike sosiale og flerkulturelle kontekster
• har kunnskap om ungdom i vanskelige situasjoner og om deres rettigheter i et nasjonalt og internasjonalt perspektiv
• kjenner til nasjonalt og internasjonalt forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid med relevans for lærerprofesjonen innenfor det yrkespedagogiske og det yrkesfaglige området, og kan oppdatere sin kunnskap innenfor fagområdet

Ferdigheter

Kandidaten

• kan anvende sine yrkesfaglige, pedagogiske, yrkesdidaktiske og teknologiske kunnskaper
• kan planlegge, begrunne, gjennomføre, lede, vurdere og dokumentere relevant fag- og yrkesopplæring tilpasset elevenes/lærlingenes behov
• kan identifisere og arbeide systematisk med grunnleggende ferdigheter, herunder yrkesdidaktisk bruk av digitale verktøy
• kan vurdere og dokumentere elevers læring og utvikling, gi læringsfokuserte tilbakemeldinger og bidra til at elevene/lærlingene kan reflektere over egen læring
• kan orientere seg i faglitteraturen og forholde seg kritisk til informasjonskilder og eksisterende teorier knyttet til ungdomstrinnet og fag- og yrkesopplæring (8.-13. trinn)
• behersker relevante arbeidsprosesser, verktøy, teknikker og uttrykksformer, og kan reflektere over egen yrkesutøvelse og justere denne under veiledning
• kan bruke og henvise til relevante forskningsresultater for å treffe begrunnede valg og gjennomføre systematisk yrkesfaglig og pedagogisk utviklingsarbeid

Generell kompetanse

Kandidaten

• har innsikt i relevante faglige og yrkesetiske problemstillinger og kan formidle sentralt fagstoff på norsk både skriftlig, muntlig og gjennom andre dokumentasjonsformer
• kan via faglig innsikt, engasjement og formidlingsevne motivere for elevenes/lærlingenes læring, yrkesstolthet og yrkesidentitet
• kan analysere egne behov for kompetanseheving og ha endrings- og utviklingskompetanse for å møte framtidens behov i skole, arbeids- og samfunnsliv
• kan legge til rette for entreprenørskap, nytenkning og innovasjon, og at lokalt arbeids-, samfunns- og kulturliv involveres i opplæringen
• kan bygge gode relasjoner til elever/lærlinger og skape konstruktive og inkluderende læringsmiljø
• kan bygge gode relasjoner til og samarbeide med foresatte og andre aktuelle samarbeidspartnere

Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning for yrkesfag tilbys både som

• nett- og samlingsbasert på heltid, over ett år,
• nett- og samlingsbasert på deltid, over to år
• campusbasert på deltid over to år

På deltidsstudiet er undervisningsdagene er primært på campus, mens på det nett og samlingsbaserte er 80% av undervisningsdagene på nett og 20% campus. Det vil i hovedsak være synkron læringsform. På alle tre tilbudene kan asynkrone samlinger forekommer. Synkron læringsform er organisert i samlinger som foregår i sanntid og vil være lærerstyrt. Asynkron læringsform vil inneholde forhåndsinnspilte forelesninger og oppgaver som studentene kan jobbe med i eget tempo utenom samlingsdagene.

Det faglige innholdet er likt i de tre variantene av studiet, det er kun organiseringen som er ulik.

Studiet har et omfang på 60 studiepoeng som består av:

• pedagogikk, 30 studiepoeng
• yrkesdidaktikk, 30 studiepoeng

Studiet er delt i to obligatoriske emner. Det første emnet vektlegger individ- og gruppeperspektivet, mens emne to har hovedfokus på organisasjons- og samfunnsperspektivet. Hvert emne har obligatorisk praksis som en integrert del.

Innholdet i studiet er organisert etter spiralprinsippet. Det vil si at samme tema kan komme igjen flere ganger i løpet av studiet og i begge emner, men med ulik vekting.

Hospitering

I begge emner skal studenten, i tillegg til veiledet pedagogisk praksis, hospitere to dager pr. emne i en bedrift innenfor eget utdanningsprogram for å oppnå breddeforståelse. Hospiteringen skal organiseres av studenten selv, men tidspunkt, sted og innhold skal godkjennes av emneansvarlig. I tillegg skal det foreligge en bekreftelse fra bedriften på gjennomført hospitering.

Studiet «Veilederutdanning for praksislærere i barnehage» gir formell og praktisk kompetanse i ulike veiledningsfunksjoner. Studiet har fokus på læringsprosesser, ulike tilnærminger til veiledning, på kritisk analyse og etiske utfordringer i veiledningsprosesser. Egenutvikling og refleksjon over veiledning og vurdering knyttet til praksislærerfunksjonen står sentralt. I studiet vektlegges dessuten barnehagen som læringsarena.

Videre utdanningsmuligheter

Veilederutdanning for praksislærere i barnehage kan innpasses som del av masterprogrammet i barnehagekunnskap (120 studiepoeng) ved OsloMet. Se emneplanen for nærmere informasjon.

Different forms of assessment are used on the programme that are adapted to the learning outcomes of the various courses. The forms of assessment used are intended to support learning and document the students’ level of competence in relation to the expected learning outcomes. In general, the following forms of assessment are used in the programme:

Supervised individual examination

Taken at the university’s examination premises over a set number of hours.

Home examination

Taken over a set period of time at the end of the course, normally with a set question/assignment text unless otherwise stated in the course description.

Project examination

Taken over the whole or large parts of the course, normally with a topic decided by the students themselves unless otherwise stated in the course description.

Oral examination

Can take place individually or in groups. It can either be an independent form of assessment or used to adjust the grade awarded for another examination.

Practical examination

The assessment of specific practical skills either at the university or in the field of practice.

Assessment of practical training

Supervised practical training, assessed in accordance with the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University Chapter 8.

The assessment of examinations 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 forms of assessment and criteria are described in each course description. All examinations taken and the title of the master’s thesis will be stated on the diploma.

Examinations

All courses conclude with an examination. The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, and the degree to which the student has achieved the stipulated learning outcomes is assessed. In theoretical courses, 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 examination. The grades pass/fail are used for the assessment of practical training.

Resit and rescheduled examinations are carried out in the same manner as the ordinary examination unless otherwise specified in the course description. In special cases, resit and rescheduled examinations in courses with group examinations may be held as individual examinations.

For examinations where a percentage of the examination papers are selected for assessment by an external examiner, the external examiner's assessment should benefit all the students.

The grade awarded for a written examination can be appealed, cf. Section 11-10 of the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet. It is not possible to appeal the grades awarded for oral and practical examinations. In connection with group examinations, the result of an appeal will only have consequences for the candidate(s) who submitted the appeal. The other students will keep their original grade.

External programme supervisor

An external programme supervisor scheme is in place for the programme as required by the Guidelines for Appointment and Use of Examiners at OsloMet. The external supervisor will write an annual report on their work that will be included in the faculty’s area of the university’s quality assurance system.

Suitability assessment

The suitability assessment is a continuous overall assessment that takes place throughout the study programme. A student must be suitable for professional practice in order to receive diploma/certificate for the study programme.

If it appears that a student may pose a potential danger to the lives, physical and mental health, rights or safety of patients, clients and users during practical training or in future professional practice, it should be asked whether the student is suitable for the profession. University staff, personnel in practical training establishment, as well as students can submit a notification of doubt. The students concerned should be informed as soon as possible if such a notification of doubt has been sent. They should receive guidance and advice on how they can improve or be advised to withdraw from the programme.

https://student.oslomet.no/en/suitability-assessment

Suitability assessment is used in specialisation in Public Health Nursing, specialisation in Cancer Nursing and in Interdisciplinary Specialisation in Mental Health and Addiction.

Programme description considered by the Academic Affairs Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences on 12 February 2020 and finally approved by the vice-dean on 27 January 2025.

Adopted by the University Board 9 september 2020

Faculty of Health Sciences

The programme description applies to all students at the specialisation in Public Health Nutrition

There will not be admitted students to the specialization in Public Health Nutrition for the academic year 2025/2026.