MAKLI4070 Research Design and Project Description Course description

Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

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• 15 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKPPRA20x Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 ECTS.
• SYKKPRA21x, SYKPPRA21x and SYKDPRA21x are fully overlapping.

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 develop a research question for their master’s thesis
• can independently describe relevant academic frame of reference and/or context as a foundation for a project plan for the master’s thesis

Skills

The student

• can plan a research project and write a project description in a precise scientific format and language
• can carry out extensive and systematic literature searches relating to their own project description, summarise and discuss the findings of others, and cite sources correctly
• can reflect upon ethical issues related to the project

General competence

The student

• can analyse and deal critically with various sources of data and use them in scholarly arguments
• can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project plan
• can assess whether a research project requires various forms of registration or approval in accordance with the applicable legislation

In this course, you will learn about nursing, particularly related to acute, critical, and chronic illnesses, mental health, and substance abuse with a person-centred approach. The course builds upon the foundation of nursing and scientific principles from the first year of study. Integrating of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) that forms the basis for nursing decision-making processes is central.

Key elements of the course also include an introduction to scientific theory and methodology as a basis for searching literature and knowledge related to the course's themes.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
• presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
• held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given opportunity to submit a reworked version.

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

Lectures, group work, teaching programs from the University Library, seminars with presentations and self-study.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• 80 % attendance of timetabled activity marked.
• Group assignment, 3-5 students, scope of 1,200 words (+/- 10 %) with a chosen problem that involves the design and implementation of a relevant literature search related to the course's theme, which is based on KBP.

Supervised individual written exam.

• 5 hours.

Grade scale A-F.