MAME4100 Key Challenges in Public Health Nutrition Course description

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Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har inngående kunnskap om sentrale helse- og ernæringsrelaterte utfordringer nasjonalt og globalt
• har inngående kunnskap om sykelighets- og dødelighetsstatistikk, samt insidens og sosioøkonomisk distribusjon av ernæringsrelaterte ikke-smittsomme sykdommer, nasjonalt og globalt
• har spesialisert innsikt i relevante forklaringsmodeller og teorier i forståelsen av skjevfordeling av, og endring i, sykdom over tid
• har inngående kunnskap om faktorer som påvirker matinntak og ernæringsstatus på ulike nivå
• har spesialisert innsikt ì de viktigste strategiene som anvendes innen helsefremmende og forbyggende arbeid
• kan analysere faglig relevante problemstillinger for praksis

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan finne og kritisk vurdere kilder til data om helse og ernæring
• kan gjennomføre en selvstendig observasjon i praksis

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan gjøre rede for de viktigste helse- og ernæringsutfordringene man finner i ulike befolkningsgrupper nasjonalt og globalt, samt sentrale strategier i folkehelsearbeidet
• kan analysere hvordan faget kan komme til nytte i folkehelsearbeidet

De viktigste arbeidsformene i emnet er forelesninger, litteraturstudier, gruppearbeid, observasjonspraksis og muntlige presentasjoner.

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent for å fremstille seg til eksamen:

• Gruppearbeid (3-4 personer pr gruppe) som skal presenteres og diskuteres i plenum. Studentene vil være opponenter for vurdering av andre gruppers arbeid og presentasjoner.
• Observasjonspraksis med utplassering på relevant arbeidssted (1 dag)

In this course, students are expected to integrate knowledge from previous theoretical courses and apply their knowledge in practice. The students will carry out basic care tasks, administer prescribed medication in cooperation with the practical training supervisor, and acquire a holistic understanding of different care needs. The students are expected to familiarise themselves with the framework for service provision, focusing on user participation and interdisciplinary cooperation.

The course VERPRA10 includes nine weeks of user-oriented supervised practical training in authentic work situations. Two weeks of seminars – one before and one after the period of practical training – come in addition to this. The week before the practical training period is spent preparing. Preparations focus on the role of students in practical training, supervision and synthesising knowledge from different courses taken so far in the programme. The week after the practical training period is spent reflecting on experience gained from the training.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

KnowledgeThe student

• can describe the practice placement’s professional basis and how the it describes the purpose of its activities
• can describe the practice placement's quality, notification and non-conformity systems
• can describe case processing procedures used at the practice placement
• can explain the practice placement’s reporting and patient record system
• can explain the content and structure of different types of reports used at the practice placement
• can explain symptoms of illness
• can explain how the most common diseases are treated, as well as rehabilitation measures
• can explain the importance of illness to good health
• can explain how environmental factors can influence behaviour
• can reflect on end-of-life care

SkillsThe student

• can apply the social educator work model and other relevant tools and methods in planning and carrying out health care in case of illness and failing health
• can administer prescribed medication under the supervision of authorised health personnel
• can use the Norwegian Pharmaceutical Product Compendium (Felleskatalogen) and The Norwegian Medicines Manual for Health Personnel (Legemiddelhåndboka) when administering medicines, with a particular focus on effects, side effects and drug interactions
• can carry out practical procedures independently within his/her field of competence in accordance with VAR-Healthcare
• can carry out basic infection control measures in his/her practice
• can document health care in accordance with applicable guidelines and legislation
• can use health and welfare technology at the practice placement
• can apply basic communication skills such as active listening, asking questions and providing constructive feedback
• can apply up-to-date knowledge and relevant results from research and development work in his/her practice
• can carry out specified literature searches in Norwegian and English in relevant databases
• can communicate the role of the social educator as authorised health professionals to the practice placement

General competenceThe student

• can plan and carry out basic care procedures and day-to-day care in a compassionate and professionally sound manner
• can carry out medicine administration in a professionally sound manner
• can identify the resources and needs of service recipients and address them through holistic care work
• can explain laws and regulations that regulate the provision of services to service recipients
• can obtain informed consent and observe the duty of confidentiality
• can exercise caution, respect and good interaction and communication skills in accordance with the suitability assessment
• can apply suitable relational skills that help to promote multidisciplinary and interprofessional cooperation
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and adjust it under supervision

The teaching and learning methods include external supervised practical training, lectures, group work, group and individual supervision, and self-study. The supervised practical training requires active participation in work at the practice placement.

Assessment of supervised practical training:

The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course and the continuous assessment made of the student's achievement of the learning outcomes for the practical training course. Students can only be assessed if they meet the minimum attendance requirement of 90% for the practical training.

Resits/rescheduled assessment:

Students who fail a period of practical training normally have to retake the whole practical training course.