PHDPR9110 Research Ethics Course description

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods comprise project-oriented training, supervised practical training with adapted learning situations, simulation, written and oral assignments and self-study.

The project-oriented training lasts approximately three weeks;and will focus on the organisation of the mental health services from an improvement perspective. Students will work on the topic by completing a project in which they obtain knowledge and experience from a professional practitioner in a relevant field of practice.

Practical training, where the student develops professional skills and relational competence. Practical training runs over eight 30-hour weeks, with 240 hours in total.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take part 2 of the examination:

• presentation based on project-oriented practical training (individual or in groups). Scope of about 30 minutes with an opponent;
• individual reflection note from practical training. Scope: 700 words (+/- 10%).

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Assessed practical training The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, the student's specification of the learning outcomes and the assessment made of the student during the practical training period.

Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high.

• The student must attend at least 90% of the scheduled time
• The student will be allowed to make up for absence of between 10 and 20% by agreement with the practical training supervisor and the supervisor from the university
• If a student’s absence exceeds 20%, he/she will fail the practical training*
• The attendance requirement cannot be deviated from due to illness or for other reasons

*If illness prevents the student from attending the practical training so that their absence exceeds the permitted amount, the student is normally required to present a valid medical certificate for all days of absence in excess of 10% of the scheduled time in order for the absence to be deemed valid. The student’s attempt at taking the practical training will then not count.

Part 2) An individual project examination in the form of an in-depth assignment

• Scope: 5,000 words (+/- 20%)
• Carried out in the course of the practical training period

Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment),;he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Part 1) Not relevant.

Part 2) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

This course involves interdisciplinary discussion of subjects and active participation in class is a prerequisite to develop good understanding of the course content. Student attendance of at least 80 % is therefore mandatory to be eligible for examination. The course leader can exempt students from this requirement only under special and individual circumstances. In these cases, extensive reading of the course literature can compensate for the lack of attendance.

Participants who are absent from the requisite class attendance without a valid reason will lose the right of examination.

Mandatory assignments are evaluated as a pass or fail.

Participants will receive 5 ECTS for successful completion of the course. This includes the attendance requirement as well as passing the essay examination. The essay will discuss a key challenge in research ethics and ways to deal with it. Participants should explain why they think their chosen subject is especially important for their project or their type of research. The essay is to be about 4000 words and must be handed in before the submission deadline.

The essay will be examined by the course leader and is assessed as a pass or fail. If the essay is not passed, students are given another chance to edit their submission on a later agreed upon deadline.

The essay examination is based on the descriptions of the course’s learning outcomes.

It is not possible to request an extension of the submission deadline. Exceptions from this are only made in cases of documented sick leave. The deadline for submission will then be postponed based on the documented period of sick leave.

Support materials for assessment/examination

All

Right to appeal

Students may appeal their grade and formal errors in accordance with the Act relating to universities and university colleges and Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.