PHVIT9000 Health Sciences I Course description

This course adopts a critical perspective of the empirical and theoretical basis for the significance of health for people as individuals and as participants in society. Looking at how the concept of health is constructed through interaction between health sciences, health service actors and professions, and members of society allows for important discussions that can raise awareness within multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of health sciences. The course covers the development of different views of health and places these concepts in a complex physical, psychological, behavioral, and social context. The ethical and policy challenges posed by new health technologies are also discussed.

Ingen arbeidskrav.

On completion of the course, the PhD candidate has achieved the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The PhD candidate

• can critically assess different theories of and approaches to health
• can assess the usefulness and application of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research in health sciences
• can assess the usefulness and application of health technology developments
• address complex theories of health and challenge established knowledge in the health sciences and in their own discipline and/or profession

General competence

The PhD candidate can

• identify relevant ethical and health policy issues
• identify and discuss research-based knowledge on health
• assess the need for new research to promote health and prevent illness
• participate in debates about health policy and ethics

Egen liste over tillatte hjelpemidler publiseres i god tid før eksamen.

Gradert skala A-F.

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av ekstern sensor. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert av ekstern sensor, danner grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på besvarelsene innenfor de ulike karakteruttrykkene. Intern sensor skal ta hensyn til ekstern sensors vurdering ved sensurering av alle eksamensoppgaver.

Erik Friis Fæhn

Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

One internal examiner

The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.