PHVIT9510 Begreps- og teoriutvikling i helsevitenskap Emneplan

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Individual home examination based on specific questions. To be submitted no more than two weeks after the end of the course. Answer papers must consist of up to 3500 words.

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:

• is at the forefront of knowledge of methodologies related to the development of concepts and theories
• has an in-depth understanding of the relationship between human experience, concepts, and theories in a health science context

Skills

The PhD candidate can:

• develop a conceptual and/or theoretical framework related to their own research
• identify relevant clinical phenomena to develop concepts and theories
• analyse and interpret research findings related to concept and theory development
• address complex scientific issues and challenge established knowledge and practice in concept and theory development

General competence

The PhD candidate can:

• argue in favour of particular methodologies in concept and theory development based on scientific theory
• participate in discussions on concept and theory development

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Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

Candidates must write an essay based on a concept and/or theory of their choice and apply principles from the methods of concept and theory development presented in the course. The essay must consist of up to 5,000 words and must be submitted no more than 2 weeks after the end of the course.

One internal examiner

The entrepreneurship project: The student will carry out an IT project in collaboration with a relevant start-up company, individually or in groups of maximum five students. Completion of the course requires a placement in an IT start-up company corresponding to two days a week over a 12-week period. If the project is carried out during the summer, the work must correspond to four days a week over a six-week period.

OsloMet will help individual or groups of students to get in touch with a start-up company that has a suitable project. The company must provide an approved IT entrepreneurship project and a competent supervisor. Furthermore, OsloMet will provide an internal supervisor at OsloMet. The students will develop a prototype for a product that is relevant for the start-up company, or develop and implement new functionality in the technology of the start-up company.

In addition to the projects on offer, students can find their own projects within a relevant company, public organization or nonprofit. In this case, it is the student's responsibility to find a supervisor for the project within the external organization. All student-initiated projects must be approved by the course coordinator before the start of the project.

The course will only run if there is a sufficient number of students registered.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• has become familiar with key issues relating to innovation and entrepreneurship
• understands business processes and organisational structures in a start-up company
• has acquired a basic overview of financing and support possibilities for start-up companies
• has acquired insight into innovation processes and technological development from idea to prototype
• understand the role and importance of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in the development of new technological solutions.

Skills

The student is capable of:

• developing a product or service from the idea, design and development stages through to implementation and evaluation of a prototype
• independently completing an IT project within the framework of a start-up company and mastering basic issues that characterise entrepreneurship processes
• communicating, in written and oral form, the technical and business-related issues of relevance to the theme of the project, including the project plan, project activities and results, to an audience that may or may not be technologically proficient
• developing new solutions that explicitly address one or several of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

General competence

The student is capable of:

• using technical principles to solve one or more problems of relevance to the business sector
• defining a problem and proposing possible innovative solutions
• evaluating the importance of organisational dynamics and work relations in start-up companies