HOVFEL22020 Person-centred collaboration (Spring 2023)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
5
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation
Campus:
Campus Fredrikstad
Course Leader:
Camilla Anker-Hansen
Teaching language:
English
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Elective course in the following programmes:

  • Bachelor in Child Welfare
  • Bachelor in Nursing
  • Bachelor in Social Educator Training
  • Bachelor in Social Work
  • Bachelor in Work and Welfare Studies

The course is open for international students within the same bachelor programmes.

The course is to be combined with:

HOVFEL20020 - Digitalisation and interdisciplinary collaboration in health and welfare services (10 ECTS)

Required prerequisite knowledge

The course is to be combined with:

HOVFEL20020 - Digitalisation and interdisciplinary collaboration in health and welfare services (10 ECTS).

Recommended previous knowledge

Completed courses from the first year of the bachelor programme.

Teaching semester

4th semester (spring).

Content

  • What is a person?
  • Person-centred approaches
  • The Person-centred Practice framework
  • Service user involvement
  • Service collaboration based on person-centred approaches
  • Digitalisation and inclusion, equality and non-discrimination
  • Service improvement work

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge

The student:

  • has knowledge about person-centred approaches
  • has knowledge of service user involvement

Skills

The student:

  • can reflect upon social inequality and inclusion

General competence

The student:

  • can identify appropriate underpinning principles of person-centredness concerning interprofessional collaboration

Teaching and learning methods

Relevant learning methods: Digital methods like screencast, webinars, lectures, group activities and seminars.

Workload

Expected study effort in the course is 130 hours.

Practical training/internship

No practical training/internship in this course.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

There are no compulsory activities in this course.

Exam

Individual written home exam over 8 days (192 hours)

  • Scope of the assignment: 1,000 words
  • It is optional whether the thesis is written in Norwegian or English
  • All aids are allowed, but it is not permitted to communicate with others about the question paper, or to work on an answer together
  • Grading system: Pass/Fail

Examiners

One external and one internal examiner or two internal examiners.

Course evaluation

Feedback from our students is vital in order for us to be able to offer best possible courses and study programmes. The following forms of evaluation are used for this course:

- Continuous evaluation with reference group

- Final evaluation

The results are considered in a programme council.

Reading list

The current reading list for 2023 Spring can be found in Leganto
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