HOVFEL23020 Digital opportunities in health and welfare (Spring 2023)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
5
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation
Campus:
Campus Fredrikstad
Course Leaders:
  • Hanna Marie Ihlebæk
  • Ragnhild Elisabeth Sørbotten
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

  • Opportunities and challenges related to digital tools and solutions for patients and service users
  • Innovation and service improvement work
  • Ethical aspects of digitalisation with focus on inclusion, equality and non-discrimination

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge

The student:

  • has knowledge about digital tools and solutions in health and welfare services
  • has knowledge about how digital tools and solutions affect service receivers and patients
  • has knowledge about ethical aspects of digitalisation in health and welfare contexts

Skills

The student:

  • can identify, evaluate and reference relevant literature on possibilities and challenges relating to the use of digital aids, and relate this to a relevant research question
  • can reflect upon social inequality, inclusion and non-discrimination related to digitalisation of health and welfare services

General competence

The student:

has knowledge of digital tools and methods relating to digital innovation, implementation and service improvement work at the individual and system level

Teaching and learning methods

Relevant learning methods: Digital methods like screencast, classroom 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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