HEL406 - University of Agder

HEL406-A1 Health Sciences in a Changing Society

10 ECTS credits - Starts Spring - Duration 1 semester(s) - Arendal

Study programmes Master's Programme in Health Science

Teaching starts Spring

Language of instruction Norwegian

Recommended previous knowledge HEL400 Foundations of Health Science

Learning outcomes After having completed the course, students will be able to: - give a critical evaluation of the conditions for care in a changing society - argue for the importance of care in the health services and state the reasons for his/her opinions - argue critically for the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation in the health services - analyze the effects of economic steering in the health services

Course contents The conditions for care in a changing society Professionalization/Deprofessionalization Medicalization/Demedicalization Global perspectives Management in the health sector Health professional practice in a new organizational reality (structure) Interprofessionalism Financial rationality versus care rationality

Teaching methods Lectures and seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria Written individual or group at home examination lasting 3 days. Graded. See the course brochure for a more detailed description.

Type of course Theoretical

Level of course Second cycle

Year of study First year of master's programme

Name of lecturer/contact person Study programme coordinator Liv Fegran (liv.fegran@uia.no)

Mode of delivery Face-to-face

Recommended or required reading The syllabus will be published on the home page of the course when finalised. See link in the upper right hand corner of the page.

Offered as a free-standing course No

Faculty Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences

ECTS Course Catalogue University of Agder 2009-10

ECTS 2009-10

Norwegian Version