Teaching starts Spring

Language of instruction Norwegian

Learning outcomes On successful completion of the course, the student should have:

• an insight into the legal system and legal methods
• an insight into basic legal terms and principles
• an insight into the philosophy of legal rights in social welfare legislation
• knowledge about rules of legal capacity and guardianship
• knowledge about legal rules of social welfare services
• knowledge about legal rules of health services
• an insight into legal rules of child welfare services
• knowledge about legal rules of professional secrecy for health personnel

Course contents

1C Legal topics (5 ECTS Credits)

• Legal methods and sources of Law
• Some basic legal terms and principles
• Legal capacity, legal entity and legal competence
• Parental responsibility, guardianship, competency to consent
• Training and work
• Legal rules and legal rights especially related to the health and social welfare services
• Professional secrecy for health personnel

Teaching methods and workload Instruction includes lectures, supervised study groups, presentations, exercises, course requirements and individual studies. Compulsory instruction is described in the Course Brochure under section ´O´. Compulsory instruction includes exercises, study groups, supervision, course requirements and presentations/oral presentations in class. Absence from such instruction must be compensated with an alternative course requirement.

Examination requirement

1. The student must have satisfactory participation in compulsory instruction described in the course brochure, or completed an alternative course requirement (please refer to ´Teaching methods´ above).

2. A minimum of 80 % group work attendance is required. Each group selects a student to take register for each meeting. In special cases, if a student should not participate satisfactorily in group work, individual assignments may be given instead.

Please refer to the course brochure for more details about design and content requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria A graded two-hour individual written examination.

Type of course Theoretical

Level of course 1st cycle

Year of study First year

Name of lecturer/contact person Study programme coordinator: Janneke Quarles van Ufford (janneke.q.ufford@uia.no)