Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Undervisningsspråk

English - if english speaking participants.

Forkunnskapskrav

Admitted to a PhD-program.

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

EX-605 Philosophy of Science in Health and Sport Sciences

ME-617 Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis

ME-626 General Quantitative Research Methods

and/or ME-618 Qualitative research methods

Læringsutbytte

On successful completion of the course, the candidate:

Knowledge

  • will have insight and understanding of theories and models of quality of life (QOL), health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and well-being, and can contribute to the international debate
  • will have knowledge of QOL and HRQOL-research in general and in clinical populations
  • will have in-depth knowledge about the best choice of QOL/HRQOL and patient reported outcome measures (PROM)

Skills

  • can formulate relevant aim or hypothesis, plan and implement QOL/HRQOL research
  • can design a study with QOL/HRQOL
  • can integrate sustainability and user involvement in QOL/HRQOL research
  • can critically evaluate, interpret, and disseminate QOL/HRQOL research

General competence

  • can identify ethical issues or problems in QOL research and conduct QOL-research with integrity
  • can disseminate QOL-research in well recognized national and international scientific channels
  • can debate QOL research in international settings.

Innhold

  • Theories and models of QOL and HRQOL
  • Methodological and ethical issues when planning the study/writing the study protocol
  • Choice of instruments to measure QOL/HRQOL
  • QOL/HRQOL research in a health promotion perspective
  • QOL/HRQOL in children and adolescents
  • QOL/HRQOL in a clinical perspective
  • Use of QOL and self-reported outcomes in an individual setting
  • User involvement in QOL research

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Teaching and learning methods will consist of a combination of lectures, groups, workshops, discussion, and presentation based on course topics and presentation based on course topics and own research experiences and work.

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Participation in compulsory lecture, groups, workshops, discussion, and presentations as stated in the course pamphlet

Eksamen

The final assignment is an individual written summary (3000 +/-10% words). The summary will focus on a self-chosen theme related to the course content. The written summary will be graded as pass or fail.

Studentevaluering

Digital evaluation.
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