Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• The relationship between communication, health and illness in a multicultural context
• The role of the patient in institutions
• How the specialist health services are organized
• The legal framework for the specialist health services

Skills

The candidate can:

• Develop teaching and supervision programs
• Reason for a professional viewpoint
• Use digital tools

General competence

The candidate:

• Can assess how economic, welfare policy and legal frameworks affect nursing practice in the special health services
• Has knowledge of patient pathways and the interaction between the specialist- and municipal health services
• Has knowledge of the importance of the social sciences for nursing practice

Course Description

• Theories of learning, teaching and supervision and the nurse’s role in teaching and mentoring
• Cultural perspectives on health and illness
• Communication across languages
• Institutional sociology
• Organization of the specialist health services
• Legal framework of the specialist health services
• Relationship between the framework and the practice of nursing in the specialist health services
• The Coordination Reform
• The course of the patient’s care
• Patient safety

Teaching and Learning Methods

Subject literature studies, digital learning resources, resource lectures, learning groups and seminars.

Assessment Methods

Written group assignment; assessed with a grade.

Course requirements:

Requirements are specified in the course plan.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean