Nurses comprise a substantial group of health care workers in most countries. Nursing is hence a field with a vital role to play in the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and the care of the sick and dying throughout the world. The effort to establish a graduate programme in Health Science with particular modules directed at students with a nursing background, is linked to the basic assumption that increased involvement of capable nurses is crucial in assuring a high standard of nurses' training programmes, of planning, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes and of nursing research.
The first semester courses, corresponding to a minimum of 10 credits, are taught at the Centre for International Health. The courses offered during the second semester are primarily given by the Section of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care (UoB).
1. Review appropriate literature
2. Development of a research proposal
3. Data collection
4. Writings of thesis
1) Basic courses in research tools and theory 2 credits
Use of computers
The medical library / Medline / CD -ROM
Philosophy of science and research ethics
Research planning
How to write a scientific paper
2) Statistics 2 credits
3) Epidemiology 2 credits
II Major health problems in developing countries 2 credits
III The health systems
1) Health policy / planning / management 1 credit
2) Health anthropology 1 credit
3) Disease prevention and promotion 1 credit
4) Health economics 1 credit
Credits first semester
I Research tools and methods 6 credits
II Major health problems in developing countries 2 credits
III The health systems 4 credits
Part I and II are mandatory. The students select additional courses
from III to make up a minimum of 10 credits.
Time Spring semester
Place Section of nursing science
Type Lectures, group work, self study
Course aim:
The course is to provide an introduction to concepts and perspectives
related to the role of the nurse in the promotion and maintenance of human
health and healthy environments in a global context.
Course description:
The course will teach internationally recognized principles and priorities
for nursing (nursing practice or the discipline of nursing) in a global
context. The focus is on the professional nurses' role in the protection
and improvement of the health status in communities, groups and individuals,
with particular emphasis on the cultural understanding of human health
and nursing.
Contents:
SECOND SEMESTER COURSE NO. 2
Nursing assessment and research in a global context
Time Spring semester
Place Section for nursing science
Type Lectures, group work, self study
Course aim:
The course is to provide knowledge on the role of the nurse in health
assessment and research in a global context.
Course description:
The course will integrate the concepts and perspectives related to
the promotion and maintainance of human health and healthy environments
offered in Course 1. Focus is hence on principles and perspectives related
to nursing assessment and nursing research in the delivery of nursing care
to communities, groups and individuals. Emphasis is placed on nursing research
as a means of identifying, assessing, monitoring, and evaluating the most
effective strategies for raising awareness and modifying factors which
influence health and environment.
Contents:
Literature Will be supplied
Course test Yes
Responsible Staff at Section for nursing science
Credit 1
SECOND SEMESTER COURSE NO. 3
Qualitative approaches to international nursing research
Time Spring semester
Place Section of nursing science
Type Lectures, group work
Course aim:
The course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the
role of qualitative approaches in international health research, and is
to introduce the students to central qualitative research approaches.
Course description:
The course teaches basic principles of central qualitative approaches
and methodological triangulation.
Contents:
Literature Will be supplied
Course test Yes
Responsible Staff at Section of nursing science
Credits 2
Credits second semester:
I From compulsory courses
1 Nursing in a global context 2 credits
2 Nursing research and assessment in a global context 1 credit
3 Qualitiative methodology 2 credits
II From a combination of:
- other seminars / courses 1-2 credits
- presentation of research work 1-2 credits
- self study 2-4 credits
The student, in collaboration with the supervisor, ensure a program
of a minimum of 10 credits for the second semester.
The thesis submitted at the end of the two year programme will be evaluated
by a committee nominated by the Medical Faculty. The candidate shall defend
the thesis as part of an oral examination before the committee.
Bernt Lindtjørn, Ass.professor, dr.med. (Programme coordinator for the main programme - Master of Philosophy in Health Science, Centre for International Health)
Astrid Blystad, Ass. professor (Programme coordinator for the specific programme in Nursing), Division of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
Berit Rokne Hanestad, Ass. professor, Division of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
Kjell Kristoffersen, Ass. professor, Division of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
Eva Gjengedal, Ass. professor, Division of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
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