Language of instruction

Norwegian

Course content

The course will enlighten theory and history of science, and different areas of topics with specific relevance to public health and health sciences. The course aims to stimulate reflection and identity.

Day 1: What is public health and health science?

The main topic is the historical background of public health and health science, their theoretical and methodical characters, and challenges in the future. Responsible: Professor Aina Schiøtz.

Day 2: Dilemmas in preventive health care

The focus will be on theories, policies and roles in the preventive and promotive health care. Power is a main subject, but ethics, priorities and choices are also discussed. Responsible: Professor John Gunnar Mæland

Learning outcomes

Knowledge:

After completing the course, the students should be able to

• be familiar with basic elements in scientific and humanistic/social studies science related to public health and health science.
• understand and be aware of different norms and ways of thinking in the two science traditions, and how these have developed during history, and internationally.
• understand important theories and concepts in public health and health sciences, know what they include, and how they are used in practical health science.

Skills:

After completing the course, the students should be able to

• formulate and use relevant methods from different science traditions in their own research.
• discuss and use relevant concepts in their own research, and in the discussion be aware that the concepts may be equivocal and problematic.
• contribute in developing interdisciplinary research projects, and other ways of cooperation.

General skills:

After completing the course, the students should be able to

• cooperate across science traditions and research milieus.
• obtain an extended network of cooperators and resources in and outside of their own field of research.
• hold the ability to demonstrate critical and creative thinking.
• pass on research with the ambition to reach a wider audience than fellow researchers in their own field.

Study period

Fall

Credits (ECTS)

2 ECTS credits

Form of assessment

Based upon active participation

Pass/fail

Who may participate

PhD

Programme

Autumn 2015

2 days

Contact

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

e-mail: studie@isf.uib.no

Course coordinator: Aina Schiøtz

e-mail: aina.schiotz@isf.uib.no