Language of instruction

Norwegian

Course content

The course will enlighten theory 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: Care, treatment and inequities

How social and cultural inequities influence care and treatment are discussed. Social inequities in health, nationally and globally, as well as health economics principles, are also assessed. Responsible: Professor Guri Rørtveit

Day 2: Gender in medical research and practice

Central gender theories in humaniora and social sciences, and how gender is assessed in medical research and practice, are the subjects of this day. Responsible: Professors Ellen Mortensen and Kirsti Malterud

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

Spring 2015

Credits (ECTS)

2 ECTS credits

Form of assessment

Based upon active participation

Pass/fail

Who may participate

PhD

Programme

Spring 2015

12-14 hours in total.

Lectures and discussions.

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

Reading list

Forskarkurset MEDGRSAM4, artikkelsamling