Language of instruction

Norwegian, but can be tauhgt in English

Course content

The course will be comprised of eight two-hour meetings per semester. In each meeting one hour will be used to allow a participant to present and receive feed-back on a text, a presentation, a funds-application or similar. The second hour will be reserved for a research-related topic.

The meetings will provide

• An multidisciplinary meeting point and an arena for counselling and academic progress for Ph.D. students performing research related to nursing homes and care of the elderly.
  • Education of Ph.D. students in research related fields such as research methods, how to write applications, and statistics.
• Teaching the students how to be a "critical friend" and helping the students help themselves and others through group-work and discussions.
• An arena for exchanging information on relevant grants, courses and conferences.
  • Meeting points that promote cooperation and co-work between for different research groups.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After completing the course, the students should:

• understand basic principles and methods in research relevant for elderly and nursing home medicine.
• have an overview of relevant research terms
• have knowledge about how different methodologies can be used to produce effective research studies within the field of geriatrics

Skills

After completing the course, the students should be able to:

• discuss the main types of study design, and their strengths and weaknesses
• Use this knowledge to plan and conduct such studies

General competence

After completing the course, the students should be able to:

independently and critically review scientific literature related to nursing home medicine and take part in scientific discussions in this field

Pre-requirements

It is an advantage if the course MEDMET1 ¿Basic Course in Medical and Health Related Research¿ is completed before this course

Form of assessment

Group exam in the form of a poster presentation at the last meeting.

Who may participate

PhD

Supplementary course information

The course will focus on student-active learning activities. The participants will present their own work, and will be expected to contribute feed-back to other participants work.

Other planned learning activities:

• Writing exercises and journal club
• Lectures from invited experts
• Interactive web-page
• Voluntary participation at relevant courses and conferences.

Minimum number of participants: 5

Maximum number of participants: 20

The course will consist of eight two-hour meetings held approximately every other week, with 2 hours preparation prior to each meeting.

In order to obtain course points the participant must attend a minimum of 6 of the 8 meetings, present their own work and give feed-back to the other participants.

Contact

e-mail: studie@isf.uib.no

Course coordinator: Bettina Husebø e-mail: bettina.husebo@isf.uib.no

Reading list

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