Knowledge

The student...

is familiar with the structure of a scientific article
can describe the basic psychological theories underlying health behaviour and behaviour change
can explain the relationships between physical, mental and social factors for health and well-being
can provide examples of fundamental challenges in communication
has a basis for training the conversational skills appropriate to working with patients and with clinicians from different professions
has basic knowledge of how statistical analyzes can be carried out and how hypotheses can be tested
can describe the fundamentals of ethics and give an account the two main approaches in moral philosophy: duty ethics and consequential ethics
can illustrate how duty ethics and consequential ethics relates to important social issues such as confidentiality, death and gene technology
can describe key measures of public health in Norway
can describe how public health is affected by physical activity and diet, social inequalities, mental disorders, obesity and an aging population

Skills

The student...

can identify professional ethical dilemmas related to public health work
can describe epidemiological methods for collecting, describing and analyzing population data
can explain choice of epidemiological surveys for different purposes
can describe random and systematic errors that can lead to misinterpretation of results

General competence

The student...

is able to work problem-based and communicate key subjects within ethics and public health
is able to reflect on the value of prevention and health promotion and consider how different theories of health behaviour may be used in practical health care
is able to reflect on the role of communication in patient-clinician interaction
is able to reflect on his or her own attitudes to current issues in society
is able to apply knowledge and skills to common interdisciplinary knowledge building through group work

Subject description 7015

Public Health