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Degree Project for Master's Degree (60 credits) in Medicine - Dementia Care

The course syllabus for the Degree Project for Master's Degree (60 credits) in Medicine - Dementia Care is valid from spring 2012.

Course Details

• Course code: 9H1025
• Course name: Degree Project for Master's Degree (60 credits) in Medicine - Dementia Care
• Credits: 15 credits
• Form of Education: Contract education (credits)
• Main field of study: Medicine
• Level: Second cycle, contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
• Grading scale: Pass, Fail
• Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
• Decided by: Styrelsen för utbildning
• Decision date: Not specified
• Course syllabus valid from: Spring 2012

Specific Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the course, students must have a medical degree of at least 180 credits. Additionally, the following courses, totaling 45 credits, must be completed:

• Neuroscience Basis for Cognition and Behaviour (5 credits)
• Dementia Disorders (10 credits)
• Diagnostics and Medical Investigations (10 credits)
• Treatment and Evaluation (5 credits)
• Treatment of Disease Process including Behavioural and Psychiatric Symptoms (6 credits)
• Palliative Medicine (3 credits)
• Quality Assurance and Prioritizations within Dementia Care (6 credits) English language skills equivalent to English B at Swedish upper secondary school are also required.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to acquire advanced knowledge in scientific theory and method, and in the main field of study medicine with a specialization in dementia care. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Show advanced knowledge in the main field of study medicine with a specialization in dementia care
• Systematically search, critically review, and interpret information as a basis for the degree project
• Identify, formulate, analyze, reflect, and assess problems with relevance for medicine with a specialization in dementia care
• Choose and argue for choices of design and method
• Apply research-ethical principles and guidelines
• Plan, carry out, and present a scientific work from a given time frame
• Discuss and argue the scientific, topic-specific, and/or clinical relevance of one's own and others' degree projects
• Communicate one's own and others' research in national and international contexts, both orally and in writing
• Demonstrate an understanding of the possibilities and limitations of science, its role in society, and people's responsibility for how it is used
• Synthesize existing knowledge and identify needs of additional knowledge within the disciplinary domain, and suggest and argue for further research based on own and others' studies

Content

The course content includes:

• Identifying and delimiting relevant research questions
• Research-ethical considerations
• Research design
• Systematic search and critical review of information
• Data collection and data analysis
• Summarizing results
• Writing scientific work
• Presentation and defense of a degree project
• Critical review of other students' degree projects

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods consist of planning, carrying out, and presenting an independent scientific work under supervision, which takes place independently and in groups. Compulsory teaching in the form of seminars and supervision, individually and in a group, occurs.

Examination

Examination consists of the presentation and defense of an independent written degree project with relevance for the subject area, and review and discussion (opponentship) of another student's degree project. The examination is assessed both with regard to the written contents and the active performance as a respondent and as an opponent.

Literature and Other Teaching Aids

The following literature is used in the course:

• Day, Robert A.; Gastel, Barbara: How to write and publish a scientific paper
• Mauthner, Melanie: Ethics in qualitative research
• Creswell, John W.; Plano Clark, Vicki L: Designing and conducting mixed methods research
• Hulley, Stephen B.: Designing clinical research
• Maxwell, Joseph A.: Qualitative research design : an interactive approach
• Altman, Douglas G.; Gardner, M. J: Statistics with confidence
• Cohen, Jacob: Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences
• Pett, Marjorie A.: Nonparametric statistics for health care research
• Dahlberg, Karin: Reflective Lifeworld Research
• Aanstoos, Christopher; Giorgi, Amedeo: Phenomenology and psychological research
• Cooper, Harris M: Synthesizing research : a guide for literature reviews