Program Overview

Curriculum for Quality assurance and prioritization of dementia problems

Introduction

The course plan for Quality Assurance and Prioritizations within Dementia Care is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to organize and ensure the quality of care for patients with dementia.

Base data

Course Information

• Course code: 9H1032
• Name of the course: Quality assurance and prioritization of dementia problems
• Higher education credits: 6
• Form of education: Assignment education (university credits)
• Major field: Medicine
• Level: AV - Advanced level
• Grade scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
• Department responsible for the course: Department of Neurobiology, Health Sciences and Society
• Decision-making body: The Board of Education
• Date of determination:
• Revised by: The Board of Education
• The course plan is valid from: Spring semester 2012

Special authorization

Special Eligibility

• At least 120 credits, which must include a doctor's degree.
• In addition, knowledge of English equivalent to English B is required.

Goal

Objectives

The student should demonstrate an approach and sense of responsibility for organizing and ensuring the quality of care for patients with dementia. After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate and describe forms and working methods for organizing and developing home care for patients with dementia
• demonstrate an ethical approach to care interventions based on human needs, existing resources, social organization, and necessary prioritizations
• prioritize care interventions in the dementia area based on evidence, proven experience, and needs
• highlight methods for quality assurance and systematic follow-up of dementia care
• argue for the importance of organizing elderly care to achieve good quality care for people with dementia
• demonstrate in-depth insight into the team's role in caring for people with dementia and professional treatment based on concepts such as knowledge, approach, treatment, working methods, and activation
• practically perform effective problem analysis in the event of behavioral disturbances

Contents

Content

• Legislation, rights
• Basics for prioritization
• Ethical aspects
• Rights, values, politics, prioritization, ethics
• Patient cases/exercises
• Forms of care
• Quality assurance and follow-up
• What does teamwork mean? The benefits in dementia care.
• In healthcare or care
• Attitude/treatment

Forms of work

Working Methods

The course is conducted as distance education with a student-activating learning focus as a pedagogical model. Distance education is IT-based and characterized by independent and collaborative learning. The course includes both individual study assignments, group work, virtual discussions, and seminars and lectures.

Examination

Examination

The examination forms are both formative, i.e., evaluation during the course, and summative, i.e., evaluation of the course content. The formative examination takes place through active participation in seminar presentations, both individual and group. To pass the assignments, the student must have actively participated in solving the assignments and in both written and oral presentation/discussion of these. The summative examination takes place through a reflective individual written report, based on in-depth study of selected areas of the course content and relevant literature, including critical discussion of possible applications. The reports must also be presented orally. The reports will be presented and discussed in a seminar together with teachers and fellow students.

Other regulations

Other Regulations

• Teaching language English (Teaching language is English).

Bibliography and other teaching aids

Literature List and Other Teaching Materials

• Burns, Alistair S.; O'Brien, John; Ames, David, Dementia. , 3rd ed. : London : Hodder Arnold, 2005.
• Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive diseases , Marcusson, Jan; Blennow, Kai; Skoog, Ingmar; Wallin, Anders; Röhl, Annika, 3., [reworked and ext.] ed. : Stockholm : Liber, 2011 Additionally, current review articles will be included.