Program Overview

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Partnership for Health in Older Adults

Course Description

The course "Partnership for Health in Older Adults" is a 7.5-credit course that focuses on the health and well-being of older adults. The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and implement health promotion strategies for older adults.

Course Objectives

The overall objective of the course is to enable students to propose and initiate a development project aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults. After completing the course, students should be able to:

• Identify, plan, and initiate a development project to promote the health and well-being of older adults in an interprofessional collaboration and in interaction with relevant stakeholders.
• Argue for the choice and implementation of the proposed development project, supported by relevant theories and from a sustainability and intercultural perspective.
• Evaluate the significance of the proposed development project in relation to the needs of older adults for health and well-being.
• Present and discuss the proposed development project, adapted to the relevant target group.
• Reflect on their own and the group's development, based on collaboration with different professions and the relevant target group.

Course Content

The course content includes:

• Person-centered approach
• Health-promoting lifestyle in older adults
• Leading development work
• Facilitating others' learning
• Interprofessional learning
• Sustainability goals
• Intercultural perspective

Teaching Methods

The course is partially web-based but requires active participation on the study site, with at least two course meetings on campus and supervision via the learning platform. The course is based on a problem-oriented and collaborative approach, where students are actively involved in the learning process and are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, with reflection and discussion as important components.

Examination

The development project is examined in the form of a written report and an oral presentation in a group, as well as an individual written reflection. Participation in compulsory moments is required for a passing grade on the course.

Special Eligibility

Special eligibility requires at least 120 higher education credits in health care or medicine. Additionally, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 with a passing grade are required.

Course Code and Credits

The course code is 2QA310, and the course is worth 7.5 higher education credits.

Education Form

The education form is higher education, according to the 2007 study order.

Main Field of Study

The main field of study is nursing.

Level

The level is advanced level, with only courses at the basic level as prerequisites.

Grading Scale

The grading scale is failed (U) or passed (G).

Responsible Institution

The responsible institution is the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society.

Decision-Making Body

The decision-making body is the Education Committee NVS.

Date of Establishment

The course plan is established from the spring term 2023.

Overlapping Courses

The course may not be credited in an examination simultaneously with a completed and passed course whose content entirely or partially coincides with the content of the course. The following course is overlapping: 2XX178 Partnership for Older Adults, 7.5 credits.

Literature List and Other Teaching Materials

The recommended literature includes:

• Eddblom, Micael, Teamwork & Improvement Knowledge: Two Core Competencies for Good and Safe Care, Stockholm: Swedish Nurses' Association: Swedish Medical Association, 2013.
• Person-Centered Care in Health Care: From Philosophy to Practice, Ekman, Inger, Second Edition: Stockholm: Liber, [2020].
• Geriatric Care: Good Care and Nursing for the Elderly, Kirkevold, Marit; Brodtkorb, Kari; Hylen Ranhoff, Anette, Bolinder-Palm廨, Inger; Olsson, Kristina, Second Edition: Stockholm: Liber, 2018.
• Creating Pedagogical Meetings in Medicine and Care, Sil幯, Charlotte; Bolander Laksov, Klara, 1st edition: Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2013.
• Wheelan, Susan A., Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Leaders and Members, Third Edition, Revised: Lund: Studentlitteratur, [2017].