Program Overview

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Partnership for Health in Older Adults, 7.5 Credits

Course Description

The course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to propose and initiate a development project focused on the life situation and health status of older adults. This project will be conducted in an interprofessional collaboration and in interaction with relevant stakeholders, including older adults and their social context.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

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

Course Content

• 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's design is based on a problem-oriented and collaborative approach, where the student is actively involved in the learning process and given the opportunity to take responsibility for their learning, with reflection and discussion as important components.

Examination

The improvement work 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

At least 120 higher education credits in health and medical care or medicine. Additionally, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 with a minimum grade of pass/E are required.

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is pass/fail.

Course Code

2QA310

Course Name

Partnership for Health in Older Adults

Credits

7.5 credits

Education Form

Higher education, according to the 2007 study order

Main Field of Study

Nursing

Level

Advanced level, with only courses at the basic level as prerequisites

Responsible Institution

Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Decision-Making Body

Education Committee NVS

Date of Establishment

Revised by the Education Committee NVS

Validity Period

The course plan applies from the spring semester 2023.

Transition Provisions

For courses that have ceased or undergone significant changes, or where the course literature has changed substantially, at least three additional examination opportunities (in addition to the regular one) will be provided on the previous content and literature over a period of one year from the time the change occurred.

Other Provisions

Course evaluation is carried out according to the guidelines established by the Committee for Education at the basic and advanced levels.

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 hp.

Literature and Other Teaching Materials

Recommended Literature

• Teamwork & Improvement Knowledge: Two Core Competencies for Good and Safe Care by Micael Eddblom
• Person-Centered Care in Health and Medical Care: From Philosophy to Practice by Inger Ekman
• Geriatric Care: Good Care and Nursing for the Elderly by Marit Kirkevold, Kari Brodtkorb, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Inger Bolinder-Palmér, and Kristina Olsson
• Creating Pedagogical Meetings in Medicine and Care by Charlotte Silén and Klara Bolander Laksov
• Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Leaders and Members by Susan A. Wheelan