Project Work and Management

The student has knowledge of project work and management, innovation, creative processes, and entrepreneurship in interdisciplinary collaboration with user and interest organizations and other relevant partners. Develops, plans and, if possible, implements a project aimed at improving occupational therapy practice, and presents the results to relevant target groups. This may also include assignments from external partners.

An asterisk (*) in the learning outcome descriptions refers to § 7b and d, § 8a and b, § 9bd, § 11b, § 12a and b, § 14c, § 16c, d and f, § 17e, § 19a and b, § 20b and § 21a, in Regulations on National guidelines for occupational therapist training, which is based on regulations of 6 September 2017 no. 1353on joint framework plan for health and social studies education § 2, and adapted to the education.

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of project work and project management, innovation, creative processes, and entrepreneurship, * ( §19 b).
• has broad knowledge of user participation, communication, interdisciplinary collaboration and ethics in project work and innovation processes.
• have knowledge of scientific theory and research ethics, and how these can contribute to the development of knowledge in occupational therapy.

Skill

The student

• can apply new knowledge and can make professional assessments to improve and develop services and products.
• can apply creative and problem-solving strategies to promote activity and participation.
• applies methods for project work.
• communicates results of project work.

General competence

The student

• knows innovational thinking and methods that can contribute to service innovation, systematic and quality-improving processes, * ( §21 a).
• can plan, implement, and lead occupational therapy professional development projects.
• can plan, implement, and lead cooperation with relevant partners, * ( §12 b).

The course is based on longitudinal teaching. The course uses a large degree of student-active forms of learning individually and in groups. This can take place using groups, team-based learning, self-study, assignments, seminars, and skills practice. Lectures and digital learning methods are used when appropriate.