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 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.

The asterisk (*) in the learning outcome descriptions refers to § 7 b and d, § 8 a and b, § 9 b-d, § 11 b, § 12 a and b, § 14 c, § 16 c, d and f, § 17 e, § 19 a and b, § 20 b and  § 21 a, in the Regulations on National Guidelines for Occupational Therapy Education, which are based on Regulation of 4 July 2025 No. 1478 on the Common Framework Plan for Health and Social Care Education § 2, and adapted to the occupational therapy program.

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.
• can apply methods for project work.
• can communicate 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 student-active forms of learning, both individually and in groups. Learning methods include collaboration in groups, team-based learning, self-study, assignments, seminars, and skills training. Lectures and digital learning methods are used when appropriate.

Students have the opportunity to receive supervision, which can focus on academic content and/or collaboration in the group. It is the students responsibility to request supervision if they wish to receive it, and they must submit a plan or questions/topic for supervision well in advance.