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Course syllabus - Person Centered Care
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
VAE214
Valid from
Autumn semester 2018
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Main area(s)
Caring Science with Specialization in Nursing
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2018-02-20
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Person-centred practice in nursing and health care: theory and practice
ISBN: 9781118990568
Articles
Organizational culture and the implementation of person centered care: results from a change process in Swedish hospital care
URL: Link
Effects of person-centred and integrated chronic heart failure and palliative home care. PREFER: a randomized controlled study
URL: Link
Centeredness in Healthcare: A Concept Synthesis of Family-centered Care, Person-centered Care and Child-centered Care
URL: Link
Implementing national guidelines for person-centered care of people with dementia in residential aged care: effects on perceived person-centeredness, staff strain, and stress of conscience
URL: Link
Person-Centered Care Ready for Prime Time
URL: Link
Person Centered Care and Personalized Medicine: Irreconcilable Opposites or Potential Companions?
URL: Link
"Same same or different?" A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care
URL: Link
Understanding and achieving person‐centred care: the nurse perspective
URL: Link
Person-centred care: an overview of reviews
URL: Link
Paradoxes of person‐centred care: A discussion paper
Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the conditions of life for adults and the elderly, their rights and health in person-centred care. Another objective is for students to develop their competence and skills, as well as their judgement and approach, to promote an ethical and professional approach in person-centred care with adults and the elderly and their families
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the student shall be able to:
1. Problematise similarities and differences between person-centred care and family-focused care in health care, based on scientific points of departure
2. Identify, problematise and evaluate the conditions of life for adults and the elderly
3. Identify, assess and evaluate the health, need of care and recovery of adults and the elderly, based on scientific, societal and ethical aspects
4. Identify and problematise human rights in care contexts in relation to person-centred care and family-focused care
5. Account for and evaluate knowledge of complex questions in person-centred care
6. Identify and problematise the need of further professional and organisational knowledge for the development, planning and management of person-centred care
Course content
Ethical considerations of person-centred care
Family-focused care
Physical, mental and sexual health
Conditions of life such as ethnicity, socioeconomic affiliation, age
Human rights in a care context
Norm awareness, grounds for discrimination
The person in their context, ecological perspective
Person-centred care
Support for relatives and friends
End of life care
Specific requirements
A Bachelor´s degree in Caring Sciences with specialisation in Nursing or the equivalent. In addition Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English B/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement for Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
SEM1 Seminar, 2 credits, concerning learning outcomes 1, 4. Marks Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, Written assignment. Individual written assignment, 5.5 credits, concerning learning objectives 2-3, 5-6. Marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG).
For a Pass with Distinction (VG) on the course as a whole, a VG on INL1 and a G on SEM1 are required.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Three-grade scale
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
Replaces part of VAE135