HELA3004 Bruk av kunnskap som beslutningsstøtte i helsetjenesten

On completion of the course, the student…

Knowledge

• Is aware of theories that help understand the decision making stage of policy processes within the health and social sector organisations
• Is familiar with different understandings of what constitutes evidence in relation to decision making
• Understands the roles that different types of evidence and different stakeholders can play in decision making, and other factors that impact on decision making
• Is familiar with approaches for packaging evidence to inform decision making in the health and social sectors, including tools for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from systematic reviews
• Understands factors affecting managers’ use of evidence decision making in organisations
• Is aware of key critiques of evidence-informed decision making and challenges to implementing it in health and social care organisations

Skills

• Can explain theories and concepts regarding decision making processes as part of the policy cycle, including the roles of different types of evidence and policy stakeholders
• Can explain and assess when to use systematic reviews in a decision making process
• Can identify tools for packaging evidence for decision making
• Can identify approaches that can support the use of research evidence to inform decision making in their organisation
• Can reflect on their role as a health manager in decision making processes for health and social care

General competence

• Has insights into how managers can use evidence within decision making processes in the health and social sectors
• Is aware of the ways in which structured, evidence-informed decision making processes can be organized and managed

The course will include a range of different forms of learning, including lectures, seminars, groupwork tasks, oral presentations and simulation, with a focus on learner-led approaches and dialogue-based teaching and discussions. We will draw actively on students’ experiences in the course.

The teaching will be "session-based" and hybrid, with two gatherings of two days each. The first two day gathering will take place online. The second two day gathering will be in-person in Trondheim and will not include an option to join online. The language of teaching and examination is English.