Professional development 2, 1.5 credits

For admission to the course, it is required that the student has managed at least 45 HE credits from Semester 1-2 and a Pass grade in Part 1 and 2 from the course Hearing assessment 1.

The course is a continuation of the streak in professional development and includes 1.5 HE credits of a total of 6 HE credits and runs throughout the study programme. The general aim of the streak is to provide the student knowledge and tools to be able to develop an ethical and professional attitude and to develop both as an individual and in the professional role.

The expected learning outcomes of the course
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• reflect and give proposals on a professional treatment, clear kommunication and how the measurement results are communicated and received by patients and their relatives
• reflect on the future occupational identity and development to strengthen the professional role in the profession and in the interplay with colleagues
• reflect on ethical dilemmas in research and care
• carry out adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to current guidelines from the Swedish Resuscitation Council

The course material is presented on the PingPong platform Professional skills, where the different modules are presented. At this web platform the students also collect the written assignments, reflections and other materials in a portfolio, which follows throughout all modules in the streak. The different modules in the streak are not given during any specific week of the semesters. The different parts are either integrated in other courses or given via PingPong, parallel to other courses.

During the course, the importance of communicating measurement results is discussed. The future occupational role as an audiologist is discussed based on professional attitude. Ethical aspects of research and health care are highlighted. Teaching and exercise in CPR is included in the course.

Seminars, lectures, exercises and self-studies.

Seminars and exercises are compulsory.  In case of absence from a compulsory part, the student is responsible for contacting the course coordinator for complementary assignments.

The examiner decides how absence from compulsory course elements can be made up. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in compulsory course elements or compensated for any absence in accordance with instructions from the course coordinator. Absence from a compulsory course element could mean that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.

Active participation in seminars
Individually written assignments and reflections

For a Pass grade in the course, attendance and active participation in compulsory parts are also required. Students who do not pass a regular examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions. Each time the course is offered, one regular examination and two additional examinations are given. Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination. Supplementary addition to a written assignment is counted as one examination.

If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities,  the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc.   Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities may not be changed, removed or reduced.

Examination may take place under the previous reading list during a period of one year after the renewal of the reading list. Examination will be provided during a period of two years after a close-down of the course.

The course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines that are established by the Board of Education. The course evaluation will be carried out both through a written course evaluation at the end of the course, and through an oral course forum at least once in connection with the course, during which the students can state their opinions.