PAR is a dynamic approach that, through the involvement of facilitators, practitioners, caregivers, care users, and decision-makers, usually directly and immediately influence the research context by taking the participants' everyday life or practice as a starting point. PAR in health addresses practical issues in improvement and development based on understanding a social context and involving participants based on their conditions. Using PAR enables the exploration of areas that need improvement in practice and promotes the collaborative development of all involved.

Main Subjects

• Different scientific directions in PAR in health and its use in health systems and health policy as a vehicle for sustainable change
• Philosophy and theories underpinning PAR
• Methods, traditions, and ethical issues in PAR
• Implementing PAR in health systems and improving practice

Work and Teaching Methods

• Lectures and seminars
• Student presentations

The teaching is based on a problem-oriented and collaborative approach to learning in which the assigned tasks provide opportunities for the student to take active responsibility for their learning.

This is a two-weeks course. The course is offered as an intensive week-long course with three days of lectures and seminars. The remaining one week is assigned for home exam.

The course is in English and is open to national and international

Teaching

Week 15 - starting 8. april 2024

Reading list

MAKS6115 Participatory Action Research in Health Care [2024-V]