Courses in the PhD programme in Health and Medicine

We offer a number of courses that can be a part of the training component. External candidates may apply for admission for single courses. PhD courses from other institutions may also be a part of the training component of the doctoral study.

Published 11. Sep. 2024. Updated on 14. Nov. 2024

Courses at the University of Stavanger

DHV100 Philosophy of Health Sciences

Course coordinator: Sebastian Rehnman

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule 2025:
Weeks 5 and 14
Lectures: mon/wed 9-15, tue/thu/fri 9-12

Course description

DHV210 Qualitative Methods in Health and Medicine

Course coordinator: Kristine Rørtveit

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule 2025: TBA

Course description

DHV211 Metasynthesis - Research Course in Advanced Qualitative Methods

Course coordinator: Thomas Westergren

5 ECTS

Semester:

Course schedule

Course description

DHV212 Psycho-Societal Research: Methodology and Practice

Course coordinators: Steffen Krüger (UiO) og Birgitta Haga Gripsrud (UiS)

5 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule:

Course schedule

DHV220 Quantitative design and analysis in health science with focus on quasi-experimental research

Course coordinator: Aleksander Hagen Erga

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule: January 27 - 31 2025

Course schedule

If the cIf the course has less than five registered students, the course will be arranged as self-studies, only.

DHV310 Theoretical and innovative approaches to long-term illness

Course coordinator: Anne Marie Lunde Husebø og Marianne Storm

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule

Emnebeskriving

DHV 320 Theoretical and conceptual framework founded in caring sciences

Course coordinatpr: Camilla Koskinen og Linda Susanne Nyholm

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule:
30-31.october 09.00-16.00.
1.november 09.00-13.00
Seminars: 12-13.december 09.00-16.00

Course description

DHV340 Social scientific addiction research

This course is a collaboration between the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Course schedule: Anne S. Selbekk og Ingunn Studsrød

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule: TBA

Course description

DHV350 Selected topics in Quality and Patient Safety

Course coordinators: Siri Wiig og Karina Aase

10 ECTS

Semester: spring

Course schedule: TBA

Course description

Individual reading curriculum

If you do not find relevant courses, you can create an individual reading curriculum together with your supervisor. This will be accredited as a “mini course” and can give between 1 and 5 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit corresponds to 25 to 30 hours of work.

Applications for individual reading curricula should be sent to healthandmedicine@uis.no.

Other relevant courses at UiS

TN907 Statistiske metoder i medisinsk forskning 1

TN908 Statistiske metoder i medisinsk forskning 2

TN900 Theory of Science and Ethics (at the Faculty of Science and Technology)

ELE922 Biomedical Data Analysis (at the Faculty of Science and Technology )

PHD105 Research ethics in social sciences (at the Faculty of Social Sciences)

PHD102 Philosophy of Social Sciences (at the Faculty of Social Sciences)

DUH200 Introduction to Meta-Analysis (at the Faculty of Arts and Education)

The list is not exhaustive. Please contact the relevant faculty for registration.

How to register for PhD-courses:

PhD candidates in Health and Medicine or other programmes at UiS: send e-mail to healthandmedicine@uis.no with information of which course you would like to register to.
External canidates: Send application form with attachments to healthandmedicine@uis.no to apply for admission for a single course.