A large part of the course is that the students must plan, adjust and complete a 6–8-week training programme for a target group of their choice using knowledge and skills within training and training planning. The target group is populations outside their educational environment, e.g. employees of a company, a group of older people, a sports team, etc.
The purpose of the training programme is for the students to apply knowledge from academic literature and their own/the target group's experience – i.e. to gain knowledge and experience of the challenges involved in the translation of evidence-based knowledge into practice.
The students must be able to account for and discuss how the purpose, content and course of the training are relevant to the target group.
| Planning of training programme | In connection with planning their training programme, the students must justify their choice of training intervention and testing for the target group based on the evidence-based syllabus literature on the subject. |
| Completion of training programme | The students are fully responsible for completing the training programme, including inclusion of the target group, implementation of tests and training interventions and data collection. This gives them great insight into the different processes in a small-scale research project. |
| Revision of training programme | During the course, the students will have to revise their training programme when they encounter obstacles in implementing their theoretical knowledge in practice. This gives them greater insight into the translation of evidence-based knowledge into practice. |
| Written exam | The written part of the exam is a six-page article in which the students present their training programme. The article is structured in an IMRaD format like a natural science research article with an introduction, methodology section, results section and discussion. Work with IMRaD on own data aims to provide students with skills that can be used later on their degree programme in their Bachelor’s project, self-chosen project assignment and Master's thesis. In addition, both the training programme itself and the preparation of the article give the students a greater understanding of large parts of a research process – from idea development, design of experimental work and data collection (and data security), to production and analysis of data and results, and discussion of these. |
| Teaching and feedback during the course | The course includes teaching in the requirements for the individual sections of the exam assignment and how to ask (and answer) a good research question. The teaching is based on the students' own training programmes, and the students receive feedback (teacher) and peer feedback (the students themselves) in the process. |
The purpose of the training programme is for the students to apply knowledge from academic literature and their own/the target group's experience – i.e. to gain knowledge and experience of the challenges involved in the translation of evidence-based knowledge into practice.
The students must be able to account for and discuss how the purpose, content and course of the training are relevant to the target group.
