Study Guide

Objectives

The key objective of the study module is that the student:
• understands the importance of English language skills, interaction, and communication as part of professional competence.
• is aware of their role as a communicator in oral health care situations.

After completing of the course, the student
• will be able to apply their acquired language skills when interviewing patients about health status, medication, and lifestyle-related issues
• will be able to apply their acquired language skills when guiding and instructing patients in oral self-care.
• will be able to apply their acquired language skills to explain upcoming procedures, examination results, and issues related to treatment plans in a customer-oriented manner.
• will be able to understand professional and scientific texts in their field and apply the knowledge gained from reading.
• will be able to continue to develop their language skills in their own specialty area using various learning tools.

Content

• interaction and communication situations in English
• key vocabulary in oral health care work
• key vocabulary in dental anatomy
• key terminology in dentistry

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student is able to communicate mainly comprehensibly in simple, routine interaction situations.

They can provide simple oral instructions to patients/customers and, if necessary, also written instructions.
They can ask the patient/customer necessary information about their current and previous health status and life situation.
They can use basic nursing vocabulary with assistance.
They understand the main points of texts related to nursing tasks using a dictionary.
They can manage simple conversation situations.
They generally respond in some way to what the conversation partner says.
They use basic grammar structures.
They use readily available aids such as free dictionaries.
They understand the importance of professional English skills and work to improve their language skills in their specialty area according to their own level and learning needs.
They have progressed during the study module considering their own starting point.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student is able to communicate clearly in key interdisciplinary and multicultural interaction situations.
They can provide and justify individual instructions in common patient guidance situations (e.g., home care instructions).
They fairly successfully ascertain the patient's current and previous health status, life situation, and habits, and ask clarifying questions as needed.
They can respond appropriately to questions posed by the patient.
They can use key nursing vocabulary and concepts.
They can acquire information from nursing publications, reports, and recommendations to update their professional skills.
They understand the main points of nursing texts without aids.
They can critically evaluate sources and materials and apply what they have read.
They pronounce fairly naturally and clearly.
They mostly use structures correctly and correct their own language errors if they have led to misunderstandings.
They can express the same idea in different words if necessary.
They can use various sources and dictionaries as aids.
They convey the message to the listener or reader understandably without misunderstandings and almost idiomatically (H4).
They convey the message to the listener or reader understandably without misunderstandings, but the output has some influence from the Finnish language (H3).
The student works self-directed and actively to enhance their language skills in their specialty area according to their own level, language learning needs, and personal interests.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- the student communicates well in demanding multi-professional and multi-cultural interaction situations (e.g. oral and written reporting, documentation, possible extra-curricular activities, e.g. projects or other international contacts).
- Interviews and guides clients skilfully, adapting his/her communication style to the situation and the client.
- Can use sophisticated nursing vocabulary and concepts.
- English is idiomatic and fluent.
- is able to use sophisticated nursing articles and other professional publications in the development of his/her work.
- can fluently discuss topics related to his/her professional field.
- react quickly and appropriately to what is said by the other person.
- Enunciate with confidence and clarity.
- can explain things in other words and compensate for vocabulary gaps in a discreet manner
- understands and uses vocabulary and terminology in his/her field of specialisation with skill and accuracy.
- works in a self-directed and active way to develop his/her specialist language skills according to his/her level and interests.
- continue to develop their language skills during the course of their studies.