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Digitizing Health CareLaajuus (4 cr)

Code: 7K00FP35

Credits

4 op

Objectives

The student
- is able to apply his / her interaction skills according to the service channel chosen by the client and his / her relatives
- is able to identify and assess the need for care for patients with various health problems and public diseases, taking into account close relatives and using digital tools
- be able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work based on the patient's need for care in various renewable operating environments using evidence-based information
- knows the care and service chains and digital services of patients / clients with the most common diseases of the population and is able to guide the use of services in a customer-oriented manner
- is able to utilize, apply and develop the use of technology in nursing

Content

- production and utilization of information related to the customer's health status, competence in digital customer cooperation
- digital health assessment, promotion and care
- gameplay and virtual reality in nursing
- sensors, wearable technology for health promotion and disease treatment
- chains of care and digital decision support
- innovation capacity for future well-being and health technologies

Prerequisites

At the beginning of alternative professional studies, the student must have completed 135 cr of studies. These should include internal medicine-surgical, mental health and substance abuse nursing, gerontological nursing, theoretical studies in nursing at a Health and Social Services Center, and studies in anatomy and physiology and minimum six supervised clinical training courses.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
- is able to meet customers in a dignified and individual way in digital operating environments and evaluate their interaction skills
- knows the basics of identifying the need to treat public diseases, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
- identify key technologies and digital methods for evaluating, planning, implementing, and evaluating client care
- knows care and service chains to help plan operations and use them for the benefit of the client
- monitor technological developments in the field
- able to evaluate one's own activities under supervision

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- manages customer-oriented methods for interaction situations with the customer and his / her relatives in a culturally sensitive way
- apply what they have learned in addressing common diseases in the population, identifying treatment needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment using evidence-based information
- is able to search for digital and technological solutions for the benefit of the customer
- is able to take into account the effects of the illness on the family and to plan treatment and related guidance in a customer-oriented, family-oriented way, using different methods and contact methods
- is able to plan care and guide the patient according to the care and service chains using technologies and digital services
- evaluates and supports the introduction of wellness technologies
- reflects on its own activities and identifies its development challenges, and is able to evaluate peers and give constructive feedback

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- can analyze and develop his / her interaction skills in different situations
- can evaluate his / her activities and solutions
- is able to apply digital and technological solutions in a versatile way for the benefit of the customer
- apply the information provided by the care and service chains according to the client's care needs
- can apply and integrate health technology with existing services
- reflects on one's own actions, assessing their impact on others and the work community

Enrolment period

20.05.2024 - 11.08.2024

Timing

12.08.2024 - 24.11.2024

Credits

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Nursing

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
  • Katri Maijanen
  • Anne Kivimäki
  • Ilona Jylhäsalo
  • Marjo Tienari
Person in charge

Katri Maijanen

Groups
  • 22SHHUP1
  • 21SHHUP2

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to apply his / her interaction skills according to the service channel chosen by the client and his / her relatives
- is able to identify and assess the need for care for patients with various health problems and public diseases, taking into account close relatives and using digital tools
- be able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work based on the patient's need for care in various renewable operating environments using evidence-based information
- knows the care and service chains and digital services of patients / clients with the most common diseases of the population and is able to guide the use of services in a customer-oriented manner
- is able to utilize, apply and develop the use of technology in nursing

Content (course unit)

- production and utilization of information related to the customer's health status, competence in digital customer cooperation
- digital health assessment, promotion and care
- gameplay and virtual reality in nursing
- sensors, wearable technology for health promotion and disease treatment
- chains of care and digital decision support
- innovation capacity for future well-being and health technologies

Prerequisites (course unit)

At the beginning of alternative professional studies, the student must have completed 135 cr of studies. These should include internal medicine-surgical, mental health and substance abuse nursing, gerontological nursing, theoretical studies in nursing at a Health and Social Services Center, and studies in anatomy and physiology and minimum six supervised clinical training courses.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to meet customers in a dignified and individual way in digital operating environments and evaluate their interaction skills
- knows the basics of identifying the need to treat public diseases, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
- identify key technologies and digital methods for evaluating, planning, implementing, and evaluating client care
- knows care and service chains to help plan operations and use them for the benefit of the client
- monitor technological developments in the field
- able to evaluate one's own activities under supervision

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- manages customer-oriented methods for interaction situations with the customer and his / her relatives in a culturally sensitive way
- apply what they have learned in addressing common diseases in the population, identifying treatment needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment using evidence-based information
- is able to search for digital and technological solutions for the benefit of the customer
- is able to take into account the effects of the illness on the family and to plan treatment and related guidance in a customer-oriented, family-oriented way, using different methods and contact methods
- is able to plan care and guide the patient according to the care and service chains using technologies and digital services
- evaluates and supports the introduction of wellness technologies
- reflects on its own activities and identifies its development challenges, and is able to evaluate peers and give constructive feedback

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- can analyze and develop his / her interaction skills in different situations
- can evaluate his / her activities and solutions
- is able to apply digital and technological solutions in a versatile way for the benefit of the customer
- apply the information provided by the care and service chains according to the client's care needs
- can apply and integrate health technology with existing services
- reflects on one's own actions, assessing their impact on others and the work community

Assessment scale

0-5