Specialized Mental Health and Substance Abuse CareLaajuus (5 cr)

Objectives

The Student
- is able to critically evaluate his/her own spesific working area in mental health and substance abuse care (e.g child psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, promotive mental health care);
- is able to recognize the development needs in his/her own spesific working area and is able to critically evaluate them with evidence-based knowledge;
- is able to describe development suggestions and is able to present an action plan for these in his/her own spesific working area.

Content

- directives, laws and recommendations in a spesific area of mental health and/or substance abuse care (accroding the student’s field of working)
- evidence-based knowledge concerning the spesific area of mental health and/or subtance abuse care
- suggestions for development, action plan and actual change in practice according to the Peppa model

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
- is able to search for information on the subject and is able to use national and international sources
- is able to apply the collected information at a descriptive level when reviewing current practices and means of action
- does not display a critical evaluation of the topic
- participates in the course inconsistently.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student
- is able to seek evidence-based knowledge from both national and international sources, and is able evaluate the sources critically
- is able to construct both analyses and syntheses of the topic
- is able to use the acquired knowledge in critical evaluation and development of current practices
- generally participates in the course actively and professionally.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- is able to retrieve evidence-based knowledge from a number of national and international sources of information, critically evaluate the studies and synthesise the collected data
- shows a profound command of the subject
- is able to evaluate current practices critically and is able to create new evidence-based practices
- participates in the course actively and professionally.

Further information

If the student does not attend the intensive course, the grade will be reduced by one number.