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Advanced Person-Centered Care Process in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care II (5 cr)

Code: 7L00EL02-3001

General information


Enrolment period
02.07.2020 - 06.09.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2020 - 07.12.2020
Implementation has ended.
Credits
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Emergency Care, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Expertise and Development
Teachers
Hoitotyö Luennoitsija sh
Nina Kilkku
Pia Keiski
Person in charge
Nina Kilkku
Course
7L00EL02

Objectives (course unit)

The Student
- is able to master widely different evidence-based interventions in mental health and substance abuse care;
- is able to critically assess, develop and conduct need-adapted interventions with clients and their significant others;
- is able to work independently in demanding therapeutic relationships and is able to develop them with multidisciplinary knowledge;
- is able to critically assess and develop patient and family education as well as care coordination practices in mental health and substance abuse care;
- is able to assess the need for psychotherapy together with clients and their significant others and knows different psychotherapeutic approaches, the referral processes and ways of conducting psychotherapy;
- is able to develop and conduct person-centered assessment of care and documentation practices with other professionals, clients and their significant others using evidence-based knowledge.

Content (course unit)

- evidence-based interventions in mental health and substance abuse care, critical assessment and development of these from the person-centered and need-adapted viewpoints
- conducting and developing independent therapeutic work
- developing patient and family education as well as the care coordination practices
- assessment process for psychotherapy, referral practices, psychotherapeutic approaches and different ways to conduct psychotherapy
- person-centered, multidisciplinary assessment of care and documentation development based on the evidence-based knowledge

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

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) (course unit)

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) (course unit)

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.

Assessment scale

0-5

Further information

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

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