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Specialized Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care (5 cr)

Code: 7L00EL04-3002

General information


Enrolment period
02.07.2021 - 31.07.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2021 - 15.11.2021
Implementation has ended.
Credits
5 cr
Virtual portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Online learning
Unit
MD in Clinical Expertise and Development
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Expertise and Development
Teachers
Nina Kilkku
Person in charge
Nina Kilkku
Course
7L00EL04

Objectives (course unit)

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 (course unit)

- 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) (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

Learning materials

Ahonen P. (2012) Kliininen asiantuntija. Uutta osaamista ylemmästä ammattikorkeakoulu tutkinnosta. Raportteja 130 Turun Ammattikorkeakoulu. Tampereen yliopistopaino 2012 http://julkaisut.turkuamk.fi/isbn9789522162588.pdf

Bovero M, Giacomo C, Ansari M, Roulin MJ (2018). Role of advanced nurse practitioners in the care pathway for children diagnosed with leukemia. European Journal of Oncological Nursing. Oct; 36:68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2018.08.002. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

ETENE (2001) Valtakunnallinen terveydenhuollon eettinen neuvottelukunta 2001. Terveydenhuollon yhteinen arvopohja, yhteiset tavoitteet ja periaatteet. ETENE-julkaisuja 1. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö.

Hautamäki L. (2016) Movements of Moods: Interplay between Science, Clinical Practice and Patient in Psychiatry. Sosiologia. Väitöskirja. Helsingin yliopisto

Laki potilaan asemasta ja oikeuksista (785/ 1992)

Mielenterveyslaki (1990/1116)

Further information

Opintojakson toteutuksesta vastaa Turun ammattikorkeakoulu. Opintojakson tehtävä ja muu opintojaksoon liittyvät tiedot löytyvät DigiCampukselta.

Opintojaksolle voivat osallistua Tampereen, Jyväskylän, Turun ja Satakunnan yamk/mielenterveys- ja päihdetyön opiskelijat näiden ammattikorkeakoulujen keskinäisen sopimuksen mukaisesti. Opintojakso ei ole avoinna muille opiskelijoille.

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