Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows how to plan and implement one's own personal study plan
- is able to constantly renew own skills and to learn new things
- can recognise the level of one’s own professional competence
- understands the importance of critical thinking in the development of professional expertise and in nursing
- is able to write the text according to the guidelines of TUAS's written communication
- knows the main tasks and responsibilities of the social and health professions the principles of regulatory oversight
- knows the library services, is able to locate materials needed for their studies and search for information

Content (course unit)

- written communication
- development of expertise
- key legislation and professional practice

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass
The student
- is able to make a structurally intact, illustrative, case style and understandable problem-based text, in which the argumentation is convincing and diverse
- participates in the discussion of personal curriculum
- participates in the tutorial lessons and actively plans her/his own studies
- is familiar with the operational practices of the central professions in social and health care and the principles of their regulatory oversight.

Fail
The student
- is not able to write the text according to the guidelines of TUAS's written communication
- does not plan and implement his/her own personal study plan and does not study actively
- is not familiar with the essential tasks and responsibilities of the social and health care professions
- does not know the legislation regulating the social and health care professions.
- is not familiar with the supervision by authorities in the social and health professions.

Exam schedules

Essay according to TUNI guidelines. Essay will be done as CBCL group work in Holistic Health Promotion

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation. Writing approved essay according to TUNI guidelines by the due date. Participating in info sessions and study plan discussion with tutor teacher.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Teaching and learning methods include:

Orientation to studies
Tutor teacher meetings
Tutor student meetings
Individual and group study plan discussions
Workshops or seminars
Lectures, group and team work, individual tasks
Flipped learning, searching information from databases, writing an essay according to TUNI/TAMK guidelines
Other

Learning materials

Teaching and learning materials include:

Nursing Degreecurriculum
Competence areas of general nurse
Other materials appointed by teachers
Materials retrieved from information search
ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses 2012
Finnish Nurses Association: Nurses' Collegiality Guidelines 2014
Finnish Nurses Association: Ethical Guidelines
NMC's Guidance on Using Social Media Responsibly
The National Advisory Board on Social Welfare and Health Care Ethics ETENE's " Ethical Grounds for Social and Health Care Field"
Regional State Administrative Agencies http://www.avi.fi/en/web/avi-en/
National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health https://www.valvira.fi/en/web/en/front-page
Act on status and rights of patients 785/1992 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1992/19920785
Act on health care professionals 559/1994 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1994/19940559
Act on health care 2010/1326 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2010/20101326?search%5Btype%5D=pika&search%5Bpika%5D=terveydenhuoltolaki
Other material provided by teachers

Student workload

Students are expected to attend all info and orientation sessions and make individual study plan.

2 credits = 2 x 27 h = 54 hrs of student's work. This includes independent work and mandatory classes for written communication, Key legislation and professional practice and Information search.

Contact sessions:
Individual study plan discussion 1h
Legislation and code of conduct 6 hrs of contact lessons
Written communication 2 hrs
Information search 2 hrs

Students are expected to participate actively, complete tasks by due dates, and to participate in information sessions and study plan discussion with tutor teacher.

Content scheduling

Course implementation parts:

Key legislation and professional practice 1 credit
Written communication 1 credit
Information search 0 credit
Study plan discussion 0 credit

Completion alternatives

None