Specialized Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care (5 cr)

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

Santos, JC. & Cutcliffe, JR. (2018) European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century. A Person-Centered Evidence-Based Approach. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. Kirjan luvut 9,12,14-15, 22,34

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

Tölli S, Kontio R, Partanen P, Häggman-Laitila, A. (2021) Conceptual framework for a comprehensive competence in managing challenging behaviour: The views of trained instructors. Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2021;00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/ jpm.12722

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Further information

Opintojakson toteutuksesta vastaa Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu.
Opintojaksolle voivat osallistua Tampereen, Jyväskylän, Turun, Oulun ja Satakunnan ylemmän ammattikorkeakoulun mielenterveys- ja päihdetyön opiskelijat näiden ammattikorkeakoulujen keskinäisen sopimuksen mukaisesti. Opintojakso kuuluu TAMKissa kliinisen asiantuntijan/ mielenterveys- ja päihdetyön opintojen tutkinto-opiskelijoiden sekä näiden opintojen polkuopiskelijoiden opetussuunnitelmaan. Opintojakso ei ole avoinna muiden koulutusohjelmien opiskelijoille eikä avoimen ylemmän amkin opiskelijoille (pois lukien edellä mainitut polkuopiskelijat).