Orientation to the Profession (2 cr)

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.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Orientation to studies
Tutor teacher meetings
Tutor student meetings
Individual and group study plan discussions
Theory lessons
Workshops
Seminars

Learning materials

Curriculum of Nursing Degree
Competence areas of general nurse
Ethical guidelines of a Nurse
Collegial guidelines of a Nurse

Laws:
Health care act 2010/1326
Law regarding health care professionals 559/1994
Law regarding patients rights 785/1992
Valvira https://www.valvira.fi/

Student workload

2 credits = 2 x 27 h = 54 hrs of student's work

Orientation to studies
Tutorteacher lessons
Individual study plan discussion 1h
Laws and act guiding professional activities
Written communication ( lesson and workshops 2 hrs in small groups )
Information search 2 hrs ( Independent and group work)

Content scheduling

Parts:
Professional development, ethics, norms, and laws 1 credit
Written communication 1 credit
Information search ( 2hrs) 0 credit

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

Written communication and information search is integrated into the course Holistic health promotion where one of the assignments is to write an essay

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.