Stay Well - Social Wellbeing and Mental Health (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student - becomes aware of the impact of the family background on well-being and mental health - understands the impact of social relationships and the acceptance of difference on well-being - is able to identify possibilities to promote participation and equality from the perspective of their professional field - understands the principles of emotional skills - knows how to maintain practices supporting and promoting mental well-being - understands the process of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation and is able to identify ways to protect themselves from them - is able to identify traumatic crisis situations, individual reactions to them and protective factors against crisis - is aware of the service system related to mental health and well-being in the Finnish social and healthcare system

Content (course unit)

The impact of family, community and society on mental and social wellbeing Socialisation, social capital and participation Promoting equality and acceptance of diversity Protective social networks Personal strengths and psychological resiliences Emotional skills Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation Protection against compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation Crisis recognition and management skills Promoting social wel-being and mental health in the social and health care system

Assessment methods and criteria

Learning tasks in Moodle Learning diary

Assessment scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Teaching methods

Independent online study in Moodle: Activating lectures Learning tasks Learning journal

Learning materials

The learning material is in the Moodle

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hours of student work

Content scheduling

- The course consists of five sub-areas, which the student completes over the course of eight weeks. - Student need to return learning assignments before the returning day during course period. - Finally, the student prepares a learning diary, which is returned at the end of the study period.

Further information

In Metropolia, feedback is automatically collected from each course implementation in the form of common final feedback questions. On the front page of the student's desktop, there is a Course feedback section with more information on the topic: https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/group/pakki/opiskelija-opas/palaute The use of artificial intelligence in teaching and learning activities and in the thesis at Metropolia: https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/delegate/desktop_web_content_attachment/attachment/9923680