Study Guide

Objective

The potential of remote counselling services in supporting self-care and rehabilitation of various groups of clients has been growing in recent years. This course helps students examine and reflect on the usefulness and challenges of various remote counselling methods from the perspective of both professionals and clients.
The course aim is to help students deepen their competence in the use and development of remote counselling methods.

Content

• Ethics and data security in remote services
• Remote counselling and remote rehabilitation; examination, observation, counselling and self-care counselling of clients by means of remote technology
• eHealth, mHealth
• Special features in interaction in remote services
* Remote counseling simulation based practices

Teaching methods

Discussions and reflections/theory lessons, simulation based education, virtual education, hybrid education, independent task

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment, level satisfactory (1-2)
Students recognise ethical and data security issues in remote services. Students know how and in what kind of settings clients can be examined, observed and counselled using remote counselling technology. They know the meaning of eHealth and mHealth. Students are able to list special features in interaction in remote services.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Assessment, level good (3-4)
Students reflect on factors affecting ethical and data security issues in remote services. Students can describe and give reasons for how and in what kind of settings clients can be examined, observed and counselled using remote counselling technology. They can explain when eHealth and mHealth can be made use of. Students are able to describe and give examples of special features in interaction in remote services.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment, level excellent (5)
Students take into account and anticipate factors affecting ethical and data security issues when they plan remote services. Students know how to use remote counselling, explain their action and competently recognize the settings in which they can examine, observe and counsel clients using remote counselling technology. They are able to use eHealth and mHealth methods in client counselling. Students are able to anticipate special features in interaction in remote services, and based on this knowledge, know how to plan high quality remote counselling.

Assessment methods and criteria

Independent task, numeric evaluation: 1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student cannot describe remote counseling and it's methods.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students can describe remote counseling as a guidance method and are familiar with remote counseling methods.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students can describe usefulness and challenges of remote counseling as a guidance method and are familiar with remote counseling methods.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students can analyse usefulness and challenges of remote counseling as a guidance method and can apply various remote counseling methods.