Professional Competence in Elderly Care (2cr)

Objective

Students learn to analyse current and future challenges in elderly care and in their profession as Bachelors of Socia Services. They analyse their competence acquired during the studies, their professional growth and development challenges.

Content

- the expertise and competence requirements of Bachelors of Social Services
- reflection on current and future challenges in elderly care
- analysis of the student's own competence compared to the competence requirements

Qualifications

Basic and professional studies

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

pass/fail. Fail: The student does not reach the learning outcomes.

Materials

- Jouppila-Kupiainen, Kammonen, Kirvesniemi, Kuru, Mikkonen, Piirainen, Rautasalo,
Reunanen&Utriainen (toim.) 2012. Ammatti-ihmiset vanhusten asialla. Gerontologinen erityisosaaja kehittäjänä. Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu. http://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/85972/URNISBN9789515884732.pdf?sequence=1
- Articles from the journals Gerontologia, Janus or Premissi

Teaching methods

instruction, independent analysis of the profession and competence, seminar