Academic year 2020 - 2021

• Asiantuntijuuden kehittyminen työtä opinnollistamalla (not translated) BZ00CK05-3001 01.08.2020-06.06.2021  5 credits  (PHERKO20) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  Learning goals:
  The student
  - deepens his/her competence and expertise of palliative care through studification (studying by working)
  - produces and presents an evidence-based professional presentation at the regional palliative care symposium about a chosen subject related to areas of competence and expertise

  Course contents

  The student:
  Arranges studification with the work organization and the teacher in charge of the course at the organization in question.
  - Prepares a studification plan, that is accepted by the student, the work place and the academic representatives.
  - Implements the studification plan and documents the development of his/her competence and expertise by describing practical aspect of work and justifying the decisions taken using evidence-based knowledge related to the subject. In addition, the student assesses the development of self-regulation skills through reflective self-evaluation.
  - Prepares an evidence-based presentation.

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  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  01.08.2020 - 06.06.2021

  • 5 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO20

  Teacher(s)

  Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Evaluation scale

  1-5

• Psychosocial support, interaction and teamwork BZ00CJ83-3001 31.08.2020-06.06.2021  9 credits  (PHERKO20) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  The student
  - applies evidence-based professional knowledge when planning, implementing and assessing psycho-social and existential support for a patient in palliative care and his/her family in a multi-professional team
  - assesses and develops his/her own expertise when working in a multi-professional team and network
  - interprets the patient's communication needs and changes, as well as plans ways to communicate, considering the patient's linguistic and cultural background
  - has proficient communication skills when meeting patients and their close ones in palliative care and terminal care
  - assesses and develops his/ her own emotional and self-reflection skills

  Course contents

  Contents:
  - Psycho-social needs and psycho-social support methods (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, sexual)
  - Social benefits
  - Implementation and access to existential and spiritual support
  - Grief as a concept and phenomenon; grieving and crisis work for various age-groups
  - Keeping up hope, empowerment
  - Encountering people of different ages and with different cultural backgrounds
  - Interaction when meeting a patient in palliative and terminal care and his/ her close ones
  - Talking about difficult issues
  - Participating in patient care conference as a member of a multi-professional team
  - Broaching a delicate topic
  - Active listening
  - Helpful interaction
  - A motivating discussion
  - Alternative communication methods and speech supportive methods
  - Usage of interpreter services
  - Multi-professionalism
  - Consulting competence
  - Awareness skills and self-knowledge
  - Coping at work, career counseling, compassion exhaustion

  Assessment criteria

  Satisfactory

  .

  Good

  .

  Excellent

  .

  Further information

  Implementation:
  - contact teaching, online learning
  - learning diary, multi-professional seminar
  - drama teaching or simulations
  - career counseling

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  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  31.08.2020 - 06.06.2021

  Enrollment date

  01.08.2020 - 21.09.2020

  • 9 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO20

  Teacher(s)

  Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Evaluation scale

  1-5

Academic year 2021 - 2022

• Client-Oriented Process in Palliative Care BZ00CU12-3001 30.08.2021-05.06.2022  6 credits  (PHERKO21) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  The student can:
  - use main concepts of palliative care logically, and understand ethical and legislative premises and their significance in patient care
  - work as a member of a multi-professional group in palliative care operational environment and service chain, and develop their activity as a palliative care specialist in the region
  - describe the care outlines and the significance of end-of-life nursing plan, and guide the patient and his/her relatives accordingly
  - implement patient- and family-oriented case management
  - analyze expertise of palliative care and evaluate his/her own competence and competence development needs

  Prerequisites and co-requisites

  In case the student has previously acquired elsewhere competencies required in this specialization education, he/ she can demonstrate prior competencies and concentrate then his/her learning on areas of expertise where he/she does not have yet enough competence.
  Prior competencies are individually assessed and recognized according to the University of Applied Sciences Degree Regulations, and in accordance with the learning goals mentioned in the specialization education.
  Regulations regarding Recognition of Prior Competencies (RC) have been agreed on in a national network and each University of Applied Sciences has the autonomy to deal with RC-applications according to the Degree Programme concerned.

  Course contents

  Concepts and expertise in palliative care
  Recommendations and legislation in palliative care
  Ethical premises in palliative care, the concept of euthanasia
  The service system and operational environment in palliative care
  Provision of palliative care regionally, nationally and globally
  Case management for the patient and his/her close ones
  Patient- and family-oriented counseling processes and their development
  Palliative care expertise in outlining care, anticipatory nursing plans and consideration of patient's living will

  Assessment criteria

  Satisfactory

  .

  Good

  .

  Excellent

  .

  Further information

  Contact teaching, online learning
  *Preliminary assignment prior to contact lessons

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  Mode of delivery

  50% Face-to-face, 50% Distance learning

  Recommended or required reading

  Saarto Tiina, Hänninen Juha, Antikainen Riitta, Vainio Anneli ja Aaltonen Mari (toim.)
  Palliatiivinen hoito, 2015 Duodecim oppikirjat, Saatavilla Terveysportissa e-kirjana.
  
  Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito- käypähoitosuositus
  http://www.kaypahoito.fi/web/kh/suositukset/suositus?id=hoi50063
  
  Moodle- verkkoympäristössä ilmoitettu materiaali. (not translated)

  Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  Monimuoto-opiskelua; luennot, keskustelut ja vertaisryhmätyöskentely, itsenäinen opiskelu, tehtävät ja verkko-opiskelu. (not translated)

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  30.08.2021 - 05.06.2022

  • 6 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO21

  Teacher(s)

  Hilkka Latva-Somppi, Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen, Silja Saarikoski

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Virtual proportion

  3 credits

  Evaluation scale

  Passed/failed

  Students use of time and load

  6 op = 162 h (not translated)

• Development of Expertise BZ00CU11-3001 30.08.2021-05.06.2022  5 credits  (PHERKO21) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  .

  Course contents

  .

  Assessment criteria

  Satisfactory

  .

  Good

  .

  Excellent

  .

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  Mode of delivery

  60% Face-to-face, 40% Distance learning

  Recommended or required reading

  Saarto Tiina, Hänninen Juha, Antikainen Riitta, Vainio Anneli ja Aaltonen Mari (toim.)
  Palliatiivinen hoito, 2015 Duodecim oppikirjat, Saatavilla Terveysportissa e-kirjana.
  
  Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito- käypähoitosuositus
  http://www.kaypahoito.fi/web/kh/suositukset/suositus?id=hoi50063
  
  Moodle- verkkoympäristössä ilmoitettu materiaali. (not translated)

  Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  Luennot, tiedonhaku, tehtävä, seminaari, loppukoe ja verkko-opiskelu itsenäisesti (not translated)

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  30.08.2021 - 05.06.2022

  • 5 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO21

  Teacher(s)

  Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Virtual proportion

  2 credits

  Evaluation scale

  Passed/failed

  Students use of time and load

  5 op = 135h (not translated)

• Psychosocial Support, Interaction and Teamwork BZ00CU14-3001 30.08.2021-05.06.2022  9 credits  (PHERKO21) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  The student
  - applies evidence-based professional knowledge when planning, implementing and assessing psycho-social and existential support for a patient in palliative care and his/her family in a multi-professional team
  - assesses and develops his/her own expertise when working in a multi-professional team and network
  - interprets the patient's communication needs and changes, as well as plans ways to communicate, considering the patient's linguistic and cultural background
  - has proficient communication skills when meeting patients and their close ones in palliative care and terminal care
  - assesses and develops his/ her own emotional and self-reflection skills

  Course contents

  Contents:
  - Psycho-social needs and psycho-social support methods (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, sexual)
  - Social benefits
  - Implementation and access to existential and spiritual support
  - Grief as a concept and phenomenon; grieving and crisis work for various age-groups
  - Keeping up hope, empowerment
  - Encountering people of different ages and with different cultural backgrounds
  - Interaction when meeting a patient in palliative and terminal care and his/ her close ones
  - Talking about difficult issues
  - Participating in patient care conference as a member of a multi-professional team
  - Broaching a delicate topic
  - Active listening
  - Helpful interaction
  - A motivating discussion
  - Alternative communication methods and speech supportive methods
  - Usage of interpreter services
  - Multi-professionalism
  - Consulting competence
  - Awareness skills and self-knowledge
  - Coping at work, career counseling, compassion exhaustion

  Assessment criteria

  Satisfactory

  .

  Good

  .

  Excellent

  .

  Further information

  Implementation:
  - contact teaching, online learning
  - learning diary, multi-professional seminar
  - drama teaching or simulations
  - career counseling

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  Mode of delivery

  56% Face-to-face, 44% Distance learning

  Recommended or required reading

  Saarto Tiina, Hänninen Juha, Antikainen Riitta, Vainio Anneli ja Aaltonen Mari (toim.)
  Palliatiivinen hoito, 2015 Duodecim oppikirjat, Saatavilla Terveysportissa e-kirjana.
  
  Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito- käypähoitosuositus
  http://www.kaypahoito.fi/web/kh/suositukset/suositus?id=hoi50063
  
  Moodle- verkkoympäristössä ilmoitettu materiaali. (not translated)

  Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  Monimuoto-opiskelua; luennot, keskustelut ja vertaisryhmätyöskentely, simulaatiot/taitopajat, seminaarit, itsenäinen opiskelu, tehtävät ja verkko-opiskelu. (not translated)

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  30.08.2021 - 05.06.2022

  • 9 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO21

  Teacher(s)

  Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Virtual proportion

  4 credits

  Evaluation scale

  Passed/failed

  Students use of time and load

  9 op = 243h (not translated)

• Symptom Mangement and Terminal Care BZ00CU13-3001 30.08.2021-05.06.2022  10 credits  (PHERKO21) +-
  Learning outcomes of the course

  The student
  - operates as an expert of his/ her own field in a multi-professional team according to a proactive care plan
  - plans, implements and assesses comprehensive patient-oriented symptom management in palliative care and terminal care based on evidence
  - adapts evidence-based knowledge on distinctive features of various illness groups as part of qualitative symptom management
  - widely adapts methods of symptom management, taking into consideration the patient's life expectancy, and assesses their efficiency
  - adapts his/ her competence in the processes of patient terminal care taking into consideration the patient's significant others

  Prerequisites and co-requisites

  In case the student has previously acquired elsewhere competencies required in this specialization education, he/ she can demonstrate prior competencies and concentrate then his/her learning on areas of expertise where he/she does not have yet enough competence.
  Prior competencies are individually assessed and recognized according to the University of Applied Sciences Degree Regulations, and in accordance with the learning goals mentioned in the specialization education.
  Regulations regarding Recognition of Prior Competencies (RC) have been agreed on in a national network and each University of Applied Sciences has the autonomy to deal with RC-applications according to the Degree Programme in question.

  Course contents

  Contents:
  - Multi-professional co-operation in symptom management
  - Preemptive symptom management treatment plan
  - Comprehensive symptom management:
  assessment of symptoms and various symptom assessment tools
  symptom management counseling
  pain
  breathing difficulties
  symptoms of gastrointestinal tract
  mouth symptoms
  neurological symptoms
  psychological symptoms
  dermatological symptoms
  general symptoms
  - Total pain, overall suffering
  - Palliative sedation
  - Emergency situations
  - Special features of cancer-, heart-, respiratory, neurological and memory illness symptom management as well as special group's symptom management
  - The process of dying and after death care

  Assessment criteria

  Satisfactory

  .

  Good

  .

  Excellent

  .

  Further information

  Implementation:
  Contact teaching, online learning
  - Knowledge tests
  - Expert lectures and preliminary assignments
  - Functional training

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  Mode of delivery

  50% Face-to-face, 50% Distance learning

  Recommended or required reading

  Saarto Tiina, Hänninen Juha, Antikainen Riitta, Vainio Anneli ja Aaltonen Mari (toim.)
  Palliatiivinen hoito, 2015 Duodecim oppikirjat, Saatavilla Terveysportissa e-kirjana.
  
  Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito- käypähoitosuositus
  http://www.kaypahoito.fi/web/kh/suositukset/suositus?id=hoi50063
  
  Moodle- verkkoympäristössä ilmoitettu materiaali. (not translated)

  Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  Monimuoto-opiskelua; luennot, keskustelut ja vertaisryhmätyöskentely, taitopajat, seminaarit, itsenäinen opiskelu, tehtävät ja verkko-opiskelu. (not translated)

  Language of instruction

  Tuition in Finnish

  Timing

  30.08.2021 - 05.06.2022

  • 10 credits

  Group(s)

  • PHERKO21

  Teacher(s)

  Katri Hemminki, Niina Keskinen

  Unit, in charge

  Seinäjoki UAS School of Health Care and Social Work

  Programme(s)

  Expert in Palliative Care - Professional Specialization Program

  Virtual proportion

  5 credits

  Evaluation scale

  Passed/failed

  Students use of time and load

  10 op = 270h (not translated)