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Professional Competence in Elderly Care (2 cr)

Code: GERPOS400-3006

General information


Enrollment

14.11.2022 - 15.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.05.2023

Credits

2 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology

Teachers

  • Maria Valli

Student groups

  • MGERO20

Objective

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

Content

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

Materials

Material chosen by the student to describe their professional growth.

Teaching methods

Lectures, joint discussions and group work, presentation of one's own professional growth through various means in a seminar

Student workload

54 h

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass:
Students are able to analyze current and future challenges in elderly care and in their profession as Bachelors of Social Services and Health Care. They can analyze their competences acquired during the studies, their professional growth and development challenges.

Fail:
Students are not able to analyze the challenges of elderly care or their professional competences.

Assessment methods and criteria

Presentation of your own professional growth portfolio in a joint seminar.

Qualifications

Basic and professional studies