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Practical Training in Health Promotion and Project Work (3 cr)

Code: SH00CO22-3005

General information


Enrollment

17.04.2023 - 11.10.2023

Timing

23.10.2023 - 31.07.2024

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing

Teachers

  • Anna Rauha
  • Carita Sandell-Kaukonen

Student groups

  • SH21S

Objective

The student
-understands the principles of health promotion and knows how to act according to the values of health promotion.
-understands the economic perspective of health promotion.
-is able to apply existing knowledge of the population's health challenges at an individual and community level.
-knows how to plan, implement and evaluate individual, group and community-level health promotion methods.
-is able to prevent risk factors, which might impair the health and ability to function of the individual, family or community.
-knows how to ethically use the client's experiential knowledge in the care of health and diseases.
-can describe the strategies of important national and international health and social policy programmes from the perspective of health promotion.
-is able to describe project work in the context of developing nursing practice.
-knows how projects proceed through stages and the student is able to draw up project plans and reports.
-can present a plan and/or a report in a seminar or in a cooperation meeting in a work life setting.

Content

Practical training, including planning, implementation, evaluation and presentation of a health promotion assignment.
This practical training period is undertaken in collaboration with work life or during international exchange programmes or in another way, as agreed with the lecturer. Assignments.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching, independent group work, tasks.

The practical training involves planning, implementing, evaluating and presenting a health promotion task.
The training will be carried out in the context of a work placement or as an international exchange or in other way (to be agreed), where a training as a project is possible.

Student workload

The total workload for a student is 81 hours.

realization.localizedApproveRejectDescription

Approved
Accepted completion of training and assignments

Failed
-The report does not adequately describe the background, purpose and objectives of the placement.
-The report does not seek and make use of theoretical knowledge.
-The student has a low motivation for the placement.
-Lack of responsibility in group work.
-The reflection on self-learning is not described.
-The report does not follow the SeAMK guidelines for written work.
-The student does not master the key concepts and management methods of the project.
-The student is not able to develop a project plan and does not have an understanding of project implementation and management.

Further information

The traineeship takes place in a Living-lab, in a work-life cooperation or in a study exchange, or in any other separately agreed way, where a traineeship as a project is possible. Internship tasks.
If the placement involves the treatment of underage patients, the student must show a criminal record before starting the placement.

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

x

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed
Approved completion of training and assignments

Fail = 0
The student
- inadequately describes the background, purpose and goals of the practical training placement in their report.
- does not seek or utilize theoretical information.
- demonstrates poor motivation towards the practical training.
- does not describe learning experiences.
- does not contribute to group work in a responsible manner.
- does not comply with Seinäjoki UAS Guidelines on written assignments.
- does not master essential concepts or methods of project work.
- is not capable of creating project plans and has no understanding of how projects should be implemented and managed.

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment will be based on:
- Completion of assignments and mastery of the theory and instructions for written work
- Group work skills.

Qualifications

Ethicality in Nursing 2 cr
Introduction to Project Work 3 cr
National and Global Health and Health-Promotion in Nursing 3 cr
Basics of Clinical Nursing and Rehabilitation 6 cr
Supervised Clinical Training in the Basics of Clinical Nursing 7 cr

Further information

This practical training period is undertaken in Living-lab, in collaboration with work life or during international exchange programmes or in another way, as agreed with the lecturer. Assignments.
It is possible that in these clinical training environments may also be under-aged patients. Therefore, the student must show criminal record certificate before starting this training.