Professional Competence in Elderly Care (2 cr)
Code: GERPOS400-3008
General information
Enrollment
11.11.2024 - 15.01.2025
Timing
06.01.2025 - 16.05.2025
Credits
2 op
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology
Teachers
- Tua Niemelä
Student groups
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MGERO22
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, presentation of one's own professional growth in writing and by various means in the 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 in a joint seminar.
Qualifications
Basic and professional studies