Practical Training: Preventive and Empowering Work with Elderly People (6 cr)
Code: GERAEV510-3007
General information
Enrollment
22.04.2024 - 04.09.2024
Timing
09.09.2024 - 05.12.2024
Credits
6 op
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology
Teachers
- Anna-Kaarina Koivula
- Tua Niemelä
Student groups
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MGERO22
Objective
Upon completion of the course, students know how to identify needs of aged people that can be met by the tools of preventive and empowering gerontological work. Students know how to select and apply various methods and forms of support and recognise what challenges their use may involve. Students analyse their professional development.
Content
Practical training in a setting which allows familiarization with preventive, psychosocial, sociocultural or other resource-oriented or empowering practices. Students' approach to methods depends on the possibilities offered by the placement.
Teaching methods
Orientation and practice tasks in Moodle, seminar presentations and practice. The training can be carried out in different ways.
Student workload
The student's working time is 6 credits x 27 hours, a total of 162 hours.
Practice for 4 weeks or as planned in advance and agreed with the teacher.
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
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Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Pass:
Students extensively identify needs for preventive and empowering gerontological work. They are able to plan and compare services and forms of support and use them in practical client situations. Students analyse their professional development realistically.
Fail: Students are able to identify and name various services and forms of support, but their planning and practical application is lacking. They do not know how to analyse their professional development adequately.
Qualifications
Preventive and empowering methods