Master's Degree Programme in Advanced Clinical Practice: S1517S6
Code: S1517S6
- Degree title
- Master of Health Care (Nursing)
- Master of Health Care (Biomedical Laboratory Science)
- Master of Health Care (Emergency Care)
- Master of Health Care (Midwifery)
- Master of Health Care (Optometry)
- Master of Health Care (Radiography and Radiotherapy)
- Master of Health Care (Oral Hygiene)
- Master of Health Care (Public Health Nursing)
- Credits
- 90 ects
- Duration
- 2 years (90 ECTS)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2017
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
The general aims of the studies leading to a Master’s Degree are to increase the student's capability of
applying theory into practice and to deepen his/her analytical and project leadership skills, his/her ability to participate in research and development work, and social skills. The purpose of the final project is to develop the ability to apply research knowledge into practice, to utilize the applicable methods in the development of working life, and to acquire skills required in demanding expert positions.
The Master’s Degree improves the student’s ability to develop him/herself in current and future expert and leadership positions and promotes the student’s career development. The graduates are developers and reformers of working life, possessing the needed research and development knowledge.
The studies follow the Learner’s Path model of Metropolia where the focus is on working life orientated learning, project-based learning and development of RDI, internationality, lifelong learning, and the multidisciplinary approach. The students represent working life and they have at least three years of working experience prior to studies. The students utilize their gained experience and working life connections during the studies and establish networks of experts with other students, various professionals within and outside the school, and alumni. During the studies, the students develop their self-assessment and self-management skills as well as international interaction and communication skills. Internationality is achieved through foreign guest lecturers, excursions, student exchange and multidisciplinary international studies. The aim of the Master's Degree Programme is to provide the students with the extensive and profound knowledge of social and health care that is necessary for the development of working life and to equip them with the theoretical knowledge required for demanding expert and management positions or entrepreneurship. The goal of the Programme is to train clinical experts for different social and health care expert positions. The development and management of evidence-based practices are key competence areas of advanced clinical practice. The students are able to enhance and advance their expertise in their own field and reform and develop social and health care processes and nursing through evidence-based methods.
The studies also focus on good communicative and language skills that are necessary in professional life.
The skills and knowledge of students graduated from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences are described according to the NQF, National Qualifications Framework, and the recommendations of the Rectors' Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.
General competences: competence descriptions
Competences of learning
The student is able to:
• evaluate and develop his/her expertise in a versatile and goal-oriented manner;
• acquire, process, produce and critically evaluate information from the perspectives of different fields;
• take responsibility for the goal-oriented learning of the organization.
Ethical competences
The student is able to:
• take responsibility for the organization’s actions and their consequences;
• follow professional ethics as an expert and a developer of professional life;
• allow for the views of both the individual and the organization in his/her decisions;
• promote equality in the organization;
• promote the principles of sustainable development and social responsibility;
• base his/her leadership of socially important operations on ethical values.
Competences of organizational leadership
The student is able to:
• improve operating procedures and work well-being;
• develop multidisciplinary communication and interaction;
• apply information and communications technology (ICT) to his/her work;
• create networks and partnerships;
• lead and reform operations in complex and unexpected situations;
• work in demanding expert and managerial positions or as an entrepreneur.
Innovation competences
The student is able to:
• create new knowledge and reform operating procedures by combining knowledge from different fields;
• lead projects;
• lead research, development and innovation projects and apply research and development methods;
• promote customer-oriented, sustainable and cost-effective practices.
International competences
The student is able to:
• communicate internationally in his/her work and in development projects;
• function in international environments;
• anticipate the effects and opportunities of internationalization in his/her field.
Degree-specific competences
Competence descriptions
Social and health care competences
The student is able to:
• utilize extensive and highly specialized social and health care skills and knowledge;
• apply the concepts and methodology of social and health care to his/her independent reflection and/or development of the professional field;
• function in the diverse and changing environments of social and health care.
Expert and managerial competences
The student is able to:
• follow high ethical standards in expert and managerial work;
• develop evidence-based practices in expert positions;
• work in expert and managerial positons in diverse organizations;
• evaluate the results and success of expert work.
Service competences
The student is able to:
• create desired social and health care services in cooperation with clients and other interest groups;
• apply and combine know-how from different fields in service production;
• lead, develop and evaluate the changing processes and service chains of social and health care and create new, effective services and methods;
• meet the demanding challenges of service business.
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| Code | Name | Credits (ECTS) | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | Autumn 2017 | Spring 2018 | Autumn 2018 | Spring 2019 | 1. / 2017 | 2. / 2017 | 3. / 2018 | 4. / 2018 | 1. / 2018 | 2. / 2018 | 3. / 2019 | 4. / 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1516S6-1011 |
Research, Development and Innovation
(Choose all ) |
40 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO35 | The Fundamentals and Methods of the Research Process | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO36 | Project Management and Developmental Research | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO37 | Master’s Thesis and Maturity Test | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1002 |
Common Core Requirement in Clinical Expertise
(Choose ects: 20) |
20 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO47 | Processes, Quality and Patient Safety in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO49 | Clinical Expertise in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO50 | Evidence-Based Practice in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO51 | Developing Evidence-Based Practices in Client and Patient Centered Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1003 |
Elective Advanced Studies in Clinical Expertise
(Choose ects: 20) |
20 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1005 |
Entrepreneurship in Social and Health Services
(Choose ects: 10) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO43 | Entrepreneurship in Social and Health Services | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CX82 | Business Management | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1000 |
Application of Digitalisation and Technology in Social and Health Care
(Choose ects: 10) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO42 | Digitalisation in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CX88 | Health Technology in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1004 |
Management and Development of Practices in Social and Health Care
(Choose ects: 10) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO48 | Service Development in Social and Health Care | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO52 | Sharing and Developing Expertise in Organisations | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S1516S6-1019 |
Developing Clinical Expertise in Nursing
(Choose ects: 10) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO53 | Identification and Evaluation of Patient Care Needs | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S000CO54 | Evidence-based Examination and Treatment Methods in Nursing | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| S1517S6-1001 |
Elective Studies
(Choose ects: 10) |
10 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 90 | 70 | 30 | 24.2 | 45.8 | 22.5 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.
polytechnics::master level
Ylempään ammattikorkeakoulututkintoon johtaviin opintoihin kuuluu: 1) syventäviä ammattiopintoja; 2) vapaasti valittavia opintoja; sekä 3) opinnäytetyö. (Valtioneuvoston asetus ammattikorkeakouluista 423/2005 4 § Opintojen rakenne)
master level::generic competences (2010)
Rectors' Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (2010): recommendation for generic competences in master level.
Kliininen asiantuntijuus sosiaali- ja terveysalalla: kompetenssit (2016)
| Code | Name | Credits (ECTS) |
|---|---|---|
| S1516S6-1011 |
Research, Development and Innovation
(Choose all ) |
40 |
| S000CO35 | The Fundamentals and Methods of the Research Process | 5 |
| S000CO36 | Project Management and Developmental Research | 5 |
| S000CO37 | Master’s Thesis and Maturity Test | 30 |
| S1517S6-1002 |
Common Core Requirement in Clinical Expertise
(Choose ects: 20 ) |
20 |
| S000CO47 | Processes, Quality and Patient Safety in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S000CO49 | Clinical Expertise in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S000CO50 | Evidence-Based Practice in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S000CO51 | Developing Evidence-Based Practices in Client and Patient Centered Care | 5 |
| S1517S6-1003 |
Elective Advanced Studies in Clinical Expertise
(Choose ects: 20 ) |
20 |
| S1517S6-1005 |
Entrepreneurship in Social and Health Services
(Choose ects: 10 ) |
10 |
| S000CO43 | Entrepreneurship in Social and Health Services | 5 |
| S000CX82 | Business Management | 5 |
| S1517S6-1000 |
Application of Digitalisation and Technology in Social and Health Care
(Choose ects: 10 ) |
10 |
| S000CO42 | Digitalisation in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S000CX88 | Health Technology in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S1517S6-1004 |
Management and Development of Practices in Social and Health Care
(Choose ects: 10 ) |
10 |
| S000CO48 | Service Development in Social and Health Care | 5 |
| S000CO52 | Sharing and Developing Expertise in Organisations | 5 |
| S1516S6-1019 |
Developing Clinical Expertise in Nursing
(Choose ects: 10 ) |
10 |
| S000CO53 | Identification and Evaluation of Patient Care Needs | 5 |
| S000CO54 | Evidence-based Examination and Treatment Methods in Nursing | 5 |
| S1517S6-1001 |
Elective Studies
(Choose ects: 10 ) |
10 |