Assistive Devices for Mobility 3 - Functional SittingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Deepening your clinical expertise and personalising your approach to the client
Students will be able to meet the client in a professional manner and use their clinical skills in the client encounter. They understand the importance of good and functional sitting and are able to assess and support the client's sitting ergonomics. The student will also be able to analyse the factors contributing to the development of pressure ulcers and select appropriate means for their prevention and treatment.

Digital tools and goal-oriented documentation
The student will be able to use digital tools in client work, integrating the information they provide into a comprehensive assessment and decision-making process. They will master goal-oriented documentation and reporting, thus supporting systematic and effective client work.

Content

- Meeting clients and deepening clinical knowledge
- Basics of good and functional sitting
- Pressure sores and how to deal with them
- Digital measuring devices
- Documentation and goal-oriented reporting

The course introduces the principles of sustainability in material selection, recyclability, longevity, ethical production, innovation and technology utilisation, while promoting social responsibility in healthcare.

Qualifications

Basis of Assistive Devices for Mobility must be complied.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student uses professional knowledge base consistently
- Student searches for knowledge and justifies the use of sources
- Student justifies actions by means of evidence-based knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills to different situations
- Student can act in a client-oriented way
- Student solves professional tasks and problems

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student ensures safety and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- Student acts as an expert in multidisciplinary groups with people with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, good (3)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student applies professional concepts and knowledge fluently and diversely
- Student evaluates and uses evidence-based knowledge critically

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills with a sense of
anticipation and is capable of independent decision-making in different situations
- Student acts responsibly and in a client-oriented way
- Student applies alternative solutions to professional decision-making

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student evaluates professional activities and safety according to the ethical principles of the field
- Student acts as an expert of the field in multidisciplinary groups and projects in cooperation with people
with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops work community and oneself

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student shows great proficiency in professional knowledge base and applies it as a dedicated professional
- Student searches for international, evidencebased knowledge independently and uses and evaluates it critically

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills with a sense of
anticipation and is capable of independent decision-making in different situations and operating environments
- Student assumes responsibility for the client/patient’s overall care and service process within health care
- Student creates innovative and alternative solutions for professional decision-making

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student develops professional activities and safety according to the ethical principles of the field
- Student develops professional activities as an expert in multidisciplinary groups and projects in cooperation
with people with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student has a goal-oriented approach to work and aims to develop oneself and the workplace

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

PASS: Same as satisfactory (see above)

Fail

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student does not appreciate professional knowledge base adequately
- Studentdoes not use professional knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student does not apply professional skills sufficiently
- Student does not use client-oriented approach

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student does not adequately consider safety and ethical principles of the field
- Student is not able to participate in group or development work

Further information

Evaluation: Intermediate level, expert