Collaboration in Developing Expertise and Professional SkillsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes:
The students can act as a member of a multidisciplinary work community and in multiprofessional and multidisciplinary cooperation networks in the field of social services and health care. The students master the methods of teamwork. The students value and are able to take into account the importance of other people's competence in cooperation. The students establish confidential cooperative relationships and share their expertise across professional and administrative boundaries. The students are able to self-manage the changes of work life and can work independently in expert tasks. The students work in a goal-oriented manner in various networks. The students know the limits of their expertise and act in accordance with the legislation governing client work and the principles of professional ethics. The students use the best available information as a basis in their decision-making process and implement the evidence-based knowledge to practical work. The students communicate professionally about occupational therapy in different communication channels.

Content

Contents:
- Multiprofessional and multidisciplinary cooperation networks
- Working in groups and co-operation in work life
- Teamwork methods
- Working life skills
- Sharing expertise
- Self-management
- Evidence-based practice
- Professional communication

Qualifications

Prerequisites:
Before attending the course, the students must have completed minimum of 85 ECTS.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students
- search for information from different sources and evaluate their reliability in an appropriate way,
- combine information from different sources into appropriate units as well as
- utilize and apply the knowledge base of the field.
- apply their competence in the professional situations,
- act in a client-oriented way,
- demonstrate the ability to solve professional tasks and problems as well as
- can justify their own points of view and their own action in a professional manner.
- function according to the ethical principles of the professional field and can justify their actions,
- act professionally in a work community and share their competence,
- act in a responsible and goal-oriented way and take security aspects into account as well as
- develop themselves as professionals.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students
- apply professional concepts and knowledge base in a fluent and versatile manner,
- combine new learning contents as parts of wider phenomena in the field,
- evaluate the choses sources and their usability as well as
- justify their choice on the basis of the prior knowledge.
- apply their expertise in professional situations in a responsible and independent manner
- act professionally in client processes,
- solve versatile professional tasks and problems as well as
- justify the expressed points of view, evaluate their actions and their consequences in a professional way.
- function according to the ethical principles of the professional field and can critically evaluate their actions
- can organize the activities of versatile groups and share their competence
- act in a responsible and goal- oriented way and take security aspects into account in all their actions
- develop themselves as professionals and recognize the development needs of the work community.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students
- apply professional terms and knowledge base in a professional and versatile manner,
- combine new learning contents as parts of wider phenomena in the field and create new perspectives as well as
- critically evaluate the sources of their choice and their usability.
- apply and communicate their expertise in multiprofessional situations in a holistic and responsible manner
- can make independent decisions and function professionally in the client processes,
- solve versatile professional tasks insightfully and creatively,
- justify their expressed points of view, evaluate their actions and their consequences in a professional way as well as
- act and make choices on the basis of previously acquired information
- act in accordance with the ethical principles of the professional field and can apply them in various situations
- can organize and develop the activities of varied groups and share their competence,
- act in a responsible and goal-oriented way and take the security aspects into account in all their actions as well as
- develop the work community and themselves as professionals

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students
- search for information from different sources and evaluate their reliability in an appropriate way,
- combine information from different sources into appropriate units as well as
- utilize and apply the knowledge base of the field.
- apply their competence in the professional situations,
- act in a client-oriented way,
- demonstrate the ability to solve professional tasks and problems as well as
- can justify their own points of view and their own action in a professional manner.
- function according to the ethical principles of the professional field and can justify their actions,
- act professionally in a work community and share their competence,
- act in a responsible and goal-oriented way and take security aspects into account as well as
- develop themselves as professionals.