Työikäisen ja yhteisön terveydenhoitajatyö (5 cr)
Code: SX00BP01-3014
General information
Enrollment
03.05.2021 - 16.05.2021
Timing
16.08.2021 - 01.10.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Terveys
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 80
Degree programmes
- Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma
Teachers
- Henna Hertell
- Sanna Garam
- Jukka Oksanen
- Luennoitsija Terveysala
- Helena Vidgren
Teacher in charge
Helena Vidgren
Groups
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SXQ21K2Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma, monimuoto, 90 op
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SXQ18K1Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma
Objective
Students
- are familiar with the main processes of occupational health care and can implement them to meet the needs of changing working life
- can apply regulations on occupational health care and strategic programmes
- follow the practices of good occupational health care and ethical guidelines
- can evaluate resources related to work, working conditions, employees and unfavourable, burdening factors as well as make suggestions on improving or removing the harmful factors and developing work
- can carry out health examinations and tests on exposure to external agents and work ability
- can implement nursing in occupational health care
- are familiar with the central work-related illnesses and occupational diseases and can evaluate their significance to employee’s health, work ability and functional capacity
- are able to utilize multiprofessionalism and multiple expertise in work groups and networks in occupational health cooperation
- can justify their actions based on evidence and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational health care in cooperation with other professionals and experts.
Content
Service system and main processes of occupational health care
Legislation on occupational health care, strategies and compensation practices
Ethical principles on good occupational health care practices and occupational health care
Evaluation of health-related circumstances in the workplace, factors affecting occupational health care, factors maintaining welfare in work environments and communities, unfavourable exposure to external agents, risk factors/dangerous situations
Health promotion of work environment and work community, follow-up and evaluation of welfare at work in collaboration with other actors, workplace surveys, risk evaluation, action plan in occupational health care
Health examinations of employees in different phases of their career
Young employees, unemployed, partially disabled employees
Central work-related illnesses and occupational diseases
Early intervention on work ability; functional models of early intervention; work ability negotiations, rehabilitation paths
Providing information, consultation and training
Occupational health care with focus on non-institutional health care
Work psychology
Medical studies: occupational medicine/ occupational diseases
Location and time
Orientation lesson (Attendance requirement)
Study moduls includes:
Occupational medicine 6h, Occupational Psyhology 4h, Occupational Ergonomics 4h (Attendance requirement); Learning Journal
Materials
Uitti (toim.) 2014. Hyvä työterveyshuoltokäytäntö. Työterveyslaitos.
Martimo, Antti-Poika, Uitti 2011. Työstä terveyttä. (Duodecim; verkkokirja)
Terveystarkastukset työterveyshuollossa 2011. Työterveyslaitos. (Duodecim; verkkokirja)
Leino, Laaksonen, Österbacka 2015. Työterveyshuollon laatuavain. (Duodecim; verkkokirja)
Occupational Medicine:
Oksa Panu, Palo Lea, Saalo Anja, Jolanki Riitta, Mäkinen Ilpo, Virtanen Simo. 2014. Ammattitaudit ja ammattitautiepäilyt 2012. Työterveyslaitos
Uitti Jukka, Taskinen Helena (toim.). 2012. Työperäiset sairaudet. Työterveyslaitos
Muu tunneilla käsiteltävä/esille tuleva materiaali
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Assignments
Moodle-work
Contact teaching
Employer connections
N/A
Exam schedules
Elective Groupexam/ Individual exam
1. Re-exam Individual exam
2. Re-exam Individual exam
Re-exam is individual.
International connections
N/A
Completion alternatives
N/A
Student workload
5cr = 135h students work
Occupational Health Care 4 cr 108h:
Interactive lecturers 32h
Learning assignments 30h
Exam 4h
Guided assignments 38h
Content scheduling
- are familiar with the main processes of occupational health care and can implement them to meet the needs of changing working life
- can apply regulations on occupational health care and strategic programmes
- the practices of good occupational health care and ethical guidelines
- resources related to work, working conditions, employees and unfavourable, burdening factors as well as make suggestions on improving or removing the harmful factors and developing work
- implementation nursing in occupational health care
- the central work-related illnesses and occupational diseases and can evaluate their significance to employee’s health, work ability and functional capacity
- multiprofessionalism and multiple expertise in work groups and networks in occupational health cooperation
- actions based on evidence and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational health care in cooperation with other professionals and experts.
Further information
Orientation: attendance compulsory.
Occupational medicine incl.: Occupational Medicine 6h, Occupational Psyhology 4h, Occupational Ergonomics 4h (Attendance requirement); Learning Journal
Theoretical studies must be performed before occupational practice
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Evaluating competences
evaluation criteria competent/intermediate level and expert are used.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Student
- can search for professional knowledge regarding a single issue
- is familiar with the professional knowledge base of the field
- distinguishes informal information from research knowledge
- can act in individual professional situations according to instruction
- aims to act in a client-oriented way
- proves to have adequate skills to act in professional situations
- is familiar with the ethical principles of the field
- can work as a member of a work group
- is able to evaluate personal strengths and development needs.
Assessment methods and criteria
2 x pre-task
1 x Learning assignment
1 x learning diary
1 x Group Exam 100%