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Current issues in mental health management (5 cr)

Code: S000EM70-3001

General information


Enrollment

02.05.2022 - 15.05.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

School of Rehabilitation and Examination

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Advanced Clinical Practice in

Teachers

  • Marianne Sipilä
  • Pihla Markkanen

Teacher in charge

Marianne Sipilä

Groups

  • S1521S6C
    Master`s Degree Programme in Clinical Expertise in Health Care and Social Services, Advanced clinical competence in mental health care

Objective

Student has a wide knowledge on the current issues. The student deepens competence in the topical themes of mental health care. After completing the study unit, the student can apply, analyze and evaluate evidence-based knowledge in mental health care and in the development of management. The student can critically evaluate the application of knowledge to different situations of mental health care and utilize this knowledge in the leadership of mental health care. The student can evaluate various research projects of emergency care of national and international level.

Content

• the current themes of mental health care regionally, nationally and internationally
• the use of anticipating and current information in the developing of the management in mental health care
• research knowledge and evidence-based knowledge of mental health care
• internationalization

Materials

N/A

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Distance and contact learning
Net-learning
Workshop

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

5 ects (5*27 h student work)

Content scheduling

Learning in Autums 2022
Theory 8-9.11.2022 (hybrid),
Contact learning or Workshop 29-30.11.2022 in Metropolia or in Xamk

Further information

Learning assignment
Attendance

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the course. He/she is able to actively search for information and to identify its connection to working life. The student is able to analyse and apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates versatile and extensive competence in the content of the course. He/she has an excellent ability to search for relevant information. The student’s solutions demonstrate independence, responsibility, and skills in guiding others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of working life exhibits creativity and versatility.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Further information

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
A study unit or parts of it may be accredited based on previously acquired competence if the student has completed similar studies of higher education and/or the student has work experience to meet the competence requirements.