Study Guide

Objective

-organize and implement the oral care of an elderly together with the elderly, his/her family and/or nursing staff
-analyze and implement oral health care for patients of different ages at the Metropolia’s oral hygiene teaching clinic
- are able to take into account the psychological and social factors of the patient when planning a treatment, implementing treatment and planning maintenance care
- recognize the need for pain relief and is able to use topical and local anesthetics
- are able to document the course of patient care into the patient information system

Content

Practical training in working life:
Oral health care of different ages of patients and the elderly at Metropolia’s oral hygiene teaching clinic

Location and time

Practice in HyMy-village in spring 2023.

Materials

Opettajan laatimat tehtävät ja MATERIAALIT ovat Tekijänoikeuslain (404/61) mukaisia teoksia, joihin opettajalla on tekijänoikeus. Tehtäviä JA MATERIAALEJA ei saa käyttää muuten kuin omissa opinnoissaan. Niiden julkinen levittäminen on sallittua vain opettajan luvalla.

Materials in the moodle
Materials showed by teachers
Independent literature search

Teaching methods

Clinical Practice in the Metropolia's Wellbeing and Health Village

Employer connections

Clinical practice in the Metropolia's Wellbeing and Health Village

Exam schedules

No exam.

International connections

international meetings are possible in HyMy-village

Completion alternatives

Clinical practice in International studies canbe accepted in RPL process.

Student workload

5 ects = 135 hours
Clinical practice in in the Metropolia's Wellbeing and Health Village 5 ects

Content scheduling

Clinical practice in the Metropolia's Wellbeing and Health Village

Further information

The student will present possible RPL decisions in the orientation lecture.
Earlier clinical studies in teaching clinic and in skills lab must be accomplished.
Approved course requires active presence and attendance in all parts of the course.
Students responsibility is to take care of her/his own accomplishments and replace the absence from the clinical training.
To accelerate the studies, you need a grade H3 for the previous courses.
Clinical practice in the Metropolia's Wellbeing and Health Village takes place in pairs, but students treat teachingclients individually.
Theoretical framework in this course is family care/ communal health promotion.
The student confirms his/her participation in the course by being present at the beginning of the first lesson or by agreeing on it with the teacher in other ways.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria: 0–5
Assessment framework, see the appendix.
Assessment criteria for advanced / expert level are applied.

Assessment methods and criteria

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