Planning of the Thesis Work (5 cr)

Objective

The student will be able to
- identify questions and needs for development in the professional field and the working life and to plan for their solutions
- use reliable and confined information from various sources in the development work
- apply professional skills and knowledge and use appropriate methods for the development task.

Content

- familiarizing with the Thesis process
- agreement and permit practices
- familiarizing with health care context, and planning co-operation with working life partners
- recognizing developmental needs
- critical literature search in Finnish and English language
- choosing methodology and methods
- focusing Thesis topic
- preparing and presenting Thesis plan
- work shops

Materials

Literature of research and development methods, research articles of the professional area

Teaching methods

Student’s independent work, group-/personal supervision, workshops.
Students must confirm their attendance for a course implementation by being present when tuition begins or in another manner agreed with the lecturer; for example, by returning the first course assignment. Students who are unable to attend the first teaching session due to illness may also confirm their attendance by informing the lecturer of this in advance.

Employer connections

Co-operation with the project partners.

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Student workload

5 cr (135 hrs)
5 cr (135 hrs)
• Writing an accepted Thesis Work Plan
• Presentation of the plan in the seminar
• Opposing a plan of co-student in the seminar
• Opposing a plan of fellow student in the seminar
• Active participation in 8 seminars
• Active participation in work-shops
• Agreement for a Thesis Work
• TurnItIn originality report for the teacher

Content scheduling

Content
• Orientation to thesis process
• Agreement and permit procedures
• Familiarization with the operating environment and planning cooperation with working life
• Identifying developmental needs
• Source criticism in information seeking and critical reading (in Finnish and in English)
• Choosing working methods and research methods
• Specifying the subject
• Designing and presenting the plan of the thesis
• Workshops: methods, guided writing, data acquisition

Further information

Prerequisite Requirements
• Methods for Research and Development Work must be passed before starting Planning of the Thesis Work
The areas and targets in the assessment of the Bachelor’s Thesis:
Professional competence and development
• significance for the profession and the connection to professional practices
• utilization of professional knowledge
• development of professional competence
• applicability in professional life
The methods used and the results obtained
• reliablility and ethics
• validity and innovation
• the usefulness of results
• the management of the thesis process and the development work
Communication and presentation
• structure and form
• the use of standard and professional language
• the focus, clarity and consistency of the text and expressions
• critical, analytical and reflective nature of communication
• argumentation and use of reference sources
Students must submit the thesis material at least one week before the seminar or guidance to the teacher, opponents and students.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation: Final project (Bachelor's)"

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass, Fail
See the attachment "Framework for evaluation: Final project (Bachelor's)"

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria (Oma/Terveysalan opinnäytetyö)
The Plan of Thesis Work will be evaluated: passed/failed
The Thesis Work will be evaluated at the end of the process.
A separate framework for evaluation is used. The evaluation of the study unit emphasizes knowledge base and ethical approach as well as cooperation in particular.

Degree regulations 36 §:
Assessment is carrided out during four weeks after course is ended.

Qualifications

Methods for Research and Development Work 5 ECTS

Further information

The areas and targets in the assessment of the Bachelor’s Thesis

Professional competence and development
- significance for the profession and the connection to professional practices
- utilization of professional knowledge
- development of professional competence
- applicability in professional life

The methods used and the results obtained
- reliablility and ethics
- validity and innovation
- the usefulness of results
- the management of the thesis process and the development work

Communication and presentation
- structure and form
- the use of standard and professional language
- the focus, clarity and consistency of the text and expressions
- critical, analytical and reflective nature of communication
- argumentation and use of reference sources