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

Location and time

Seminars and according to the schedule, the supervisor of the thesis announces the implementation of the seminars
The workshop offer is presented in Moodle and they are mandatory (at least 3 during thesis prosess).

Materials

Litterature of research- and development methods,research articles of the professional area

Teaching methods

Student's independent work, group-/personal supervision,opponent, workshops, seminars

Employer connections

Co-operation with the project partners

Exam schedules

-

International connections

Approved performance requires international source literature

Completion alternatives

-

Student workload

5 cr corresponds to 135 hours of student work

Content scheduling

Seminar weeks 7, 11, 17, 20 (Paramedic and Degree program in Nursing have different schedule)

Further information

The primary form of supervision of the thesis is group supervision (eg seminars and workshops), in addition to which individual supervision can be agreed.

The approved plan of the Thesis is a prerequisite for the transition to the Implementation courses. This will be agreed with the instructor.

The assignments and MATERIALS prepared by the teacher are works in accordance with the Copyright Act (404/61) for which the teacher has copyright. Assignments AND MATERIALS may not be used except in their own studies. Their public distribution is only allowed with the permission of the teacher.

Other students' works are confidential.

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

An approved implementation of the thesis (approved by the supervisor), participation in the thesis seminars and being an opponent , and participation in workshops

See the thesis evaluation framework for the final work.

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