Study Guide

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

See the orientation slides

Materials

Literature of research- and development methods, research articles of the professional area. You will find the literature and materials in Research Methods and Development work -course´s Moodle platform.

Teaching methods

Student's independent work, group-/individual supervision, workshops (academic writing, literature review/QI project)

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

In order to pass the course student must attend all the workshops, tutorials and seminarday (presentation and acting as an opponent)

Completion alternatives

RPL -more information from your own tutor-teacher

Student workload

The course is total of 5 credits (1 cr is 27 hrs of student´s work and so 5 cr = total of 135 hrs of students work

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

Accepted Plan of the Thesis Work

Prerequisites

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