Work Placement at Health Care Laboratories I (5 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes
As a student you identify the principles of primary health care and clinical laboratory activities. You understand the role of clinical laboratory activities in the offering of health care and social services and in promoting health.
You are able to describe the laboratory activities at your work placement and the related service system. You function as a member of a working community and multidisciplinary teams. You understand the importance of sampling as part of the patient’s/client’s care chain and refer clients in a client-centric manner for sampling and patient examinations. You are able to collect, handle, preserve and dispatch laboratory analysis samples in accordance with instructions to a high quality standard. You are able to carry out certain sample tests and patient examinations performed in primary health care and to assess the reliability of the results. You use laboratory data systems. You work safely, aseptically and ergonomically. You understand the importance of medical confidentiality as part of your professional ethics and the client’s/patient’s privacy protection. You assess your own professional development and areas for operational improvement. You develop your interaction, guidance and counselling and working community skills. You work in various working and learning environments and in multidisciplinary teams with a development-oriented approach.

Content

Contents
Laboratory service system in primary health care
Key tests in primary health care
Guidance and counselling of clients in laboratory examinations
Customer service and collection, preparation, preservation and dispatch of samples
Functioning in a working community
Occupational and patient safety and privacy protection
Laboratory data systems

Location and time

Spring term 2024, Weeks 14-16 (health care centers) and 17-18 or 19-20 (hospitals)

Materials

N/A

Teaching methods

Practical training 3 weeks in a laboratory in a Health Care Center, 7 hours/day and 2 weeks blood sampling in hospital wards, 2-3 hours/day.
Info 2 hours
Reflction 2,5 hours
Study diaries 1 hour/week and 1hour/hospital ward

Employer connections

Practical training 3 weeks in a laboratory in a Health Care Center, 7 hours/day and 2 weeks blood sampling in hospital wards, 2-3 hours/day.
Reflection 2,5 hours with supervisors

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Practical training 3 weeks in a laboratory in a Health Care Center, 7 hours/day and 2 weeks blood sampling in hospital wards, 2-3 hours/day.
Info 2 hours
Reflection 2,5 hours
Study diaries 4 hours
All together 135 hours

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information

Moodle: Terveysalan laboratoriotyön harjoittelu 1 , log in code: Vakuumi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved/Failed
Assessment framework, see the appendix.
Assessment criteria for beginners are applied.

Assessment methods and criteria

Feedback in practice
Study diaries in Moodle
Mandatory reflection

Qualifications

Prior competence
Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology, Clinical Treatment in Clinical Laboratory Work, Pre-analytics and Methods in Laboratory Work