Study Guide

Objective

The students
- are able to plan their study path and are motivated about career planning.
- are able to work according to the ethical principles of the profession.
- are able to identify their professional information basis and their role in evidence-based work.
- understand the social welfare and healthcare as a multicultural, multi-value and changing operating environment.
- are able to describe social welfare and healthcare services and their related legislation in broad terms.
- understand the relationship of customer experience with social welfare and healthcare services.
- are able to work according to the of principles data security and data protection.
- are able to operate in digital learning environments and use the most common computer software and tools.
- are able to produce information and to communicate professionally.

Content

study skills, learning environments, and acquisition of information
- learning, skills and career paths enabled by the degree
- professional information basis and ethical principles x
- key social welfare and healthcare services and their related legislation x
- data security and data protection in social welfare and healthcare services
- IT skills, software and tools for learning and expert tasks
- Finnish language and communications basics required of professional experts

Location and time

Myllypuro campus, Myllypurontie 1

Materials

Learning material in Moodle
Metropolia Guidelines for Written Assignments
Metropolia Guidelines for digital learning enviroments

Teaching methods

• Flipped learning
• Mode of delivery face-to-face
• Interactive lecture
• Cooperative learning, Small group work
• Guided assigments
• Virtual learning
• Independent study

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

The date of return of the learning assigments and the date of return of the completed learning assigment will be informed in the beginning of studies.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1 cr = 27 h
Total study hours 135 h, Independent study and team work is included

Content scheduling

Detailed information on Moodle.

Study unit consist of following parts:
Study and career planning 1 cu
Professional competence in health care 2 op
Professional digital and communication skills 2 op

Learning assignments:
• Group discussion (a scientific article)
• Individual assignment (literature search)
• Group assignment related to the nursing field including communication and IT skills. Output is a written assignment and a poster based on it. The poster is presented in a final seminar.

Further information

Additional information:
• Participation in the orientation lesson is mandatory. In case of absence, the student finds out the content of teaching from Moodle and other students.

RPL:
• Full approval: The student has conducted the same implementation before (for example during Open UAS studies).
• Partly based on previous studies in health care in higher education

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

• Participation in the group discussion on Moodle platform.
• Individual literature search assignment is done.
• A group learning assignment that is done following Metropolia's written work guidelines and utilizing Metropolia's digital learning environments.

Prerequisites

N/A

Further information

The study unit studies is to be completed during the first term.