Study Guide

Objective

Students
• can name elderly care professionals’ tasks.
• can describe skills and knowledge of an elderly care professional.
• can explain what blended learning in the Elderly Care Degree Programme of Metropolia UAS means.

Content

During this course, you will familiarize yourself with skills and knowledge of an elderly care professional, key study programme contents, professional tasks and blended learning studying in Metropolia’s Elderly Care Degree Programme. After completing the course, you can name the professional tasks of an elderly care worker, describe the skills and knowledge of an elderly care professional and explain what blended learning in the Elderly Care Programme of Metropolia UAS means.
You don’t have to borrow or buy books to complete this study programme. All materials are available in Moodle learning platform. The course is assessed by ‘pass’ or ‘fail’.
To pass the course, you have to complete all the tasks in the Moodle learning platform and pass all the exams at the end of the tabs. You can follow your progress on the Moodle progress bar on the right.

Location and time

1.10.2023-31.12.2023
Completely online at Moodle learning platform.
Assessment of performance is only done after the end of the study period.

Materials

All the necessary learning material can be found in the Moodle learning platform.

Teaching methods

Independent study
Distance learning
Assignments / coursework
Self-assessment tests
Moodle-exams

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

N/A
Failed exams can be repeated by the end of December.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

This course is completed independently and anytime in Moodle learning environment, by 31 December 2023. All tasks have to be completed by the end of the course period.

The course extent is 1 ECTS, corresponding to approximately 27 hours of student work.

Content scheduling

The Moodle learning platform of the course is divided into seven tabs with different themes, which are
1. WELCOME
2. THEME: IMAGE OF AGEING JA ELDERLY WORK
3. THEME: THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF GERONOMI
4. THEME: GERONOM'S TASKS AND FIELD OF WORK
5. THEME: MULTIMODAL STUDY IN METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
6. FEEDBACK

The course is recommended to be completed one tab at a time, starting with the Welcome tab, which tells about the course in general, and ending with the course feedback tab.

You can follow your progress on the Moodle progress bar on the right.

Further information

The responsible teacher of the study course is Mari Heitto, senior lecturer in elderly work. You can contact her by e-mail for questions related to the course.
SP address: mari.heitto(at)metropolia.fi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

To pass the course the student must be able to
• name elderly care professionals’ key tasks.
• recognize the key prerequisites, responsibilities and requirements of blended learning studying.

Assessment methods and criteria

To pass the course, you have to complete all the tasks in the Moodle learning platform and pass all the exams at the end of the tabs.

To pass the course the student must be able to
• name elderly care professionals’ key tasks.
• recognize the key prerequisites, responsibilities and requirements of blended learning studying.