Professional skills for laboratory services in the health care and social services sector (5 cr)

Objective

The student is familiar with the health care and social services system as well as the responsibilities of various actors and understands the mission and activities of the wellbeing services counties. The student knows how to act in accordance with the key legislation and codes of conduct governing health care and social services. The student understands the key practices related to the prevention of infections and to aseptic techniques, and promotes safety in their work environment through their own actions. The student understands the basic skills in first aid and knows how to act if someone suffers a sudden attack of a common illness or an accident. The student is able to act in situations requiring general safety and in accidents. The student understands the quality systems of clinical laboratories and their importance in practical laboratory work. The student understands guidelines regulating national and international clinical laboratory work and understands the importance of the pre-analytical stage for quality. The student understands the principles of biobanks.

Content

- Service systems and responsibilities in the health care and social services sector
- Key legislation and ethical principles governing health care and social services
- Patient safety, prevention of infections and basics of aseptic techniques
- First aid
- Quality management system of clinical laboratories
- Recommendations for national and international clinical laboratory work
- Quality in the pre-analytical stage
- Biobanking

Location and time

First aid exercises in small groups (A. B. C. D. E ja F) on the Myllypuro campus according to the schedule.

Materials

First aid study material:
www.punainenristi.fi/opi first aid
Oppiportti: Duodecim's online course / resuscitation
www.kaypahoito.fi / elvytys / to the extent applicable.
First aid readiness at workplaces. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occupational safety guides and guidelines 33. Tampere 2010.
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Safety Guide.
Other study material assigned by the teacher (look at Moodle).

Teaching methods

Learning assignment
Assignment-based instruction
Guided assignments
Independent study

Content scheduling

First Aid 1.0 ECTS (27 hours of student work): 10 hours of individual assignments to prepare for practice classes, 1 hour of CPR online course, 4 hours of first aid exercises and 12 hours of small group assignments.

Further information

The assignments and MATERIALS prepared by the teacher are works according to the Copyright Act (404/61), to which the teacher has the copyright. Assignments AND MATERIALS may not be used other than in their own studies. Their public distribution is only allowed with the teacher's permission.

First Aid/
If the student has previous first aid skills, the student can apply, application for approval,
for partial credit for the first aid section of 1.0 ECTS (=27 hours of student work).
The student must submit an application for approval as soon as the course supervisor has approved him for implementation. The application is addressed to the first aid teacher. Before submitting the application, the student must assess his competence in the first aid competence objectives (look at Moodle). The application must be accompanied by a certificate / document from previous first aid studies.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

For evaluation criteria, see the attachment.
Assessment criteria for beginners are applied.

Assessment methods and criteria

First aid 1 ECTS approved:
The individual assignments must be completed before the training sessions and the small group assignment must be returned by the deadline indicated in Moodle. Obligation to participate in first aid exercises according to the schedule. Forced absences are agreed upon separately with the teacher.