Planning of the Thesis Work (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

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: methods, tutorance for reporting and literature search

Teaching methods

Student's independent work, group-/personal supervision, workshops

Location and time

see the instruction in Oma portal

Learning materials and recommended literature

Litterature of research- and development methods, research articles of the professional area

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

Co-operation with the project partners

Exam dates and retake possibilities

N/A

International connections

N/A

Student workload

5 cr.

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information for students

Instructions in Oma portal

Assessment methods and criteria

Accepted Plan of the Thesis Work
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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See a separate framework for evaluation. When evaluating the competences, the evaluation criteria for competent/intermediate level is used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

See a separate framework for evaluation. When evaluating the competences, the evaluation criteria for competent/intermediate level is used.