Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Recommended year of study

3

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

The aim of the course is that the student knows the health care history. The aim of the course is to combine health/sickness concepts as love,forgiveness, suffering, loneliness etc. with an elective health-model.The student collects her/his materials in a file which is useful in her/his profession as a public health nurse.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to develop a scientific working with clients and utilizes her/his knowledge about caring the whole needs of the client.To create an caring culture and learns from the health care history. At the end of the course the student is expected to use health care terminology and develops her/his public health nurse abilities.Health care examinations are important.In practice the student is able to use different working methods as a public health nurse.

Course contents

The history (idea) of public health
The concepts and models of public health
the methods of public health
The theory of public health

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Health care for families

Previous course names

The history (idea) of public health (2007)
The concepts and models of public health (2007)
The methods of public health (2007)
The theory of public health (2007)

Recommended or required reading

Arbetsskyddslagen 738/2001 (Finlex)
Företagshälsovårdslagen 1383/2001 (Finlex)
Haarala P. et al. 2008, Terveydenhoitajan osaaminen, Edita. ISBN: 978-951-37-4930-9
Juutilainen H. Työterveyshoitajan käsikirja,2004, Edita. ISBN:951-37-4006-4
Terveydenhoitaja tidskrift
Työ, Terveys, Turvallisuus tidskrift
Westerholm P. et al. 2005, Praktisk etik i arbetsmedicin, Studentlitteratur. ISBN: 91-44-02737-0

Study activities

  • Lectures - 15 hours
  • Excursions and demonstrations - 0 hours
  • Exercise based learning - 15 hours
  • Tuition managed by students but supervised by the teacher - 10 hours
  • Project work and productions - 43 hours
  • Individual studies - 50 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 133 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 93 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 40 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

Exams

Teacher

  • Sivonen Kerstin
  • Törnqvist Maj-Len

Examiner

Törnqvist Maj-Len

Group size

No limit

Course completion date

Date for course completion will be announced later

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

Assessment methods

Date of examination will be announced later - Exams

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