Practical Training in Health Promotion

Structure Type:	Course
Code:	THO1G3
Type:	Compulsory
Level:	Bachelor
Credits:	3.0 points
Responsible Teacher:	Palo, Raija
Teacher Team:	Maijala, Virpi ; Majasaari, Hilkka
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum	Semester	Credits	Start of Semester	End of Semester
TH-2015	1 autumn	3.0	2015-08-01	2015-12-31
TH-2016	1 autumn	3.0	2016-08-01	2016-12-31

Learning Outcomes

Students understand principles of health promotion and know how to act according to the values of health promotion. They understand the economic perspective of health promotion. Students are able to apply existing knowledge of the population's health challenges
on individual and community level. Students know how to plan, implement and evaluate individual, group and community-level health promotion methods. They are able to prevent risk factors, which might impair the individual's, family's or community's health and ability to function. Students know how to ethically use the client's experiential knowledge in the care of health and diseases. Students can describe the strategies of important national and international health and social policy programmes from the perspective of health promotion.

Student's Workload

Will be announced in the course implementation plan

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required

This practical training icludes planning, implementing, evaluating and presenting an assignment on health promotion.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Practical training, seminar

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criterias written in the sudy entity of Practical Training in Clinical Nursing during the early phase of the studies.

Assessment Methods

Self and peer evaluation, assessment by the collaborative partner and the teacher

Work Placement

Practical training

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