Basics of Medicine, Diseases and Microbiology
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KG29PO08004 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 1.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Palo, Raija |
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| Teacher Team: | Salminen-Tuomaala, Mari |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| NURSING-2013FIN |
1 autumn |
0.5 |
2013-09-01 |
2013-12-31 |
| NURSING-2013FIN |
1 spring |
0.5 |
2014-01-02 |
2014-07-31 |
| NURSING-2013FOR |
1 autumn |
0.5 |
2013-09-01 |
2013-12-31 |
| NURSING-2013FOR |
1 spring |
0.5 |
2014-01-02 |
2014-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
CLINICAL COMPETENCE
Students will learn to describe the system of providing medical care. They will be introduced to the diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases. They will learn to describe the emergence and prevention of infectious diseases, including the immune system, microbes, normal body flora and routes of infections.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No prerequisites
Contents
The course discusses the organization of medical care, diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases, basic facts about microbes, normal body flora, routes of infection and factors contributing to infectious diseases, infectious diseases caused by common microbes, and the prevention of infectious diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
Current material chosen by the lecturers
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, independent study.
Assessment Criteria
5
Students
- take responsibility for their actions and for the consequences of their actions and are competent to work according to the ethical principles of their profession
- are able to describe the system of providing medical care
- with help of evidence-based knowledge, are able to describe the diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases
- are able to describe and explain the emergence and prevention of infectious diseases, including the immune system, microbes, normal body flora and routes of infection
3-4
Students
- take responsibility for their actions and for the consequences of their actions and are competent to work according to the ethical principles of their profession
- are able to describe the system of providing medical care
- are able to describe the diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases
- are able to describe the emergence and prevention of infectious diseases, including the immune system, microbes, normal body flora and routes of infection
1-2
Students
- take responsibility for their actions and for the consequences of their actions and are competent to work according to the ethical principles of their profession
- know the system of providing medical care
- have an overview of the diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases
- know about the emergence and prevention of infectious diseases, including the immune system, microbes, normal body flora and routes of infection
Fail = 0
Students are not fully able to take responsibility for their actions and for the consequences of their actions and not fully competent to work according to the ethical principles of their profession
- cannot describe the system of providing medical care
- have limited knowledge of the diagnosis, emergence, effects, prevention and treatment of common diseases
- have limited knowledge of the emergence and prevention of infectious diseases, including the immune system, microbes, normal body flora and routes of infection
Assessment Methods
Active participation, examinations.
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