Professional Competence in Elderly Care

Structure Type: Course
Code: GERPOS400
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 2.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Koivula, Anna-Kaarina
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
VANTYO-2015   4 autumn   2.0   2018-08-01   2018-12-31  
VANTYO-2016   4 autumn   2.0   2019-08-01   2019-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students learn to analyse current and future challenges in elderly care and in their profession as Bachelors of Socia Services. They analyse their competence acquired during the studies, their professional growth and development challenges.

Student's Workload

53 hours
- instruction 4 hours
- independent study 29 hours
- seminars 20 hours

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Basic and professional studies

Contents

- the expertise and competence requirements of Bachelors of Social Services
- reflection on current and future challenges in elderly care
- analysis of the student's own competence compared to the competence requirements

Recommended or Required Reading

- Jouppila-Kupiainen, Kammonen, Kirvesniemi, Kuru, Mikkonen, Piirainen, Rautasalo,
Reunanen&Utriainen (toim.) 2012. Ammatti-ihmiset vanhusten asialla. Gerontologinen erityisosaaja kehittäjänä. Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu. http://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/85972/URNISBN9789515884732.pdf?sequence=1
- Articles from the journals Gerontologia, Janus or Premissi

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

instruction, independent analysis of the profession and competence, seminar

Assessment Criteria

pass/fail. Fail: The student does not reach the learning outcomes.

Assessment Methods

participaton in the instruction, analysis on the profession, participation in seminars

Work Placement

the study course does not include practice

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