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Laajuus (5 cr)

Code: K200DD54

Credits

5 op

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Enrollment

01.06.2024

Timing

01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus
  • Lappeenranta Campus
  • Lahti Campus
Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
Teachers
  • Anna Keiner
  • Noora Kukkonen
  • Tiia Kangassalo
Scheduling groups
  • Verkkoluento (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Luennot (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • HLTITKSAILA24S
  • HLPRTKSAILA24S
Small groups
  • Online lecture 1
  • Lecture 1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Teaching methods
- Contact teaching / e-learning
- Independent study on an e-learning platform
- Tests on the e-learning platform

Timing and attendance

The course requires active participation in contact and online learning.

Learning material and recommended literature

Written material provided by the teacher and online materials on the Moodle learning platform.

Learning environment

Contact teaching 1 - 2 times a month. Weekly online lectures.

Contents

Contents
Strengthening language from a health and nursing perspective
- Verbal and written interactions in nursing with a variety of skills and arguments
- Situational variation of language in nursing interactions (differences between formal and informal language)
- Expanding vocabulary related to one's own professional field
- Understanding and producing professional texts, e.g. epicrisis, medical reports, procedure reports, patient instructions
- Learning the basic structures of the Finnish language, e.g. recensions, verb tenses, varied tenses, conjunctions
- Reinforcing language learning strategies
- Pronunciation clarity

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

The knowledge of course Hoitotyön suomi 1 (A2).

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

Student actively participates in contact teaching and pass all course assignments. In addition, the student passes the oral and written examinations of the course.