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Global Health (5 cr)

Code: 01464-3008

General information


Enrollment

29.11.2021 - 13.02.2022

Timing

01.04.2022 - 30.06.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Tikkurila, sote

Campus

Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Complementary competence, bachelor's studies in English (CCS2), Health and welfare

Teachers

  • Niina Glerean
  • Tanja Hakkarainen

Teacher in charge

Niina Glerean

Scheduling groups

  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)

Groups

  • TOS221SY
    Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S21, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
  • CCS221SY
    Complementary competence (bachelor’s studies), S21, Health and welfare

Small groups

  • Pienryhmä 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognise the impact on globalisation on health
- increase awareness of ethical knowledge, values, principles, legislation and recommendations in global health
- analyse effective models in health promotion worldwide

Content

- recognize the impact on globalization on health
- increase awareness of ethical knowledge, values, principles, legislation and recommendations in global health
- analyze effective models in health promotion worldwide

Teaching methods

Welcome to this collaborative online course!

In this course we will examine the ethical dilemmas in nursing and in healthcare professions. During the course students we will also analyze country specific ethical guidelines that are guiding the healthcare professionals work in Finland, UK, Rwanda and Belgium. During this course, nursing students will be able to compare their experiences related to ethical dilemmas in nursing and discuss about them with colleagues from different countries.

Learning context can change very rapidly in education, this COIL project can help students to develop intercultural competences and learn with?and from?nursing students from other countries.?In this course there will be nursing students and teachers participating from Rwanda, UK, Finland, Botswana, and Belgium.?



Participants and Admission requirements

max 20 nursing students from each participating country

The course is recommended to nursing students who have been in clinical placement

Location and time

Online (zoom, padlets)

Learning materials and recommended literature

will be informed in April 2022

Alternative completion methods of implementation

-

Important dates

Intensive course of 4 weeks
Kick off meeting 22/4/2022 (compulsory)
Last seminar 24/05/2022 (compulsory)

Forms of internationality

This course will be organized in collaboration with University of Rwanda, Coventry University and University Colleges Leuven-Limburg

Students workload

1 credit is 27 hours of student work

Content and scheduling

Ethical dilemmas in health care:
-definition
-how to solve
-examples

Further information for students

The timetable and more detailed course information will be send to the registered students in April 2022

If you have any further questions, please contact the responsible teachers
Tanja.hakkarainen@laurea.fi and niina.glerean@laurea.fi

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Laurea's evaluation criteria 2 will be used as base for course evaluation.

Assessment:
Written assignment will be assessed with T1-K5/failed (1 = Pass, 2 = Satisfactory, 3 = Good, 4 = Very Good, 5 = Excellent).

Small assignments and group discussions will be evaluated (pass/fail). Passing the course requires active participation to online discussions and completing the written reports/essays/seminar presentations in given timetable.