Global Health (5 cr)

Code: 01464-3014

General information

Enrollment: 25.11.2024 - 17.02.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.04.2025 - 31.07.2025
Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual proportion: 5 cr

Unit: 20 Sosiaali- ja terveysala

Campus: Laurea Virtual Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 20 - 60

Degree programmes: Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Teachers: Niina Glerean

Teacher in charge: Niina Glerean

Groups: CCS224SY
Complementary competence (bachelor’s studies in English), S24, Health and welfare; TOS224SY
Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S24, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Study unit: 01464

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

Location and time

Online (zoom, canvas, padlets)

Materials

will be informed in Canvas

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 nationally and internationally. 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. This course will be organized together with UCLL Belgium and other international partners.

Participants and Admission requirements

max 20 nursing students from each participating country

Employer connections

This course will be organized in collaboration with University Colleges Leuven-Limburg (UCLL), Belgium.
Other participating countries are Rwanda, Portugal and Norway.

Exam schedules

Kick off meeting is and last seminar are mandatory
The teaching days will be confirmed latest by end of February 2025

International connections

This course will be organized in collaboration with University Colleges Leuven-Limburg (UCLL), Belgium

Completion alternatives

Intensive course of 4 weeks (aprox one session per week)
Kick off meeting is and last seminar are mandatory

Student workload

1 credit is 27 hours of student work

Content scheduling

Orientation to ethics in social and healthcare
Ethical guidelines
Ethical dilemma in social and health care
+guest lecturers with varying topics related to ethics and nursing

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

Suomeksi
The timetable and more detailed course information will be send to the registered students in April 2025

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