Intercultural Communication Skills (3 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- communicate professional in a multicultural nursing environment
- identify personal developmental needs in communication skills and develop realistic strategies for improvement
- communicate empathetically with oneself, colleagues and patients

Materials

All material is provided in Canvas

Teaching methods

This course has a combination of contact lessons and individual work. It includes:

• Oral and intercultural communication skills needed for the healthcare setting
• Reflective written skills
• Intercultural and multicultural considerations whn providing healthcare

Completion alternatives

AHOT (RPL – recognition of prior learning) and workplace acquired competences should be discussed with the teacher and then applied for. Suitable compensatory tasks will be developed accordingly.

Student workload

For a 3 credit course you should be doing 81 hours of work. For this course it includes:

Contact lessons: 20 hours
Reflective learing diary and study material: 61 hours

Content scheduling

•As this is a communications course, compulsory attendance during the whole course is expected (80%)
• The evaluation criteria for the course are available in Canvas
• Various assignments will also be given during the course which also need to be completed to pass the course.
• The final grade of pass/fail from the course will be given based on the aforementioned criteria

Laurea's degree regulations are applied for the requirements of fulfilling this course

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed