Professional Development (2 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- create a personal career plan
- look into employment opportunities and prerequisites for entrepreneurship in their own field
- build and utilize professional networks
- describe their own competence, apply for jobs in the field and understand the significance of social media in the job seeking process
- anticipate future trends in the job market and their likely impact on their career
- promote personal well-being

Location and time

Online course in Optima, integrated with group tutoring sessions.
Optima, group tutoring sessions in Tikkurila campus.
Schedule for group tutoring sessions will be available in Pakki.
Schedule for online assignments will be introduced in Optima.
There may be some additional contact lessons by guest lecturers. These lessons date and time will be informed in August.

Materials

Online material in Canvas.

Teaching methods

Contact hours, HOPS discussions
- Independent tasks in the Canvas workspace

The course begins in the spring semester 2021 and continues in the autumn semester 2021. The credit mark will be awarded in the autumn of 2021, when all the assigned assignments have been passed.
Tutor teacher Marja Tanskanen
marja.tanskanen@laurea.fi

Exam schedules

Timetable will be available in Pakki and in Canvas for the assignments.

Completion alternatives

No other implementation options.

Student workload

2 cr = 54 hours of student work, includes Contact hours and assignments.

Content scheduling

Career plan, professional development as a nurse.
The goal of career planning is that you will work in jobs that match your skills and are meaningful to you. It is important that you consider your career goals already during your studies and choose such projects, study courses, internships and the topic of your thesis that support the realization of your goals.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed