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Swedish Language in Social and Health Care and Customer-oriented CommunicationLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: SS00BJ77

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Lea Ruhanen
  • Pekka Kaartinen

Learning objectives

Upon completing the course, the student can
- use written and oral Swedish in his or her work tasks as required by Act 424/2003
- present his or her professional field in Swedish in writing and orally
- describe special competence of his or her profession and its role in multiprofessional cooperation
- present operational principles of multiprofessional cooperation and cooperation networks

Content

Field-specific core competence and presentation of one’s own work and work environment in Swedish (material and glossary). Interviews with and supervision of different customers in Swedish in customer situations, bilingual Finland as a work environment. Concept of multiprofessionalism, needs and significance of multiprofessionalism in social services and health care. Networks as providers of well-being, bilingual Finland as a work environment

Materials

Learning material will be provided in Moodle

Further information

The student will get a grade in Spoken Swedish and a grade in Written Swedish. The average of them will give the final grade. The final grades 1-3 signify the student's fair knowledge of Swedish whereas the grades 4-5 signify good knowledge of Swedish.

Qualifications

No prerequisite studies