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English in Social and Health Care and Intercultural CommunicationLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: ST00BK37

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish
  • English

Responsible person

  • Pekka Kaartinen
  • Sanna Heiskanen

Learning objectives

The student is able to
- use English in his or her work at the level required for his or her professional development
- tell about his or her working environment and duties in English
- interview and guide, mentor and care for different clients in English
- use essential professional vocabulary and source books
- know how to act culturally sensitively and support equality in customer- and nursing work and in the work community
- evaluate the development of own cultural competence

Content

- encountering the client and guiding, mentoring and caring for him or her. Telling about the working environment and duties, other important interactions in a multicultural environment, studying the field-specific material in English, essential professional vocabulary.
- the concepts of culture sensitivity and diversity, multiculturalism and key theoretical approaches
- cross-cultural communication in customer and nursing work as well as in the work community
- easy Finnish

Timing

01.05.2025 - 30.07.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Teachers
  • Pekka Kaartinen

Teaching methods

The course is named as English in Social and Health Care and Intercultural cmmunication alias Naegleria Fowleri on Moodle and is written in a form of a thriller encompassing listening and reading comprehension tasks meant for everyone on the course and separate folders intended solely for different degree programs in social and health care with degree-program-specific assignments. The degree-program specific tasks are thought to be done preferably with a fellow student studying in the same degree program. On the course you will learn your degree program-specific material in English and essential professional vocabulary and you will be doing Powerpoint presentations relevant to your own field and they will be evaluated. Also, multicultural element is included in the tasks.

Having completed the course the student is able to
- use English in his or her work at the level required for his or her professional development
- tell about his or her working environment and duties in English
- interview and guide, mentor and care for different clients in English
- use essential professional vocabulary and source books
- know how to act culturally sensitively and support equality in customer- and nursing work and in the work community

Student workload

The 5 credits of the course will be divided as follows:

- Getting acquainted with the course instructions, working method, choosing your study peer and keeping in contact with him/her, getting used to the tools needed and studying the thriller story by means of listening and reading and doing the relevant tasks: 40 hours
- Independent and pair-based work, home work and peer-based exams 65 hours
- Returnable learning tasks, study peer evaluations 15 hours
- Getting ready for the Moodle exam and the exam 15 hours

Materials

The course material is on Moodle

Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

17.03.2025 - 30.05.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 67

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiation Therapy
Teachers
  • Anne-Mari Kulhomäki
  • Iina Turunen
  • Anne Karuaho
  • Sandor Kovacs
Responsible person

Sandor Kovacs

Scheduling groups
  • RA/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RB/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RC/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RD (Joensuu) (Size: 8. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RE (Joensuu) (Size: 8. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RF (Lahti) (Size: 8. Open UAS: 0.)
  • RG (Lahti) (Size: 8. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • TR24SPE
    Radiography and Radiation Therapy, satellite group
  • TR24SP
    Radiography and Radiation Therapy
Education groups
  • RA/3
  • RB/3
  • RC/3
  • RD (Joensuu)
  • RE (Joensuu)
  • RF (Lahti)
  • RG (Lahti)

Materials

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

27.01.2025 - 14.03.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 29

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Midwife
Teachers
  • Heidi Hölttä
  • Sandor Kovacs
Responsible person

Sandor Kovacs

Scheduling groups
  • R1/2 (Size: 16. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/2 (Size: 16. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • TK24KP
    Kätilö
Education groups
  • R1/2
  • R2/2
Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

20.01.2025 - 14.05.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
  • Sanna Savela
Responsible person

Sanna Savela

Student groups
  • SS24SM
    Bachelor of Social Services, Multi-form studies
Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

20.01.2025 - 25.04.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 47

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Dental Hygiene
Teachers
  • Fatima Moursad
  • Sandor Kovacs
Responsible person

Sandor Kovacs

Scheduling groups
  • R1/2 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/2 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
  • TS24SPE (satelliitti) (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • TS24SPE
    Dental Hygiene, satellite group
  • TS24SP
    Dental Hygiene
Education groups
  • R1/2
  • R2/2
  • TS24SPE (satelliitti)
Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

13.01.2025 - 25.04.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 46

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sanna Heiskanen
  • Sandor Kovacs
Responsible person

Sandor Kovacs

Scheduling groups
  • R1/3 (Size: 16. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/3 (Size: 16. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R3/3 (Size: 16. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • TN24KM
Education groups
  • R1/3
  • R2/3
  • R3/3
Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

13.01.2025 - 30.05.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Arja-Sisko Kainulainen
  • Terhi Lehto
Responsible person

Terhi Lehto

Scheduling groups
  • R1/2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • SN24KM
Education groups
  • R1/2
  • R2/2

Materials

ENGLISH:
- Pietilä: New Healthy English. Edita 2023. E-book.
- Additional material provided in Moodle

Further information

Bring your own device.

Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

07.01.2025 - 14.02.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

0 - 34

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nurse
Teachers
  • Pauliina Rissanen
  • Pekka Kaartinen
Responsible person

Pekka Kaartinen

Scheduling groups
  • R1/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R3/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • TT24KP
Education groups
  • R1/3
  • R2/3
  • R3/3
Enrollment

01.08.2024 - 15.09.2024

Timing

30.09.2024 - 20.12.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Pekka Kaartinen
Student groups
  • TN24SM
    Nursing
Enrollment

26.02.2024 - 15.05.2024

Timing

03.06.2024 - 30.07.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Seats

20 - 80

Teachers
  • Pekka Kaartinen

Teaching methods

The course is named as Naegleria Fowleri on Moodle and is written in a form of a thriller encompassing listening and reading comprehension tasks meant for everyone on the course and separate folders intended solely for different study programs in social and health care with degree-program-specific assignments. The degree-program specific tasks are thought to be done preferably with a fellow student studying in the same degree program. On the course you will learn the field-specific material in English and essential professional vocabulary and you will be doing powerpoint presentations relevant to your own field and they will be evaluated. Also, multicultural element is included in the tasks.


The student is able to
- use English in his or her work at the level required for his or her professional development
- tell about his or her working environment and duties in English
- interview and guide, mentor and care for different clients in English
- use essential professional vocabulary and source books
- know how to act culturally sensitively and support equality in customer- and nursing work and in the work community

Student workload

The 5 credits of the course will be divided as follows:

- Getting acquainted with the course instructions, working method, choosing your study peer and keeping in contact with him/her, getting used to the tools needed and studying the thriller story by means of listening and reading and doing the relevant tasks: 40 hours
- Independent and pair-based work, home work and peer-based exams 65 hours
- Returnable learning tasks, study peer evaluations 15 hours
- Getting ready for the Moodle exam and the exam 15 hours

Materials

All the material needed on the course is on Moodle