Professional English for Nursing and Health Care (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Weeks 37-43 will be teacher-led studying (weekly instructions and reminders via Moodle, instructing the activities, commenting students' contributions. The final exam will take place on weeks 44-45. The exact dates will be informed later.

Objective

Professional English for Nursing and Health Care -kurssilla keskitytään keskeisiin viestintätilanteisiin sairaanhoitajan (tai muun terveydenhuoltoalan ammattilaisen) ja potilaan välillä. Kurssilla opiskellaan runsaasti jokapäiväiseen hoitotyöhön liittyvää terminologiaa. Opiskelijoilla on myös tarvittaessa mahdollisuus keskittyä oman erikoisalansa sisältöihin (esim. kätilöt, ensihoitajat, terveydenhoitajat).

Content

The importance of guidance and patient education Admission Patient interview, obtaining information Describing pain Wound care Successful discharge, giving home care instructions Medical terminology Human anatomy

Materials

Activities in TuniMoodle (e.g., H5P -exercises, Quizlet) Study book: Karhumäki, M., Metsäportti, M. & Tuohimäki. Dear Patient - English for Nursing. SanomaPro 2017.

Teaching methods

Independent and collaborative studying (participating in activities together with student colleagues) Moodle.

Exam schedules

Final (written) exam will be taken in EXAM -class at TAMK main campus or at your own university of applied sciences. Please make sure before enrolling that it's possible to take an exam at your institute. (There won't be home exams.)

Student workload

3 ECTS credits = 3 x 27h = 81h student work. (This is an estimation as the time spent on completing the course depends on the student's current level on English.) Assignments: - Moodle activitites: (discussion forum tasks, Flinga, H5P, GoogleDocs etc.) - The written assignment submitted at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5) - Oral video presentation at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5)