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Health Councelling Skills

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SH00BC94
Curriculum: SH 2024 / 2024K
Level: Bachelor of Nursing
Year of Study: 1 (2024-2025 / 2025)
Credits: 3 cr
Responsible Teacher: Ylikahri, Anu
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Year 2025

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
3018SH2024-1A2025-03-01 – 2025-05-31Katja KetolaFinnish2024-12-01 – 2025-01-12
3019SH2024-1B2025-01-01 – 2025-02-28Virpi VälimaaFinnish2024-12-01 – 2025-01-13

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

- Plan, implement, and evaluate guidance for a client/patient/student using various methods based on their needs.
- Take into account relevant laws and ethical considerations in guidance and justify their choices accordingly.
- Search for, evaluate, and apply reliable information in guidance and nursing.
- Assess their own guidance skills and develop them based on feedback, as well as provide constructive feedback to others.


Student's Workload

Total work load of the course:81h
- of which scheduled studies: 24h
- of which autonomous studies:57h
The assesment of student's own learning 1h is included in contact lessons.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required/no prerequisites

Contents

What is guidance?
Guidance from the perspective of laws and ethics

Guidance needs:
- Client’s/patient’s resources, identifying the need for guidance, motivation, and recognizing barriers to learning, along with different forms of support for them
- Client-/patient-centeredness and solution-focused guidance

Guidance methods:
- Group and individual guidance
- Informational, social, emotional, and culturally-oriented guidance
- Written guidance, skills guidance, family member guidance, student guidance, Teach-Back method
- Remote guidance in digital services

Guided self-management model (Therapies to the Frontline) and motivational interviewing

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Vänskä, K., Laitinen-Väänänen, S., Kettunen, T. & Mäkelä, J. (2011). Onnistuuko ohjaus? Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ohjaustyössä kehittyminen. Edita. Helsinki.

Oppipportti: Motivational Interviewing

Other teacher´s material

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, educational events as group task

Assessment Criteria

Level 5
The student is able to:
- describe theoretically the factors related to the need, implementation and evaluation of guidance and be able to apply this information
- take into account the different backgrounds and needs of the clients in the guidance and teaching independently and in a client-oriented manner, and act on a situation-specific basis
- to search for, use and evaluate reliable and up-to-date information to support guidance and teaching

Level 3
The student is able to:
- describe theoretically the factors related to the need for, implementation and evaluation of guidance
- to take into account the different backgrounds and needs of clients, work independently and with professional approach in teaching and supervision situations
- seek and use reliable information in guidance and nursing

Level 1

The student is able to:
- describe factors related to education, learning and assessment
- take into account the different backgrounds and needs of patients and clients in the guidance / teaching situation
- search for and use reliable information in guidance and nursing

Assessment Methods

- practical implementation as group work, approved / rejected
- seminar work, numerical evaluation 0-5


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