Clinical Placement, Public Health Nursing of Child, School Age Child and Adolescent

Structure Type:	Study unit
Code:	STHH0006
Curriculum:	TH 2021
Level:	Bachelor of Public Health
Year of Study:	4 (2024-2025)
Semester:	Spring
Credits:	13 cr
Responsible Teacher:	Leppänen, Helena
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2024-2025

Impl.	Group(s)	Study Time	Teacher(s)	Language	Enrolment
3003	TH2021-4A	2024-11-01 – 2025-05-31	Anne Puska	Finnish	2024-08-01 – 2024-09-06

Learning Outcomes

Students are aware of the importance of preventive work in health promotion and implement planned public health nursing in a multi-professional co-operation, remembering the family´s and individual´s needs of guidance and counselling.

Student's Workload

Total work load of course: 13 cr (351 h)

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Professional Basic Studies. Theoretical Studies in Public Health Nursing of Child, School age and Adolescence

Public Health Nursing of Child, School Age Child and Adolescent

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Supervised practical training at postnatal clinic, school health/student health care, 13 cr (9 weeks).
Learning assignments.

Assessment Criteria

Pass-evaluation:

The student
- is able to assess the client's health taking into account the individual differences
- is able to use the health care monitoring and screening methods
- is able to guide and support the clients with special needs using the multi-professional co-operation network
- is able to provide information on health promotion priorities

Fail-evaluation
The student
- is not able to work independently at the end of the clinical practice and has a weak motivation to work
- the scientific knowledge basis is weak and partly faulty
- has weak interaction skills and has an ignorant attitude towards the clients
- is not able to do realistic self-evaluation

Assessment Methods

Assignment. Pass-evaluation on clinical practice.

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