Role of podiatry in health and rehabilitation servicesLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can work as a podiatry professional in multi-professional groups and networks.
You know the Finnish social health and rehabilitation service system.
You understand the process of rehabilitation and individual factors affecting it.
You understand the meaning of multi-professional work for the client and the professional.
You understand how to lead and develop working groups and your own work.
You can consider well-being and occupational health and safety in your work.
You know individual, group and a community level methods to promote rehabilitation.
You know common folk diseases and their prevention and treatment.

Content

How do you work as a professional in multi-professional groups and networks?
What constitutes the Finnish social, health, and rehabilitation services system?
What does the rehabilitation process consist of and what are the key factors that affect it?
How do you implement multi-professional activities to promote the client's rehabilitation?
How do you develop and lead work groups and your own work?
How do you consider well-being and occupational health and safety in your work?
What methods do you use to promote rehabilitation at the individual, group and community level?
What are common folk diseases and how can they be prevented and treated?

Evaluation

Entry-level competence

Students can,
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.