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Pain Management (5 cr)

Code: S00Y047-3007

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

09.09.2019 - 09.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Yhteisten opintojen koulutusyksikkö

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Health Care
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care

Teachers

  • Anetta Liinaharja

Teacher in charge

Anetta Liinaharja

Groups

  • VV2019-2020

Objective

The student learns how to separate different forms of pain, how to assess the pain by using suitable assessment methods and knows how to choose different treatments variously. The student knows how to apply the knowledge in the patients or clients treatment and rehabilitation.

Content

The content consists of 5 themes, parts 1 and 2 of which are mandatory: 1. What is pain? (1 cr ', compulsory) 2nd pain assessment (2 cr, compulsory). The remaining 2 ECTS can be chosen from the following sections: 3. Pharmacological treatment of pain (1 cr, voluntary), 4. Non-pharmacological treatment of pain (1 cr, voluntary) 5. Chronic pain and its management (1 cr, voluntary).

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed