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Pain Management (5 cr)

Code: S00Y047-3010

General information


Enrollment

14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021

Timing

18.01.2021 - 25.04.2021

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 - 40

Degree programmes

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

Teachers

  • Riitta Riikonen

Teacher in charge

Riitta Riikonen

Groups

  • VV2020-2021

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