Pain management intensive course (5 cr)
Code: VV00DI58-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 11.01.2021 - 02.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Department of Health Care and Emergency Care
- Campus
- Kotka Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
Objective
The student
- improves her/his international and cultural competencies
- improves her/his ability to assess and manage pain by working in a multicultural team
- understands the physiology of pain
- recognizes the different forms of pain and is able to assess pain
- applies evidence-based knowledge and experience in supporting patients suffering from different forms of pain
- is able to communicate in English using accurate field-specific terninology
Content
What is pain from physiological point of view?
What is evidence-based pain assessment and management?
What is multicultural teamwork in the context of nursing?
Evaluation
Assessment on a scale of 1-5:
- Preparation
- Intensive week: participation, presentation, reflective journal
– Written assignment
Timing of exams and assignments
Kirjallinen työ
International cooperation
Kurssi toteutetaan yhdessä Odiseen yliopiston kanssa
Evaluation scale
1-5