Pain and its non-pharmacological treatment (5 cr)
Code: AV00EM09-3007
General information
Timing
16.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Pulse, Open UAS and Continuing education
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Open University of Applied Sciences
Teachers
- Teea Lång
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 from 5 topics, that are: 1. what is pain? (1 course credit), 2. The assessment of pain (2 course credits), 3. The non-medicated pain relief (1 course credit), 5. Chronic pain and pain management (1 course credit).
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed