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Wellbeing promotion and patient counselling (5 cr)

Code: HT00FB65-3007

General information


Enrollment

13.01.2025 - 26.01.2025

Timing

02.05.2025 - 16.09.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Matias Karvonen
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Jaana Dillström
  • Reetta Korhonen
  • Satu Sällilä
  • Sari Engelhardt

Teacher in charge

Niina Luukkonen

Groups

  • SHSA25KM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Wellbeing promotion
You understand the societal factors affecting wellbeing and health promotion.
You understand the basics and ethical principles of health promotion.
You identify health inequalities among population groups and know ways to reduce them.
You can implement nutrition recommendations.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.

Patient counselling
You can create and maintain professional relationships.
You know how to use different patient counselling methods.
You know how to use evidence-based knowledge in counselling.
You can assess the effectiveness of counselling.

Content

Wellbeing promotion
How do societal factors affect wellbeing and health promotion?
What are the different levels and ethical principles of health promotion?
How can health inequalities among population groups be reduced?
What are the factors that protect and strengthen health?
How do you implement nutrition recommendations?
How can welfare technology be used in health promotion?

Patient counselling
How do you create and maintain professional counselling relationships?
How do you use different counselling methods?
How do you ensure that information is evidence-based?
How do you assess the effectiveness of counselling?
How do you guide and support patients and their loved ones in their commitment to treatment?

Evaluation scale

1-5