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
-
SHSA25KMNursing, 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