Global health and national diseases (5cr)
Code: TH00DV24-3010
General information
- Enrollment
- 10.11.2025 - 21.11.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 12.01.2026 - 31.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Department of Health and Emergency Care
- Campus
- Kouvola Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Health Care
- Teachers
- Pauliina Lehto
- Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen
- Groups
-
THKV22SPHealth Care, full-time studies
- Course
- TH00DV24
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Global health and national diseases TH00DV24-3010. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
You know the most common challenges of global health.
You know the common national diseases, their risk factors, prevention and care.
You can advice the client on how to prevent non-communicable diseases.
You can advice the client to reach an appropriate balance by nutrition, physical activity and rest.
You know the most common medication for national diseases and can advice the client accordingly.
You can utilize technology in the support of self-care.
Content
What are the most common health challenges in the world?
What are the most common national diseases, their risk factors, prevention and evidence-based medical care?
How do you advice the client to prevent these diseases?
How do you advice the client to reach an appropriate balance of care?
How do you advice the client in the medical treatment of these diseases?
How do you use technology to support the client's self-care?
Evaluation
Students can:
logically use professional concepts, search essential epidemiological and microbiological information about and use statistic data in the prevention.
work on the individual-, group-, community levels
use prevention models and methods work as task orientated in the multidisciplinary professional team give reasons according the ethical principles in health promotion
Course material
Study material will be announced at Learn.
Study forms and methods
The course is implemented as online studies 12.1.- 31.5. 2026 The studies include various tasks.
RDI and work-related cooperation
The tasks are based on practical examples from working life.
Timing of exams and assignments
The course consists of evaluable tasks.
International cooperation
The course deals with gobal health challenges
Student workload
Student workload 5 ECTS = 135 t.
1 ECTS is 27 hours of student work.
Course part description
The information at the beginning of the course is mandatory.
The course consists of themes in accordance with the objectives. Each theme involves a learning task or tasks, to which material or material is assigned according to the chosen topic. Some of the tasks are evaluated numerically, and some on a scale approved - rejected.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
The course is assessed numerically and the assessment is based on learning tasks during the course, some of which are assessed numerically (1-5), and some of which are graded approved-failed.