CURRICULUM OF VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

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SOSIAALI- JA TERVEYSALA KUOPIO
CURRICULUM OF VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION IN SOCIAL
AND HEALTH CARE, PRACTICAL NURSE EDUCATION
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EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN FINLAND
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VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION IN SOCIAL AND HEALTH
CARE
CORE SUBJECTS 20 CR COMMON VOCATIONAL 90
CR STUDIES Support and guidance
of growth Nursing and care
Rehabilitation support Special
vocational studies of each study
programme OPTIONAL STUDIES 10 CR
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CORE SUBJECTS (20ov)
Compulsory study modules (16 cr)
Finnish 4 cr Swedish 1
cr Foreign language (English) 2
cr Mathematics 3 cr Physics 1
cr Chemistry 1 cr Basic studies of society and
entrepreneurship 1 cr Physical education 1
cr Health promotion 1 cr Art and culture
1 cr
Elective study modules (4 cr)
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VOCATIONAL BASIC STUDIES
SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF GROWTH (16 CR)
NURSING AND CARE (22 CR)
REHABILITATION SUPPORT (12 CR)
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STUDY PROGRAMMES (40 CR)

• Customer service and information
• management
• Emergency care
• Rehabilitation
• Childrens and youth care and
• education
• Mental health and substance abuse
• welfare work
• Nursing and care
• Oral and dental care
• Care for the disabled

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CUSTOMER SERVICE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• Customer service and
• guidance (4 cr)
• Information management (4 cr)
• Secretarial work in social and
• health care (20 cr)
• Nursing and care (14 cr)

• The studies focus on
• customer service in reception situation and
• client-focused telephone service
• guidance of a customer and
• his/her relatives
• information technology and security
• caring skills

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CUSTOMER SERVICE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Required skills
• organization skills
• cooperation skills
• willing to serve
• ability to work under pressure
• caring skills
• computer skills

Working environment after studies Different
types of social and health care services
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EMERGENCY CARE
Emergency care organization and services (8
cr) Care for emergency patients (32 cr)

• The studies focus on
• nursing outside hospitals
• perioperative nursing
• care for the outpatients

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EMERGENCY CARE

• Required skills
• communication skills
• manual skills
• problem solving
• quick decision making
• guiding skills
• physical strength
• observation skills
• patience
• ability to drive an ambulance

Workplaces emergency units acute care units
operation theatres ambulance service
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REHABILITATION
Working in rehabilitation service system (4
cr) Support and promotion of psychic
functional abilities (6 cr) Support and
promotion of social functional abilities (12
cr) Support and promotion of physical
functional abilities (18 cr)

• The studies focus on
• training of communication and
• cooperation skills
• guidance of individuals and groups
• theoretical understanding of functions
• of human beings and rehabilitation processes
• and abilities to apply the theory in practice

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REHABILITATION

• Working requires
• flexibility
• innovative attitude
• broad visions
• ability to work in teams
• skills to assess clients
• abilities to cope in
• everyday life

• Workplaces
• hospital wards
• rehabilitation
• centres
• spas
• service homes
• nursing homes
• domicile care
• personal helpers

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CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CARE AND EDUCATION
Care and education for children and young
people (6 cr) Support of growth and development
in early childhood (16 cr) Support of
growth and development at school age and in
adolescence (6 cr) Care for the sick children
and young people (12 cr)

• The studies focus on
• training of communication and
• cooperative skills
• team working
• learning professional
• responsibility

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CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CARE AND EDUCATION

• Work with children and youth
• requires
• flexibility
• innovative attitude
• broad visions
• belief in future

Workplaces child nurseries supportive
education care and guidance of youngsters
paediatric hospitals and other child care
institutions
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MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE WELFARE WORK
Mental health and substance abuse welfare work
(4 cr) Meeting people with mental or
substance abuse problems (4 cr) Individual
mental care (22 cr) Individual substance abuse
care (10 cr)

• The studies focus on
• principles and services in mental
• and substance abuse work
• Psychic disorders and their
• backgrounds
• Cooperation with people with
• mental and substance abuse
• problems
• prevention and rehabilitation
• in mental care

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MENTAL HEALTH AND ABUSE WELFARE WORK

• Mental health and abuse
• welfare work requires
• open-mindedness
• patience
• cooperation skills
• communication skills
• creativeness
• ability to cope with uncompleted matters

• Workplaces
• psychiatric hospitals
• units for alcoholics and
• drug addicts
• rehabilitation homes
• private care homes
• domicile care

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NURSING AND CARE
Nursing and care process and rehabilitation
(4 cr) Nursing and social care (36 cr)

• The studies focus on
• well planned nursing and
• care process
• rehabilitative nursing actions
• medical care and drug administration
• nutrition

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NURSING AND CARE

• Nursing and care requires
• guidance skills
• practical nursing skills and theoretical
• understanding
• holistic observation skills
• responsibility

• Workplaces
• Health centres and hospitals
• nursing homes
• domicile care

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ORAL AND DENTAL CARE
Work in oral health care services (4 cr)
Work in an oral and dental care unit (4 cr)
Promotion of oral health (4 cr) Basic oral and
dental care (20 cr) Special oral and dental
care (8 cr)

• The studies focus on
• guiding skills to motivate patients
• to take care of their dental hygiene
• assisting of dentists
• maintaining the dental unit in good
• condition
• cooperation skills

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ORAL AND DENTAL CARE

• Oral and dental care requires
• willingness to serve
• communication skills
• flexibility
• quick reactions
• manual skills

• Working
• dental units of health centres
• private dental care
• hospital wards and other institutions

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CARE FOR THE DISABLED
Ethics and the social status of the care for
the disabled (4 cr) Cooperation with the
disabled (10 cr) Individual care for the
disabled (26 cr)

• The studies focuse on
• communication and cooperation skills
• learning to observe and to define
• special needs of the disabled
• mastering of various rehabilitation practices

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CARE FOR THE DISABLED

• Care for the disabled requires
• acceptance of differences
• patience
• creativity
• good skills to create relationships
• manual skills

Working Nurseries and day care centres
special schools and dormitories service homes
Rehabilitation centres personal
helpers
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CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
Ethics and the social status of the care for
the elderly (4 cr) Cooperation with the
elderly (8 cr) Individual care for the elderly
(28 cr)

• The studies focuse on
• ethics of the elderly care
• quality care for the elderly
• every day living at home and
• at a service home
• cooperation between various
• care givers in elderly care

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CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

• Elderly care requires
• humanity
• cooperation skills
• flexibility
• wide theoretical knowledge
• and practical nursing skills

• Working
• Health centres
• Domicile care
• Nursing homes and service homes
• Private elderly care homes

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VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AFTER MATRICULATION
EXAMS

• The studies last for 2 years,
• including basic vocational
• studies and specialized studies
• of study programs
• Core subjects and
• optional studies have
• been studied already at
• upper secondary school.

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VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION IN SOCIAL AND HEALTH
CARE AND UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

• The studies last for 3 4 years -gt
• abilities to take part in matriculation
• exams in 4 compulsory subjects
• Vocational studies 80 cr
• Studies at the upper secondary school at
• least 30 cr

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ADULT EDUCATION

• The studies last for about 2 years according
• to the students professional and
• educational background.
• Individual study plans
• Competence based qualification
• skills tests in work placements.
• Work placements also abroad

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