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SUY04MK22DIAK Healthcare as a professional environment (5 cr)

Code: SUY0405A19H-3002

General information


Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 25.03.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Humanities, Community Interpreting

Teachers

  • Suvi Vierelä

Groups

  • A49astu

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify key pieces of legislation relating to the healthcare sector
- describe the healthcare service system and its operating principles, and name key concepts and terminology of the healthcare sector
- describe the structure of the human body, organs and their functions
- name common health issues among immigrants
- retrieve information about healthcare topics and, at the basic level, compare the healthcare sectors of the countries of their working languages
- identify the interpreting situations of the healthcare sector and understand the related challenges

Content

- key pieces of legislation relating to the healthcare sector
- the healthcare service system and its operating principles
- key concepts and terminology of healthcare
- the structure of the human body, organs and their functions
- common health issues among immigrants
- specificities of healthcare settings