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TYV04MK23DIAK Working languages and communication in healthcare (5 cr)

Code: TYV0405A19H-3003

General information


Enrollment

19.09.2022 - 09.10.2022

Timing

13.02.2023 - 19.05.2023

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

  • Jaana Puurunen
  • tuntiopettaja Tulkkaukset ja kielet

Groups

  • A51astu

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify communication situations and text types typical in the healthcare sector
- communicate in both working languages in interpreting situations typical in the healthcare sector
- use the vocabulary of healthcare
- monitor developments in healthcare-related vocabulary and terminology in both working languages
- recognise the possibilities and challenges of digital solutions in multilingual communications in the healthcare sector

Content

- communication situations and text types typical in the healthcare sector
- language structures in the healthcare sector
- healthcare vocabulary
- digitalisation in multilingual communications in the healthcare sector

Evaluation scale

0-5