Study Guide

Descriptions

Experts and leaders for advanced expert roles and the reformers of the working life graduated from Master School of Turku University of Applied Sciences. The Master’s degree opens the door to the new career development. From the experts of the Master-level Finland gets more competitive knowledge. Educations in Master School is divided into two paths: in the Leadership Excellence path develop persons as a superior or leader and in the Professional Excellence path for an expert level that requires advanced knowledge.

Teaching is mainly in Finnish. The studies are also conducted in English and using English-language learning materials. The student has an opportunity to participate in the international research, development and innovation projects (RDI) in which working language is English.

The Master’s degree composes of core competences, complementary competences and thesis work. Part of the mandatory core competence studies are common for all Professional programmes and part are specific for the name of the program. Complementary competence studies include elective studies that can be taken freely from the other TUAS Master’s programmes or from the Masters’ programmes of other universities. In most cases, the thesis work is done as a working life development project.

The Master's thesis solves a topical issue or problem related to working life. The topic of the thesis may be related to the development of a new product, service or process, for example. The thesis is carried out as a commission in research, development and innovation projects (RDI) of working life or Turku University of Applied Sciences. You can also acquire the topic from a variety of professional networks, third sector, wellbeing services counties or national research institutes. The thesis is done individually or in pairs. The completion of the thesis requires the ability to work independently and in expert work. In accordance with the tripartite model, the work is carried out in cooperation between the student, the teacher tutor and the working life mentor/contact person throughout the education. As a rule, the guidance is implemented as group guidance in ways agreed with the supervisor/teacher tutor of the thesis.

An upper university degree produces the same eligibility for a public post or post as a university degree at a university. Education provide general competences in management and development tasks. In the social and health sector, besides the general eligibility conditions, there is also sector-specific regulation for management. Extensive development and substance expertise enables national and international mobility. The education follows the European Qualification Framework (EQF) proficiency level descriptions and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) proficiency descriptions. The level corresponding to the higher university of applied sciences degree is 7.

Students have the opportunity to complete part of their studies outside Finland at higher education institutions with which Turku University of Applied Sciences has signed a cooperation agreement. Students can also engage in internationalisation by participating in intensive events organised by international networks, as well as in international conferences, projects. Our Master School international seminar, organised once a year, is part of the master studies. Part of the studies can be implemented in English.

The cooperation with the working life organisations and networking are a part of the studies. In the RDI projects, the cooperation can reach also to the international universities and to the international working life partners. Students can apply for courses at other higher education institutions and include these in a degree. Students can also take advantage of CampusOnline's joint online study offer at the polytechnics of Finland. http://campusonline.fi/ Industry participates in the development of education.

The aim of the research group of Master School is to promote leadership, the evaluation and development of the social welfare and health care system through multidisciplinary expertise. Focus areas are knowledge-based management, customer-focused operational models and new solutions at interfaces, high-quality care and services for the older citizens, competence and expertise in the renewing and increasingly multicultural operational environment and additionally higher education, employment and career paths.

A Master’s degree awarded by a university of applied sciences provides eligibility for further academic studies as well as for applying for professional teacher education. Universities may set conditions on granting rights for further studies in the form of e.g. supplementary studies. The degree gives the competency to apply into the vocational teacher training.

BIOANALYTICS

Advanced Practise – Biomedical Laboratory Science is one of the Professional Excellence path trainings. Professional Excellence path trainings offer you the opportunity to develop your current skills to a demanding expert level. During my studies, I delved into the challenges of developing my own field. After graduating, you have developed and renewed your working life, created new knowledge in your field and acquired tools to advance in your own career. In clinical expertise training, the special level of competence required by the student expands. A higher university of applied sciences degree creates the conditions to work independently in extended expert tasks that require special clinical expertise, to plan and renew high-quality laboratory services that promote a good customer and patient experience in a cost-effective and safe manner. The competence achieved in the training corresponds to the competence goals of an international expert with extensive responsibility (Advanced Clinical Practitioner). Characteristic features of the role of an expert with extensive responsibility are a more independent work role, coordination and consultation tasks, and evidence-based development of activities in one's own work and in the work community.

The degree consists of core competence, expanding competence and a thesis. The core competence consists of studies common to all and in-depth bioanalytics studies. Expanding competence includes freely chosen studies. Advanced studies support the development of demanding expert knowledge and the completion of a thesis. The thesis is mainly implemented as a project and develops the practices of working life. The main contents of the advanced studies are: Continuous quality improvement in the clinical laboratory, deepening the expertise of clinical laboratory work and laboratory methods in the developing clinical laboratory.

The whole of the education is 90 credits.
The structure of the studies is as follows:
• Core competence 40 credits
• Expanding competence 20 credits
• Thesis 30 credits

Graduates can work in various national or international expert, development, management and teaching positions. Clinical expert jobs can be in the public or private sector of the social and health sector.

Job titles can be e.g. expert, immediate manager such as department or assistant department manager, team manager, designer, project manager

Objective

BIOANALYTICS

After completing the programme, the student is able to:
· practice as advanced practitioner in accordance with legislation demonstrating accountability, professional integrity and ethical conduct
· work independently as advanced practitioner in her/his scope of clinical laboratory work
· is able to take responsibility in developing laboratory methods and processes in clinical practice
· renews person-centred services based on evidence-based information in different clinical laboratory contexts
· enhances dissemination and exploitation of evidence-based practice in regional, national and international networks of clinical laboratory work and multiprofessional health related networks

Development

From a pedagogical perspective, teaching is based on a socio-cultural learning concept and on innovation-boosting learning and development practices by using innovation pedagogy. The students are encouraged to engage in active, critical thinking, to deepen their field-specific competence and to systematically build their fundamental knowledge regarding development. It is possible to complete the studies in addition to the work. On average there are two contact days per a month. The teaching is carried out utilizing the innovative teaching and learning methods (Innopeda). The studying contains both the contact and the distance learning. The studies are performed in the network and in the multidisciplinary environments. The studies include independent work and working in the multidisciplinary teams. The development tasks from the working life are utilised. Core competence studies of bioanalytics (20 ECTS credits) are implemented through a nationwide network.

Core competence studies of radiography (20 ECTS credits) are implemented through a nationwide network.

Mental health and substance abuse care studies include independent work and working in the multidisciplinary teams. The development tasks from the working life are utilised. Core competence studies of Mental health and substance abuse care (30 ECTS credits) are implemented through a nationwide network in various cities (Pori, Jyväskylä, Turku and Tampere).

Further information

The objectives for skills levels in a Master’s Degree are based on the legislation on universities of applied sciences and the European Qualification Framework (EQF). The level corresponding to a Master’s Degree is level 7. Assessment focuses on competence and its development. The assessment criteria for each course are described in its implementation plan. The course assessment methods vary according to the objectives of the study module. Assessment may focus on the outcome (for instance, a report or a seminar presentation), on the process (the student’s own activity and actions during the course) or on both. Students receive regular feedback on their performance from their teachers. Peer- and self-assessment as well as client company feedback on performance are also utilized. The degree assessment framework is used as the basis for the assessment. The precondition for the acceptance of the study module is performing of the items which belong to it according to the curriculum. From the studies that have been acceptably completed grades are used, on a scale of 0 to 5 or accepted or completed.