Study Guide

Objective

Client and employee safety 2 ETCS
Objectives
• you are familiar with the most important legislation, documents, responsibilities and principles that guide client work and workplace safety
• you are able to work independently, promoting the safety of your work community
• you are familiar with the principles of work ergonomics and can apply them to your work
• you know how to recognise and face violence or clients at risk of violence and guide them to support services if necessary

Medicinal treatment and medication safety 3 ETCS
Objectives
• you know the authorities that supervise medication safety, the core legislation and licensing practices
• you understand professional employees’ responsibility in administering medication
• you know the basics of medicinal treatment
• you know how to administer medication safely and responsibly

Content

Customer and employee safety 2 ETCS
Contents
• work community and organisation safety management and planning
• anticipation, actions in threat situations and analysis of threat situations
• forms of violence, and identifying and addressing them
• work ergonomics methods

Medicinal treatment and medication safety 3 ETCS
Contents
• core legislation and guidelines concerning medicinal treatment
• the stages of medicines in the body and their effects on the body
• forms of medication and routes of administration (not intramuscular or intravenous injections)
• the adverse effects and interactions of medicines and commitment to medication
• the pharmacotherapy plan and Bachelors of Social Services as providers of safe medication

Materials

Medical treatment:


Workplace safety:

Teaching methods

I Medical treatment:
- group work, independent work, exam

II Work place safety:
- contact teaching, independent work, exam

Exam schedules

Course exam
22.3.2023: one hour exam in Itslearning platform during 8.00-22.00

29.3.2023: 1. Re-examination
5.4.2023: 2. Re-examination

International connections

Medical treatment:
- Flipped learning
- Problem based learning

Workplace safety:
- Experiment based learning

Completion alternatives

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Student workload

I Medical treatment and safety 3 ECTS
- Orientation 6 hours
- Theme 1: group assignment and assessment (pass/failed) 15 hours
- Theme 2: group assignment and assessment (pass/failed) 15 hours
- Theme 3: group assignment and assessment (pass/failed) 15 hours
- Independent work 30 hours

II Work place safety 2 ECTS
- Orientation 4 hours
- Independent work + exam 50 hours

Content scheduling

Weeks 3-16
It is highly recommended to participate in contact teaching!

17.1.2023: 10-14 Orientation to the course and Medical treatment + Independent work 14-16

Medical treatment
31.1.2023: 10-16 theme 1
15.2.2023: 9-14 theme 2
28.2.2023: 12-15.30 theme 3

Workplace safety
7.3.2023: 10-14

Course exam
22.3.2023: one hour exam in Itslearning platform during 8.00-22.00

29.3.2023: 1. Re-examination
5.4.2023: 2. Re-examination

Further information

Itslearning

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Course assessment will be based on the course exam (fail/1-5).
All assignments (pass/fail)