Cancer, Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (5 cr)
Code: TH00BR24-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 30.05.2022 - 15.08.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 25.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- RDI portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 10 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Master of Advanced Nursing Practice Cancer Care
- Teachers
- Virpi Sulosaari
- Teija Franck
- Scheduling groups
- Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 5 . Open UAS : 5.)
- Small groups
- For Open UAS students only
- Course
- TH00BR24
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Cancer as a disease
• Etiology, frequency and heritability of cancer
• Incidence, dominance and mortality rate of cancer
• Costs caused by cancer
• Objectives of health promotion
• Cancer prevention with health promotion methods
• Cancer prevention as a part of NCD disease prevention
• Societal influence - cooperation with patient organisations
• Cancer screening, early detection, cancer diagnosis methods
Objective
· explain the basics of etiology and pathophysiology in cancer development
· critically estimate the incidence of cancer in Finland and Europe and identify the most common cancer causes and risk factors
· recognize the significance of cancer prevention from the point of view of public health and become familiar with the most essential methods used in cancer prevention
· take cultural context into account in cancer prevention
· explain the most essential methods used for cancer diagnosis
Content
· Cancer as a disease
· Etiology, frequency and heritability of cancer
· Incidence, dominance and mortality rate of cancer
· Costs caused by cancer
· Cancer prevention and health promotion
· Objectives of health promotion
· Cancer prevention with health promotion methods
· Cancer prevention as a part of NCD disease prevention
· Use of tobacco products, alcohol, nutrition and weight management, exercise and immobility, work-related exposure, inflammation, radiation (UV radiation - the sun, solarium, radon, electromagnetic radiation)
· Societal influence - cooperation with patient organisations
· Cancer screening, early detection and cancer diagnosis
· Cancer screening
· Early detection
· Cancer diagnosis methods
Materials
European Cancer Beating Plan 2020
EU4Health program 2021-2027
Ferley J. ym. 2018. Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers in 2018. European Journal of Cancer 103:356-387.
European Code against cancer https://cancer-code-europe.iarc.fr/index.php/fi/
Teaching methods
Distance/contact teaching, group work on participation of European Oncology Nursing Society campaign, seminar
Student workload
Poster seminar and presentation
Active participation to group work during contact/distance teaching, participation on the campaign
Evaluation methods and criteria
Participation to teaching approved/failed
Posterseminar 1-5