Ethics, Communication and Interaction in Social Work and Health Care (5cr)

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Content scheduling

TIMING Weeks 9-18
CONTENT:
Essential concepts of ethics, communication and interaction
Perspectives to ethical challenges to in client work
Law, religion and ethical principles in client work
Meeting with different kind of clients and groups in various interaction situations
Perspectives to use different communication environments and tools in client work
THEMES
Theme 1 Essential concepts of ethics, communication and interaction week 9
Theme 2 Law and ethical principles in working with the clients week 10
Theme 3 Perspectives to ethical challenges in social and health care week 12
Theme 4 Meeting clients and co-workers in different situations of interaction. Perspectives to using
different communication settings and tools in work with clients week 14
Exam in OPTIMA learning environment week 15

Objective

The student
• Is aware of essential ethical principles in social and health care
• Knows the basics of distinctive and professional meeting of clients
• Knows the basics of professional activity with clients and work
• Recognizes ethical challenges in client interaction and reflects acting in these situations
• Develops his/ her own communication and ethical competence in various study and work situations in social and health care

Content

• Essential concepts of ethics, communication and interaction
• Perspectives to ethical challenges to in client work
• Law, religion and ethical principles in client work
• Meeting with different kind of clients and groups in various interaction situations
• Perspectives to use different communication environments and tools in client work

Materials

All the materials in OPTIMA and
Leino-Kilpi Helena & Välimäki Maritta. 2014. Etiikka hoitotyössä. Sanoma Pro. 8. uud. painos.
Luvut: 1-8.
Kirja tai E-kirja: Mönkkönen Kaarina. 2018. Vuorovaikutus asiakastyössä: asiakkaan kohtaaminen sosiaali- ja terveysalalla. Gaudeamus Oy. Koko kirja.

Teaching methods

Learning on the Internet

Exam schedules

Optima EXAM week 16
Re-exam week18

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Personal tasks, group tasks, chat-discussion, case-based tasks, video-analyses and individual exam on the Internet.

Student workload

Theme 1. Approximately 20 hours student work, two tasks to return
Theme 2. Approximately 15 hours student work, three tasks
Theme 3. Approximately 15 hours student work, two tasks
Theme 4. Approximately 25 hours student work, five tasks and online -discussion
Exam on the OPTIMA e-learning environment

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assessment scale: passed/ failed
Completion of learning tasks as agreed and in time
Active participation of discussion and work on the learning environment
Different kinds of assignments and tasks to show own ethical and interaction discussion using versatile learning sources
Feedback in the end of the course

Further information

To the course there are no previous education requirements, but good Finnish language level is necessary. The students are selected on the basis of enrollment order.
The student enrolling to the course have to notice that this course does not necessarily compensate the ethics and philosophy courses required in social- and health care degree programmes. Every university and university of applied sciences decide based on its own guidelines the compensation or inclusion of this course to the degree studies.