Evidence-based Knowledge Management and Development in Palliative Care (5cr)

Objective

The student
• describes the patient's palliative care service chain in their well-being area and identifies the nursing staff's skill requirements at different levels of the service chain
• apply the central knowledge base underlying palliative care competence development and management
• develops and leads human/customer-oriented palliative care work, applying the values and principles related to the organization's strategy.
• evaluates and develops human/client-oriented palliative care based on evidence.
• identify limitations and specific issues related to palliative care research and development.
• evaluates and develops analytically and critically the importance of staff well-being at work as a quality factor in palliative care work.

Content

• A general model for organizing palliative care
• The palliative patient service chain in the welfare area and the competence requirements of the nursing staff
• Knowledge base of human/customer-oriented competence and management in palliative care work
• The organization's strategy and its underlying values and their importance in the human/customer-oriented development and management of palliative care
• Competencies of nursing staff knowledge as the basis of human/customer-oriented and ethical palliative nursing
• Palliative care competence development methods
• Research, development and innovation of evidence-based palliative care, and the methods that support it
• Occupational well-being of nursing staff, its development and management

Qualifications

Basic level (A level) competence in palliative care.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

inadequate 1, satisfactory 2
The student
- knows the levels of palliative care provision and strives to reflect them and the staff competence development needs they require on the organisation's strategy, values ​​and principles
- is able to justify the development needs of palliative care in a future-oriented manner in cooperation with the organisation's actors and experts in the field
- is able to map the staff competence based on the needs of palliative care and draws up a staff competence development plan
- strives to evaluate the staff competence development plan
- strives to take into account the special features of the palliative care context in research and development activities
- strives to develop and manage the occupational well-being of nursing staff

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3 - Very good 4
The student
- knows the levels of palliative care organisation and reflects them and the staff competence development needs required by them, using the organisation's strategy, values ​​and principles, and partly societal and future forecasts
- is able to justify the development needs of palliative care in a future-oriented manner in cooperation with the organisation's actors and experts in the field, and integrates them into the operational context, societal context and previous knowledge base in the field of education
- is able to map the staff competence based on the needs of palliative care and draws up a plan for the development of staff competence that can be utilised
- is able to evaluate the staff competence development plan and strives to develop it to serve the organisation's values, principles and needs
- is able to take into account the special features of the palliative care context in research and development activities
- is able to develop and manage the occupational wellbeing of nursing staff in a controlled manner

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
The student
- is able to examine the levels of palliative care organisation, reflecting them and the staff competence development needs they require, innovatively utilising the organisation's strategy, values ​​and principles, as well as societal and future forecasts
- is able to analyse and justify the development needs of palliative care in a future-oriented manner in cooperation with the organisation's actors and experts in the field, and integrates them into the operational context, societal context and previous knowledge base in the field of education
- is able to draw up a systematic, structured and usable staff competence development plan based on the needs of palliative care
- is able to critically evaluate the staff competence development plan and develop it to support the organisation's values, principles and needs
- is able to take into account the special features of the palliative care context in research and development activities
- is able to develop and manage the work well-being of nursing staff based on evidence