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

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

The course starts on 17.1.2022, with introductory webinar from 15.00 to 16.30;
No other scheduled mandatory webinars.

Detailed schedule will be added after updates from KAMK.
Lectures and learning task A by xx, peer feedback and discussion by xxx. and self-assessment by xxx; Lectures and learning task B by xxx., peer feedback by 3.12. and self-assessment xxx; Overall assessment of the course and feedback by xxx Closing webinar on xxx.

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

Location and time

KAMK is the organizing AMK for this course.

Course period: 17.1. - 20.3.2022

Registration via link below by the 10th of December 2021:

https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/7995A06A8EDE1EB9

Course key will be sent after the registration.

Materials

Literature and study materials will be confirmed with the course start.

Teaching methods

Recorded online lectures, webinars, learning assignments, peer discussion, guided independent studies

Implemented at KAMK DevMoodle: https://devmoodle.kamit.fi/login/index.php

Coursekey to the common area in DevMoodle: PalhoYAMK

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

Qualifications

Basic level (A level) competence in palliative care.

Further information

The whole course is evaluated on a numerical scale failed (0) / satisfactory (1) - commendable (5). The assessment of the course is based on the overall assessment made by the teacher.

The assessment of the course consists of the following learning tasks:
A. Evidence-based competence management and development in palliative care (separate instruction in Moodle under Learning Tasks and their Return) Assessment Rejected (0) / Satisfactory (1) - Commendable (5).
B. Learning task related to well-being at work (separate instruction in Moodle under Learning tasks and their return) Assessment rejected (0) / satisfactory (1) - commendable (5).

The overall grade of the course emphasizes learning task A.
The overall assessment also includes the fact that the student has made self- and peer assessments and participated in peer discussion in learning task A. In addition, the student has told / given final feedback.