Medicine and pharmacological treatment (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Purpose of the course
After the course you will be able to use basic knowledge of medicine as well as first aid skills in interaction with clients or patients of social and health care work.

Competences
Client competence in social, health care and rehabilitation services

Learning outcomes of the course
After the course you will know the basics of bio medicine and clinical medicine. You will know patho-physiological phenomena of illness, pain and recovery. You will know the fundamental dysfunctions of respiration, heart and circulatory system, musculoskeletal system and central and peripheral nervous system. You will understand psychological issues as well as cure and rehabilitation principles related to them. You will know effects of medication and understand your own professional responsibilities in medical treatment. You will have basic competences in first aid.

Content

Starting points for biomedical and clinical medicine
Pathophysiological phenomena of disease, pain and healing process
Pain
Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system and mental health disorders
Implementation and monitoring of safe pharmacological treatment
Basic first aid skills

Location and time

26.8.-18.12.2024

Materials

Video lectures on Moodle, supplemented by text materials and learning tasks.

Contents:
1. Biomedical and clinical medicine background
2. Pathophysiological phenomena of disease, pain and the healing process
3.Pain
4. Respiratory, cardiovascular and circulatory system disorders
5. Musculoskeletal disorders
6. Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system and mental disorders
7. Implementation and monitoring of safe drug therapy
8. Rehabilitation

Teaching methods

A kick-off webinar, which will also be recorded.

Independent study in the Moodle learning environment, based on video lectures, written materials and exercises prepared by a rehabilitation specialist.

Theory and practice of emergency first aid skills (4 h of contact teaching at school)

Examination in Exam.

Exam schedules

Exam in Exam environment 14.-27.10.2024
First re-examination in Exam 4.-17.11.2024
Second re-examination in Exam 25.11.-8.12.2024

The dates of the exams can be changed by mutual agreement at the beginning of the course.

Student workload

Start-up webinar 2 h
Independent study: study of video and text materials and completion of exercises and exam 120 h
Emergency first aid: theory and exercises 13 h; theory 9 h + 4 h exercises at school
Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 The student demonstrates sufficient knowledge in basics of biomedicine and clinical medicine. He or she has first aid skills.

2 The student demonstrates satisfactory knowledge in basics of biomedicine and clinical medicine. He or she has first aid skills.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 The student demonstrates very good knowledge in basics of biomedicine and clinical medicine. He or she has first aid skills.

4 The student demonstrates satisfactory knowledge in basics of biomedicine and clinical medicine. He or she has first aid skills.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 The student demonstrates excellent knowledge in basics of biomedicine and clinical medicine. He or she has first aid skills.

Further information

If you have a valid SPR first aid certificate or have just completed an emergency first aid course (8h) or EA1 course, you can get credit for the emergency first aid section by attaching a picture of your first aid certificate or card to the Moodle Workspace return folder.

The course will be examined as a single unit, i.e. both medical and pharmacotherapy skills will be demonstrated in the same exam. Therefore, there is no possibility to obtain a separate pass mark for the competence in medical therapy. The exam is assessed numerically on a scale of 0-5.