Study Guide
Study Guide
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Curricula starting in 2022 and earlier
Savonia's new Study Guide (curriculum starting in 2023 and after) can be found here.
| Basis of Education | Competence Standards | Structure of Studies | Development of Expertise | Methods and implementation | Course Table |
Course Description
| Code | 4 TBPREA9 |
| Name | Clinical Practice: Preanalytic |
| Credits | 5 ects |
| Objectives | Upon completing the course, the student - can explain the operational principles of primary health care and the laboratory organisation and understand the activities of a health centre and a laboratory as part of health service provision and health promotion - can plan and implement the pre-analytical stage of the laboratory test process and apply theoretical knowledge in practice situations - can recognise special characteristics of customers and interact professionally with customers, colleagues and other professional groups - can follow quality management principles in examinations of clinical physiology and point-of-care analytics - can apply principle of patient safety and occupational safety in his or her work Organisation of the workplace where practice is carried out |
| Content | tasks, facilities and security plan. Position of the workplace in the Finnish health care system and in regional laboratory activities. Customer services in the workplace, sampling, handling, storage and dispatch. Technical implementation of electrocardiography. Point-of-care analytics in the workplace. Patient safety and occupational safety. Maintenance of equipment, waste management |
| Requirements | Organisation of the workplace where practice is carried out |
| Grading Scale | Passed - 0 |
| Course material | 0 - 5 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Other Considerations | Laboratory sampling and quality, Studying the functioning of organs, Professional ethics and facing the customer |
| Contact | It is recommended that the practice which enhances professional competence should be completed non-stop or in no more than two parts. It is possible to complete the practice in a laboratory within primary health care or in a corresponding laboratory in Finland and/or abroad. |
We reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum due to the need to update the content being studied.