Aspects of Health Tourism (V1521), 5 cr

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 Study unit                            Aspects of Health Tourism (V1521), 5.0
 Implementation                        SYV61521: 2/2015-2016 (18.05.2016 - 31.08.2016)
 Type                                  HEALTH TOURISM SERVICE DESIGN (V103)
 Groups                                Primary: SYV615SJ Others :
 Involved in the project
 Lecturers
 Number of participants                Minimum: 12 Maximum: 35
 Enrolment period                      14.03.2016 08:00 - 27.04.2016
 Main timing for implementation
 Applicabililty                        For exchange students: Yes For elective studies: Yes Open UAS student:
                                       Yes Suitable for virtual UAS: Yes

 Teachers                              Nevmerzhitskaya Julia (Other teacher)
 Campus                                Laurea Tikkurila
 Main location for implementation      Outside Laurea
 Implementation method                 Optima realization/student group, Project/venture/R&D, Web/virtual Language:
                                       English Virtuality: 3 cr Integration of R&D: 5 cr
 Implementation class
 Focus areas                           Expertise in nursing and coping at home, Service business, Student entrepreneurship
 Evaluation at the latest              23.07.2016 Storing of graded material ends.: 23.06.2017
 Exam days

 Having completed the study unit the   ●      to analyse the pathogenesis and prevention of infectious diseases
 student is able to                    ●      to analyse relevant concepts, policies and procedures of global infection
                                              prevention
                                       ●      to develop evidence based best practices for infection prevention procedures
 Previous studies
 Previous studies, more information
 Learning objectives                   Knowing how to find relevant information and researchabout health and medical
                                       tourism.Knowing how to design new customer-oriented servicesKnowing how to plan
                                       an innovative project and finding fundingfor it.
 Contents                              The course starts on the 17th of May in the Laurea Tikkurila Living Lab at 9 a.m. The
                                       information will also be available online in our virtual room in optima but we strongly
                                       recommend that you attend the introductory session on the 17th of May.


                                       The course structure is as follows:


                                       Week 1 Introduction to the course theme. Getting to know each other and sharing
                                       knowledge. Getting acquainted with the field of health and medical tourism. Written
                                       assignment (1 study point)

                                       Week 2 and 3 Actors within the field of health and medical tourism. Discussions online
                                       based on research articles (2 study points)


                                       Week 4 and 5 Preparing an innovative Health Tourism project (group work online).
                                       Tutoring discussions online (skype or connectpro)

                                       Week 6 and 7 Presenting the plan for the innovative Health Tourism project.


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                                   Powerpoint presentation (narrated) (2 study points)


                                   Course grades will be available on the 31st of August at the latest.


                                   Shortly: Written assignment (2 pages) 1 sp, Reading and discussing 2 sp, Plan and
                                   Presentation of Project 2sp.
 Study material                    Research articles will be found through the libraries online. Some material will be
                                   available in optima.Suggested introductory reading:
                                   Connell, J. (2013). Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and
                                   commodification. Tourism Management, 34, 1-13.
                                   Hall, C. M. (2011). Health and medical tourism: a kill or cure for global public health?.
                                   Tourism review, 66(1/2), 4-15.Hopkins, L., Labonté, R., Runnels, V., & Packer, C.
                                   (2010). Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?. Journal Of
                                   Public Health Policy, 31(2), 185-198. doi:10.1057/jphp.2010.10
 Tutoring and communication        The optima virtual classroom will be used during the course as well as skype/connectpro
                                   for online tutoring.The responsible teachers can also be contacted by e-mail.
 Evaluation criteria and methods   The course will be graded from 1 to 5 using the evaluation criteria for a Master study
                                   unit at Laurea UAS . Further information will be given at the beginning of the course.
 Project (name)                    Innovative Health Tourism Project




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