Profes­sional Contin­u­ing Studies

Karelia UAS offers profes­sional contin­u­ing studies in the fields of Nursing, Manage­ment and Lead­er­ship, Social Welfare and Phys­io­ther­apy. The extents of the indi­vid­ual study units vary between one and 15 ECTS credits. (ECTS = Euro­pean Credit Trans­fer and Accu­mu­la­tion System; one ECTS credit equals 27 hours of student’s work.) In addi­tion to contact teach­ing the studies may contain distant and online teaching.

We will be happy to tailor study unit pack­ages accord­ing to your own needs:

Nursing studies

  • Pallia­tive Care (15 cr)
  • Acute Nursing (30 cr)
  • Diabetes Nursing and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion (30 cr)
  • Patient’s Exam­i­na­tion and Emer­gency Care (15 cr)
  • Specific Skills for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Work (15 cr)
  • Client-Centred Geron­to­log­i­cal Nursing (3,5 cr)
  • Dipra Coun­celling for Prac­tise (15 cr)
  • Social Services and Health Care in Finland (3 cr)
  • Simu­la­tion Training

Manage­ment and lead­er­ship studies

  • Compe­tence Manage­ment (30 cr)
  • Lead­er­ship and Devel­op­ment in Social Services and Health Care (5 cr)
  • Compe­tence in Ageing and Manage­ment (5 cr)
  • Inter­na­tional Activ­i­ties in Social Services and Health Care (5 cr)
  • e-Services in Social Welfare and Health Care (15 cr)
  • Future Perspec­tives on Local Social and Health Care Services (1 cr)
  • Imple­men­ta­tion of Knowl­edge Manage­ment (5 cr)
  • Employee’s Moti­va­tion (1 cr)
  • Simu­la­tion Training

Social welfare studies

  • Civil Society and Partic­i­pa­tion (2 cr)
  • Empow­er­ing Chil­dren in Child Welfare Work (5 cr)

Phys­io­ther­apy studies

  • Multi­dici­pli­nary Reha­bil­i­ta­tion (15 cr)
  • Neuro­log­i­cal Phys­io­ther­apy (3 cr)
  • Taping (2 cr)
  • Ergonom­ics and Usabil­ity (3 cr)
  • Acces­si­bil­ity and Assis­tive Tech­nol­ogy (3 cr)
  • Simu­la­tion Training

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