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What Everyone Should Know About Pain? (1 cr)

Code: SF10039-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2024 - 31.05.2024

Timing

03.06.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Open UAS

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 150

Degree programmes

  • Open University of Applied Sciences Studies
  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Noora Silvennoinen

Teacher in charge

Noora Silvennoinen

Scheduling groups

  • Avoimen opiskelijat (Size: 50. Open UAS: 50.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • TOP23_24
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2023-2024
  • KAKK24KE
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Summer, 2024

Small groups

  • Open UAS students
  • Degree students

Objective

Learning Outcomes;
At the end of the module, you are able to:
- determine factors related to pain
- recognize/appreciate pain as an experience
- identify the differences between acute and chronic pain
- identify different means to manage pain

Content

What is pain?
* Why do we experience pain- what is its meaning?
* How is the pain message transmitted in the body? What does it mean to experience pain?
* What are the differences between acute and chronic pain?
* How else can pain be classified?
How can we influence pain without medication/ Drug-free means to influence pain?
* What is the internal medicine cabinet in our body- what it means and how can we use it?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected