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Cancer As A Disease (4 cr)

Code: SF10064-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2025 - 01.06.2025

Timing

02.05.2025 - 30.09.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Open UAS

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Minna Peake
  • Maiju Issakainen
  • Noora Silvennoinen

Teacher in charge

Noora Silvennoinen

Scheduling groups

  • Avoin AMK ja RIPA (Size: 50. Open UAS: 50.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • KAKS25
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Fall, 2026
  • KAKK25KE
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Summer, 2025
  • TOP24_25
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2024-2025

Small groups

  • Open UAS students and RIPA
  • Degree students

Objective

You can describe the basics of different cancer diseases and know how they are typically treated.
You recognize the impact of cancer and cancer treatments on functional ability.
You identify the professional's role in different stages of a crisis.

Content

Key Contents
- Different types of cancer
- Cancer treatment
- Effects of cancer treatments
- Illness as a crisis

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected