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Curriculum subject

Introduction to the studies

Subject
Subject code 5PA13SO
Subject name Introduction to the studies
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Nondistinctive
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2013 TT
Study year 1
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Subject loads
Lecture 12
Seminar 40
Aim
1 To provide an overview about the higher education system in Estonia and the position of Tallinn Health Care College in Estonian landscape of education and health care;
2 to provide an overview about the possibilities of international work in the college;
3 to introduce the study organisation in the college and the principles of information search and using the library;
4 to provide knowledge and practical skills for composing and forming student papers and different documents in the college;
5 to introduce students with the basics of evidence-based research and to teach them to use different evidence-based information sources (including professional databases EBSCOhost).
Study outcome
Having passed the subject, the student:
1 has an overview about the system of higher education in Estonia and the position of Tallinn Health Care College in Estonian landscape of education and health care;
2 knows the possibilities for international work in the college;
3 knows the documents on the study organisation in Tallinn Health Care College;
4 is able to use the electronic access to library, and to find the electronic possibilities offered by the library for using catalogues and journals;
5 is able to use effectively office software;
6 is able to create student papers and other documents on computer following the requirements in the college;
7 is able to search and use information sources and databases related to the speciality;
8 values the role of being a student and values studying.
Current rounds
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