Geropsychiatric unit for intensified open care, Turku

In psychiatric open care, the human person is the therapeutic tool and interactive skills are crucial. The student must be able to work individually and as a team member. The student needs to possess a real interest in geropsychiatric care and a thirst for learning.

Students are bound by the same standards of confidentiality as all other personnel.

Training, teaching and guidance

• Participation in assessment of patients’ therapy needs and in therapy planning
• Participation in planning overall patient management 
• Participation in the care of geropsychiatric patients in open care
• Participation in multiprofessional teamwork
• Participation in the care of patients visited at home

What will you learn during your time with us?

• Increase your knowledge of serious mental disturbances
• Increase your understanding of the special characteristics of geropsychiatric care
• Increase your experience of how acute psychiatric illnesses are treated and of rehabilitating care
• Gain experience in human interaction when meeting patients with a psychiatric disorder
• Create a holistic view of the path of care and path of service of patients with psychiatric disorders
• Documentation of the patient’s holistic life situation based on what you experience when patients attend for therapy visits
• Means of collaboration with actors close by and with other professional specialties

Please read this web page before your practice period starts: The hospital as a learning environment.