TOKASA training videos for workplace instructors
The videos produced in the TOKASA project provide tips for workplace instructors on how to guide students who are just learning Finnish in a language-aware manner. You can watch the videos on the TOKASA project’s YouTube channel or on the TOKASA project's training video page.
The videos are in Finnish with subtitles in Finnish and English. You can turn subtitles on and off from the symbol at the bottom of the video. Click the Settings icon to change the language or video speed.
As a part of the Language Boost project, discussion tasks related to the videos have been created to support instructors and nursing students in preparing for traineeships. Some of the tasks would be good for the practical training instructors to discuss together, while others are tasks that the instructors can discuss together with the students before traineeships and language practices. Discussions can be held in Finnish or English.
Preparing for traineeships: discussion tasks for training videos
It is a good idea to complete the discussion tasks related to the videos before the traineeship. Most of the tasks are related to the hospital environment, but some of the themes are common for all language learners.
Pick the videos and assignments that are best suited for your student group here!
- Do you know what the perception of illness and health is in your culture? What is the understanding of illness and health in the Finnish culture?
- Question for the instructor: Do you know what the understanding of illness and health is in your student's culture?
- What is the role of the patient's family and friends in the hospital culture in your country? What role does the patient's family play in the Finnish hospital culture?
- See the questions in the video at 1:38: What culture do you feel you belong to? What does culture mean to you? How does culture affect your everyday life and thinking? What cultural needs do you have? How would you like others to take your culture into account?
Video 2: Culture affects individuals
- What is the time perception like in your culture?
- Question for the instructor: Are you familiar with the perception of time in your student’s culture? For example: What does it mean if the student is consistently late?
- How do you allow yourself to be touched? Who can touch you? When?
Video 3: The keys to multicultural encounters
- What stereotypes do you have of Finnish or Swedish people? What about different religions?
- What stereotypical ideas do you recognise from your own culture?
Video 4: Supervising a student from a different culture
- What things does culture impact in the workplace?
- What kind of issues does it not affect (or should not affect)?
- How can culture be taken into account in the workplace?
- Question for the instructor: How can you take your trainee's culture into account in the workplace?
Video 5: Culture affects nursing: information privacy
- What is the benefit in that the patient's data may only be disclosed with the patient's permission?
- Are there any downsides to this?
Video 6: Culture affects nursing: The rehabilitative nursing approach
- What are the benefits of a rehabilitative work approach?
- Are there any downsides to this?
- What kinds of things should you not do on behalf of the patient? Why is that?
- What would you like to learn about before the traineeship or at the beginning of the traineeship?
- Question for the instructor: What matters must the trainee be told about before the traineeship or immediately at the beginning of the traineeship?
- What is the language agreement?
- What should be included in the language agreement?
- How would you like the instructor or colleagues to correct your speech? How, where and when can people correct your speech?
- What are the benefits of concluding a language agreement for the traineeship?
- Question for the instructor: Are language agreements usually concluded in your workplace?
- Question for the instructor: What kind of interactions can the student expect at the traineeship? List the five most common situations. What kind of language is needed in these situations? (Professional language, persuasive speech, orders, descriptions, etc.)
- Question for the instructor: What should you take into account when correcting a student's speech?
- Question for the instructor: How can you ensure that the student understands you?
Video 9: Language-awareness when supervising a student
- Why should the instructor and the student be aware of what kind of situations are typical, important or demanding in their work and what kind of language is used in them?
- What kind of challenges are associated with the listed situations?
- Question for the student: What kind of guidance would you like?
- Question for the student: Do you have the courage to say if you don’t understand or know something?
- Question for the instructor: How can you create a safe atmosphere during the traineeship so that the student can tell if they do not know or understand something?
Video 10: Encourage students to use Finnish
Video 11: Ensuring understanding
Video 12: Objectives for learning Finnish in clinical practice
Video 13: Instructing a student in plain language
TRUE OR FALSE?
Watch the videos 10-13 and decide if the following statements are true or false. Justify your answer.
- The student must be asked to speak as much Finnish as possible at the place of the traineeship.
- In terms of patient safety, it is important that the student does not speak Finnish to the patient.
- When an instructor provides instructions to a student, they should ask the student to repeat the instructions.
- The instructor must repeat the instructions and not ask the student to repeat them as it takes too much time.
- Instructors must avoid idioms (sayings) in their speech.
- The instructor must only use professional terminology in their speech so that the student learns professional language.
- The instructor must correct all errors in the student's speech immediately so that the student will also learn to correct all errors in their speech.
- A student who does not understand instructions can not complete a traineeship.
- The student cannot have personal language objectives during the traineeship, as everyone must have sufficient professional language skills.
- It is a good idea to use professional slang so that the student immediately learns the language used at the workplace.
Video 14: Keys to a succesful practice
- What are the keys to a successful traineeship?
- What do you think is the most important thing? Why is that?
- Questions for the instructor: Is there room for questions from the student during the traineeship? What kind of feedback does the student receive and how often? Does the workplace have a good atmosphere? How are students encouraged in the place of traineeship?
- Questions for the instructor: Is there a possibility to talk about how the day went at the end of each day? Does the student have the opportunity to discuss difficult work situations with someone as soon as possible after the situation?
Video 15: Supervising international students is rewarding
- What can international students bring to the workplace?
- What does guiding and encountering international students require from the workplace?
- Question for the instructor: What is the best thing about international students?
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