1. Workshop 1, Best Practices in Learning Satellite Campus Model in co-operation with working life organisations
February 21st, 2018
Marja Kopeli, Faculty Coordinator
Savonia UAS

2. Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland (24) Operating licence from Ministry of Education - the Bachelor’s Degrees to run = educational responsibility - free choise to run Master’s degrees on the same study fields

3. Savonia’s strategy
Mission 2020: Savonia UAS is the most influential university of applied sciences in Finland. It is known for its expertise, active role and results. OIS2.0 The development of the students’ expertise is promoted in different study environments by enabling multiform, year-round studying with no ties to place and time. For companies the OIS way of thinking offers a partnership in which students and teachers together with the representatives of the company work on different types of assignments as part of the studies.

4. Savonia’s first satellite campus organized
with companies was in southeast Finland
There were a lack of high educated Biomedical Laboratory Technologists and Radiographers in that area. => 2014 started students in Lappeenranta - 11 students in Kotka At the same time students in Kuopio

5. Savonia negotiated a contract with 2 hospitals: Carea and Eksote
Savonia’s tasks
Funding, curriculum, student selection, pedagogical planning, teaching/guiding/advicing the students, quality assurance, statistics, certificates
To organise coaching for hospital staff having a role as a student mentor
Hospitals’ tasks (Kotka and Lappeenranta)
To organise ”a classroom”, equipments and support for online lectures in hospital area
To arrange clinical practice periods for students in hospital
To enable use of hospital laboratories and radiograpfy equipments for students
To find learning projects for students from the hospitals’ actions and departments

6. Studying in Kuopio, Kotka and Lappeenranta
Cisco video conference tool and equipments

7. Courses and learning environments, biomedical laboratory technologists
Theory courses, online connection ects
Courses with laboratory exercises 30 ects
In Kuopio in campus laboratories
In Kotka and Lappeenranta in the laboratories of the hospitals
Clinical practice periods ects
In Kuopio normal way
In Kotka and Lappeenranta in co-operating hospitals
Thesis ects

8. Study results 2017, survey
Both educational models (”normal” and satellite) produce the competences defined in curriculum, from the technical point of view
Working life oriented education helps the students to see more widely the biomedical laboratory technologist’s skills, tasks and work as a part of whole health care sector
Understanding of the importance of multidisciplinary co-operation seems to be deeper in satellite campus model
Ethical understanging and custom-orientation will grow deeper in working life oriented learning

9. First satellite groups + teachers + hospital staff celebrating passed degree programmes, December 2017

10. Satellite 2: Dental Hygienists in Lahti area
Contract with
City of Heinola
Päijät-Häme Oral Health Care Services
Lahti UAS
=> 2017 started 15 dental hygienist students in Lahti area

11. Dental Hygienist Students in Lahti 2017 - 2020

12. Coaching for Mentors 2017 – 2019, Aija Hietanen http://blogi. savonia
A study: How do the mentors’ skills develop during the coaching period (student guiding, giving feedback, evaluation, reflection)

13. 2018 we will start two more satellites with companies
Pori: Biomedical laboratory technologist
With a hospital
Kajaani: Physioterapist
- With Vuokatti Sport Academy/Resort

14. The whole picture of Savonia Satellites, September 2018
Web-based Zoom application for online connections and recordings