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Tallinn Health Care College is an internationally recognized state professional higher education institution offering training in the field of health and well-being. With a mission to train innovative and critically thinking health professionals, the college is continuously developing and addressing current challenges in cooperation with national and international partners.
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FoundationofEstonian UAS • Applied (professional) higher education is higher education of the first cycle, the purpose of which is to acquire the competencies necessary for working in a certain profession or for continuing studies at the master’slevel; • Today Estonian Rectors’ Conference of UAS includes 10 Estonian universities of applied sciences: • 2privateinstitutions; • 8stateprofessionalhighereducationinstitutions.
Tallinn HealthCareCollege • Internationally recognized stateprofessional higher education institution offering training in the field of health and well-being; • Oneofthetwohealthcarecollegesin Estonia; • In Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve; • Possibilityofperformingstudiesinotherregionalunits; • Rectorsince 2001 - Ülle Ernits; • Approximately1500 students and 140 employees.
Mission and Vision • Mission: The College trains innovatively and critically thinking health professionals. • Vision: The College is in continuous development, nationally and internationally networked, where, in cooperation with national and international partners and involving learners, current challenges are addressed.
CoreValues • PEOPLE (Inimene) • COOPERATION (Koostöö) • INCLUSION (Kaasamine) • DEVELOPMENT (Areng)
ImportantDates • October 16, 1940 – Tallinn MedicalSchoolwasfounded; • 2002 – Basic nursingeducationstudiesstartedin Kohtla-Järve MedicalSchool; • 2005 – Tallinn MedicalSchoolbecame a highereducationinstitution and wasrenamed Tallinn HealthCareCollege; • 2006 – Kohtla-Järve MedicalSchoolbecame a structuralunitof Tallinn HealthCareCollege; • 2007 – studiesstartedin Pärnu Hospital.
Accreditations and externalevaluations • 2012 – InstitutionalAccreditation The Quality Assessment Council of the Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency decided to accredit the Tallinn Health Care College for seven years. • 2015 – AccreditationofVocationalEducation • 2016 – QualityAssesment
Programmes of HigherEducation • Basic NursingEducation – 3,5 years • NursingEducationSpecialisation – 1 year • ClinicalNursing, HealthNursing, MentalHealthNursing, IntensiveNursing • Midwife – 4,5 years • Doubledegree: midwife and nurse • Optometrist – 3,5 years • AssistantPharmacist – 3 years • DentalTechnician – 3,5 years • HealthPromotionSpecialist – 3 years • OccupationalTherapist – 4 years
Programmes of VocationalEducation • CareWorker – 2 years • EmergencyMedicalTechnician – 1 year • Child Minder – 1 year • AssistiveTechnologySpecialist – 1 year, workplace-basedlearning • SterilisationTechnician – 1 year, workplace-basedlearning • Workerfor MentallyIllPersons – 1 year, workplace-basedlearning
StructuralUnitin Kohtla-Järve • Address: Lehe 12; • Programmes taughtin Kohtla-Järve: • Nurse; • NursingEducationSpecialisation – ClinicalNursing; • CareWorker.
Pärnu Hospital • 2007 – studiesstartedin Pärnu Hospital; • NursingEducationSpecialisation programmes (2 years) took placein: • 2007/2008 • 2009/2010 • 2011/2012 • Basic NursingEducation programme (3,5 years) startedin: • 2014/2015 • 2016/2017
PracticalTraining • Practicaltrainingforms 30-50% ofthestudies; • Widenetworkofpracticalplacements all over Estonia; • Individualsupportisprovidedbythe mentor at thepracticalplacement, supervisor at thecollege and thetutorstudent.
SimulationCenter • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUt72PMMxeY
International Cooperation • Firstweekof November – International Week • Erasmus+ • Erasmus+ creditmobility • Nordplus • EEA/Norwayscholarship programme • Bilateralagreements
International Exchange 2015/2016 • 98students of Tallinn Health Care College (8,6%) studied and did practical training abroad; • 63teachers and staff members of Tallinn Health Care College (46,9%) were teaching or studying in partner institutions.
StudentCouncil • Student council has been active since 1995.
StudentHostel • Canaccomodateupto 250 students; • Address: Nõmme tee 49; • http://ttk.ee/en/student-hostel-0
Libraries • Tallinn HealthCareCollegehas a librarybothinthecollegebuildingin Tallinn aswellasin Kohtla-Järve structuralunit; • Tallinn HealthCareCollegelibraryis a modern innovativestudy and researchenvironment; • Information resources outside the library are available in the e-Library: catalogues of other libraries, EBSCO databasesand electronic professional journals; • Individualrooms, group-workrooms, restingzone; • Soundsystemforbackgroundmusicchosenby a musicaltherapeut.