International Courses
We arrange three different learning modules every year in English that are targeted for Master and PhD students in Nursing and Health Sciences and Advanced Practise Nurses.
Empowering Learning Environments in Nursing Education Intensive Programme (Elene) (7 ECTS)
Elene 2026 brochure
A comprehensive course consisting of online collaborative learning activities and an on site intensive week.
Online in Zoom
7 September at 15–16 (EET): Orientation to the course
(Group work between 8.9.–8.10.)
6 and 8 October at 12–16 (EET): Pre-seminars
On-site intensive week
19–23 October at the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku
See Elene in Study Guide.
University Teacher Sanna Koskinen
Empowering Patient Education (EPE) (25 ECTS)
The course aims at describing the theoretical and methodological basis for empowering patient education from the perspectives of the patient, personnel, health care organization and society, deepening understanding of analyzing and implementing and doing research on empowering patient education, and making judgments about empowering patient education in clinical settings and research.
EPE 2026 brochure
Next course in 31 August to 10 December 2026
5 interactive modules in Autumn semester 2026.
Online modules:
1. Orientation and theoretical basis of empowering patient education (obligatory), 5 ECTS, timing 31 august–13 September
2. Diagnostics in empowering patient education, 5 ECTS, timing 14 September–4 October
3. Patient education as an empowering intervention, 5 ECTS, timing 5–25 October
4. Evaluation of empowering patient education, 5 ECTS, timing 26 October–8 November
Module with a intensive period in Turku, Finland:
5. Special issues in empowering patient education research, 5 ECTS, timing 9 November–10 December, including intensive period on 7–10 December in Turku, Finland
See EPE in Study Guide.
Free for students in master and PhD programmes. Price for others: 500 €.
Professor Heli Virtanen
Clinical Instruments for Evaluating Health - Development, Evaluation and Implementation (CIDI) (25 ECTS)
Next CIDI course in 4 January - 4 May 2027
CIDI 2026 Brochure (pdf)
See CIDI in Study Guide (See courses under Faculty of Medicine)
Apply online before 15 November 2026
CIDI schedule (4 January - 4 May 2027)
- Module I January 4th - 12th
- Contact teaching in Turku, January 11th - 12th
- Independent reading, January 4th - 11th
- Module II January 13th - February 28th
- Contact teaching in Turku, January 13th - 15th
- Independent working, January 16th - February 28th
- Module III March 1st - May 4th
- Asynchronized online lectures and written assignments, March 1st - April 4th
- Independent working and reading, April 5th - May 2nd
- Online synchronized seminars on Zoom, May 3rd - 4th
Professor Riitta Suhonen
Professor Minna Stolt
Health innovations - from ideas to impact in device development (2 ECTS)
Curious about merging health and technology, and creating innovative devices for the healthcare sector?
A short online course (2 ECTS / 4 SAQA / 4 KCAT credits) on the basics of health device development for students interested in exploring the intersection of health and technology.
This 10-week short course, with 20 hours of contact teaching, provides an introduction to health device development. Participants will gain valuable insights into the different stages of the health device development process, while being provided with a unique platform for innovative thinking in an international and transdisciplinary environment.
The course is organised in collaboration with Moi University (Kenya) and University of the Western Cape (South Africa). University of Turku is responsible for course arrangements and implementation.
The course is open for all Moi, UWC and UTU master level students in the fields of biomedicine, dentistry, health sciences, medicine and technology. Quotas are applied to ensure an international and multidisciplinary mix of students. For more information on country specific target groups and quotas, see the course website.
Next course in 24 September - 3 December 2026
Brochure (pdf)
Study Guide
Apply online before 14 September 2026