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Developing Service System in Social Services and Health Care (5 cr)

Code: YS10005-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2024 - 30.04.2024

Timing

26.08.2024 - 20.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in the Development and Management of Health Care and Social Services

Teachers

  • Marika Lappalainen

Teacher in charge

Marika Lappalainen (tuplarooli)

Groups

  • SSYS23
    Physiotherapist / Nurse / Social Services / Public Health Nurse (MA), Development and Management of Health Care and Social Services, syksy, 2023

Objective

After completing this course you will be able to:
- Search for and process the best possible information, analyzing it within the work community, in the development of well-being and health, and in the management of customer-oriented activities.
- Apply information about the effects and opportunities of internationalization, anticipating future trends in your own professional field.
- Apply information about the effects of the political-administrative control system on practical activities and to adapt the activities of the unit you are managing to changing requirements (Social and health care legislation).
- Understand the principles of financially profitable operations in management.
- Evaluate and compare productized services provided by social and health entrepreneurs.
- Lead the organization of welfare services in sparsely populated areas.

Content

- Knowledge in customer-oriented management of work community competence, operations and well-being
- Internationalization development and global perspective in social and health services
- Social and health care legislation and political-administrative control system in relation to unit operations
- Financially profitable operations in management
- Management of welfare services in sparsely populated areas
- Entrepreneurship in the social and health sector as part of the social and healthcare service system

Location and time

The teaching is implemented as online teaching

Materials

Study materials can be found in the course Moodle

Teaching methods

After completing this course you will be able to:
- Search for and process the best possible information, analyzing it within the work community, in the development of well-being and health, and in the management of customer-oriented activities.
- Apply information about the effects and opportunities of internationalization, anticipating future trends in your own professional field.
- Apply information about the effects of the political-administrative control system on practical activities and to adapt the activities of the unit you are managing to changing requirements (Social and health care legislation).
- Understand the principles of financially profitable operations in management.
- Evaluate and compare productized services provided by social and health entrepreneurs.
- Lead the organization of welfare services in sparsely populated areas.


Content:
- Knowledge in customer-oriented management of work community competence, operations and well-being
- Internationalization development and global perspective in social and health services
- Social and health care legislation and political-administrative control system in relation to unit operations
- Financially profitable operations in management
- Management of welfare services in sparsely populated areas
- Entrepreneurship in the social and health sector as part of the social and healthcare service system

Student workload

The course is a total of 5 x 27 hours = 135 hours, of which the majority of independent work includes lectures of the teacher and two seminar days.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected