Strategic foundations for social and health care activities
| Structure Type: | Study unit |
|---|---|
| Code: | SSYS1502 |
| Curriculum: | SSY 2024 |
| Level: | Master of Health Care / Master of Social Services |
| Year of Study: | 1 (2024-2025) |
| Semester: | Autumn |
| Credits: | 6 cr |
| Responsible Teacher: | Niemistö, Riku |
| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
Courses During the Academic Year 2024-2025
| Impl. | Group(s) | Study Time | Teacher(s) | Language | Enrolment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3005 | SSY2024-1Y | 2024-08-01 – 2024-12-20 | Riku Niemistö | Finnish | 2024-12-01 – 2025-01-13 |
Learning Outcomes
The student knows
- how to illustrate the politico-administrative system of social and health care and municipal administration as part of it
- how to illustrate central international and national targets and programs for social and health policy and put them into practice in management and development context in social and health care services
- processes of strategy work and act customer-oriented in different processes in service production
- how to illustrate guidance and monitoring systems within Health and Social Services, knows the main contents of guiding acts, regulations and statutes, and is able to apply them in daily professional setting
- how to recognize central administrative procedures
Student's Workload
Total work load of the course 162 h, of which scheduled studies 24 h and autonomous studies 137 h.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.
Contents
- Politico-administrative system of social and health care
- International and national strategies and areas of focus of social and health care
- Strategy-based actions
- Social law and administrative procedures
Regional Impact
The student gets to know local politico-administrative system and strategies as a part of international and national social and health care system
Internationality
The student knows the international guidance, strategies and areas of focus of social and health care
and EU social politics.
Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools
Material pointed out by the lecturer
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Contact teaching, guided network studies (Moodle) and independent studies
Assessment Criteria
Grade 1: The student
- describes as an example the politico-administrative system of social and health care and municipal administration as part of it
- describes as an example the central international and national targets and programs for social and health policy and applies them as an example in management and development context in social and health care services
- describes as an example processes of strategy work
- describes as an example guidance and monitoring systems within Health and Social Service and the main contents of guiding acts, regulations and statutes
- describes as an example the central administrative procedures
Grade 3: The student
- describes as an example the politico-administrative system of social and health care and municipal administration as part of it and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the central international and national targets and programs for social and health policy and applies them as an example in management and development context in social and health care services and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the processes of strategy work and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the guidance and monitoring systems within Health and Social Service and the main contents of guiding acts, regulations and statutes and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the central administrative procedures and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
Grade 5: The student
- examines analytically the politico-administrative system of social and health care and municipal administration as part of it and applies the knowledge in a new context with proper and analytic justifications
- examines analytically the central international and national targets and programs for social and health policy and applies the knowledge in a new management and development context with justifications
- masters the processes of strategy work and applies the knowledge in a new context
- examines analytically the guidance and monitoring systems within Health and Social Service and the main contents of guiding acts, regulations and statutes and applies the knowledge in a new context with proper and analytic justifications
- examines analytically the central administrative procedures and applies the knowledge in a new context with proper and analytic justifications
Assessment Methods
The grade of the study module compounds of grades of independent learning assignments (60 %) and literature examination (30 %) and self-evaluation (10 %). Numeric evaluation (0–5).