Practical training: The social and health service delivery system
Structure Type:
Course
Code:
KFG11BE008
Level:
Bachelor
Credits:
2.0 points
Responsible Teacher:
Hietaniemi, Elina
Teacher Team:
Lahti, Marita ; Koivula, Anna-Kaarina
Language of Instruction:
Finnish
Learning Outcomes
Students will gain relevant knowledge of the social welfare and health care system of one municipality. Students will learn to explain how municipal health and social services are provided and they will be aware of the current challenges. They will compare the solutions in service provision from various points of view.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
- Municipal residents and the industrial economic sectors as the basis for the provision of social and health-care services
- Service needs of municipal residents
- Aims and strategies in the social welfare and health-care sector, strategy documents and their connection to national level aims
- Structure and services of the social welfare and health service delivery system
- Structure of the staff in the social welfare and health care sector
- Needs for development
Research and development: 2 cr
Recommended or Required Reading
Information gathered by the students, which pertains to the aims and various organisational models in the social welfare and health care service system.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
A report, completed either independently or in pairs, and seminar pertaining to the municipal social welfare and health-care service system.
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
- Passed report
- Active participation in the seminar
- Numerical grading