Practical training: The social and health service delivery system
Structure Type:
Course
Code:
KFG11BE0081
Level:
Bachelor
Credits:
2.0 points
Responsible Teacher:
Hietaniemi, Elina
Teacher Team:
Koivula, Anna-Kaarina ; Lahti, Marita
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
52 hours
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 in municipal social welfare and health service delivery system
- Structure of the staff in the social welfare and health care sector
- Needs for development
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
Level 1
Students still have a narrow understanding of the municipal provision of health and social services. Students are able to prepare and present an analysis of these services, but they do not yet present or compare other solutions. They present little material to support their report and presentation.
Level 2
In their analysis, students present relevant knowledge of the health and social service delivery system. Students are relatively well able to analyse the provision of municipal services and to discuss new solutions. Students have collected some material to support their report and presentation.
Level 3:
Students understand the municipal system of providing health and social services and the importance of collaboration. They are able to evaluate current practices and to suggest innovative solutions to develop the service delivery system. They have collected plenty of material to support their report and presentation.
Assessment Methods
- Passed report
- Active participation in the seminar
- Numerical grading