Participating and Functioning Human BeingLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student understands the concepts of human health, well-being and functioning. The student knows how health, well-being and functioning are interrelated. The student can analyze the factors affecting the health, well-being and functioning of people of different ages using international classification of functioning. The student can identify the importance and the role of the client or the user in designing user-oriented applications. The student recognizes how participation, rehabilitation and reducing inequality are the guidelines in working within the field of Health Informatics.

Content

- the concepts of health, well-being and functioning, and their interrelationships
- the physical, psychological and social development
- the interrelated ICF-framework for functioning, functioning limitations and health
- participation and its meaning to human well-being
- promoting health, well-being and funtioning
- the underlying implications of functioning and its deficiencies in client/user-oriented designs

Qualifications

No prerequisite studies.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use the appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They recognize the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.
Students’ actions follow the given rules and instructions, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.
Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act responsibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students analyze the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as justify their choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They analyze the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.
Students act according to the rules and instructions given in their operating environment, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.
Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act flexibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students analyze and assess the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They assess the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.
Students act initiatively and goal-orientedly in diverse operating environments, and they apply working methods appropriately and safely.
Students work according to professional ethics in varied situations, and their functioning enhances group activities.

Further information

Student skills are assessed using a common two-step evaluation framework [of Social Services group of Degree programmes]:

Student skill assessment, Framework

I Skills development: Phase 1