Digitalization in Health Care and Social Services (5 ECTS)
Code: S000FF65-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 15.05.2024 - 31.08.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 02.09.2024 - 31.05.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Virtual portion
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- Online
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 60
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Expertise in Digital Health Care and Social Services
Learning outcomes
The purpose of the course is to strengthen the student’s competence in digitalisation as a phenomenon in the health care and social services sector, as well as in its key concepts, the factors driving its operations and its key digitalisation projects. In addition, the purpose is to strengthen competence from the perspective of expertise in the digital health care and social services of the future.
The student understands the key concepts of digitalisation in health care and social services and is able to explain the phenomena behind various developments. The student is familiar with the principles of service systems and the key national digitalisation projects, and recognises areas in need of development in digital services. In addition to existing services, the student is also aware of alternate future developments in digital services and is able to evaluate the opportunities offered by digitalisation as part of the development of the health care and social services sector.
Content
- Service systems and digitalisation
- Key concepts and phenomena of digitalisation and their impacts in the field of health care and social services
- Key digitalisation projects and digitalised processes
- Future thinking in the development of digital services
- Basics of health and wellbeing technology
Teaching methods
No tuition in English
Location and time
No tuition in English
Learning materials and recommended literature
No tuition in English
Alternative completion methods of implementation
No tuition in English
Internship and working life connections
No tuition in English
Exam dates and retake possibilities
No tuition in English
International connections
No tuition in English
Student workload
No tuition in English
Content scheduling
No tuition in English
Further information for students
No tuition in English
Assessment methods and criteria
No tuition in English
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student demonstrates that they understand the basic content of the course but there are shortcomings in their ability to independently acquire and interpret information and apply what they have learned.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student demonstrates that they have a good understanding of the content of the course. They actively acquire information and interpret the key connections between different pieces of information. The student has the ability to analyse what they have learned and to apply it in practice.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student demonstrates that they have a diverse and broad understanding of the content of the course. They possess excellent information acquisition skills that are suited to the purpose at hand. The student demonstrates independence and responsibility in the choices they make. They have a creative and broad-based ability to apply what they have learned in practice.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Approved: The student demonstrates that they understand the basic content of the course but there are shortcomings in their ability to independently acquire and interpret information and apply what they have learned in practice.