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Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services (5 cr)

Code: YSZY0510-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.01.2021 - 10.01.2021

Timing

04.01.2021 - 14.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Face-to-face, 80 % Online learning

Unit

School of Health and Social Studies

Campus

Lutakko Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Project Management
  • Master's Degree Programme in Business Network Management
  • Master’s Degree Programme in Health Care and Social Services

Teachers

  • Emilia Lahdenperä
  • Katja Kokkinen
  • Mari Petäjä

Groups

  • YSV19S1
    Verkostojohtamisen tutkinto-ohjelma, YAMK
  • YSY18SM
    Master’s Degree Programme in Health Care and Social Services
  • YSY18SK
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma, Kliininen asiantuntija
  • YSY18ST
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma,Terveyden edistäminen
  • YSY18SJ
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma, Sosiaali- ja terveysalan johtaminen
  • YSY19SM
    Master’s Degree Programme in Health Care and Social Services
  • YSY19SJ
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma, Sosiaali- ja terveysalan johtaminen
  • YSY19SK
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma, Kliininen asiantuntija
  • YSY19ST
    Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma,Terveyden edistäminen
  • YSV18S1
    Verkostojohtamisen tutkinto-ohjelma, YAMK

Objectives

The purpose of the course is to increase knowledge and expertize of digitalization in social services and health care.

After the course you will recognize the effects and potentialities of digitalization in your own field of expertise. You will get transferable skills to utilize digital methods and to reflect critically and openly to introduce digital methods in the social services and health care sector.

Content

– Digitalization and related, current effects in the social services and health care sector
– Digital methods and the attitudes and competences related to their deployment.
– Kybersecurity, nformation security and privacy protection in digital services in social services and health care sector

Learning materials and recommended literature

Häyrinen, K. (2018). Social and health care meets digitalization – challenges and possibilities. FinJeHew, 10(2–3), 186-188.
Punna, M. & Raitio, K. 2016.Mobiilimenetelmät ja pelillisyys työmenetelminä sosiaali-ja terveysalan asiakastyössä. FinJeHew, 8 (4) 244-230.
Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö. (2016). Digitalisaatio terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin tukena. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön digitalisaatiolinjaukset 2025. Available: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-00-3782-6.

Teaching methods

Two intensive days (includes lectures, work shops) and written assignments (pre-course, between the intensive days, final)

Student workload

Pre- and middle-assignments 1 ect, intensive days 1 ect, final assignment 3 ect

Content scheduling

Pre-assignment will be given a month before intensive days. Middle assignment will be done between the intensive days and final assignment will be given during the intensive days.

Further information for students

Avoin amk 5 paikkaa

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

For the passed performance you master the key concepts related to digitalisation.You recognize the effects and potentialities of digitaliaztion in your own field of expertise and you are capable of reflecting them based on evidence in a variety of ways. You possess the capability to reflect the idea of deploying digital methods and you are able to critically assess their deployment in the social services and health care sector.