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

Code: YSZY0510-3002

General information

Enrollment: 01.11.2021 - 09.01.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.02.2022 - 20.05.2022
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 2 cr

Virtual portion: 3 cr

Unit: School of Health and Social Studies

Campus: Lutakko Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 15 - 30

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

Teachers: Emilia Lahdenperä

Teacher in charge: Emilia Lahdenperä

Groups: YSY20ST
Master’s Degree Programme in Health Care and Social Services; YSY20SJ
Master’s Degree Programme in Health Care and Social Services; YSY20SK
Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma, Kliininen asiantuntija; YSY20S1
Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ylempi AMK tutkinto-ohjelma,Sosiaali- ja terveysalan johtaminen, ylempi AMK; YSV20S1
Master's Degree Programme in Business Network Management; YSB20S1
Master's Degree Programme in Project Management

Course: YSZY0510

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Evaluation scale

0-5

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.

Objective

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

Materials

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

Assessment criteria, approved/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.