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Health Promotion Management II (5 cr)

Code: 7321029-3004

General information


Enrollment

12.06.2020 - 26.10.2020

Timing

19.10.2020 - 31.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

15 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Master of Social Services and Health Care

Teachers

  • Ritva Laaksonen-Heikkilä
  • Anu Puodinketo-Wahlsten

Groups

  • YSOTES19

Objective

The student shall be able to
- solve problems in health promotion and develop and manage health promotion innovatively in the field of social and health care
- explain decision-making mechanisms in social and health care and social policies and services and interpret their effect on controlling decision-making in social and health care nationally and internationally
- explain the structure, decision-making and financing system of a service system and compare from different angles the possibilities of the current service system to meet the population's needs
- explain the significance of strategy as a management tool as well as the foundations of a strategic process and its implementation
- evaluate and familiarize ownself with different leaderships and management models

Content

- Social and Health care services in Finland
- Promoting health and well- being in municipal decision making
- Public health challenges and their health promotion in Finland (and in other countries)
- Health promotion management and leadership
- Business and enterprise in health promotion management and leadership
- Models and theoretical base of health promotion management and leadership (theories and models and good practices, such as knowledge management, LEAN, changed management and service design)
- Leadership and health and well-being at work

(achievement in English and suitable for exchanged students)

Materials

Material is in Optima.

Teaching methods

Group work and individual tasks.

Student workload

Tasks 4 op
Classroom working 1 op

Content scheduling

In this course we will talk about:
Promoting health and well-being in municipal decision making
Pre-evaluation methods as a support for decision making
Welfare managing tools (Health Reports and indicators)
Expertise management: Participatory management, Change management and Network management
19.10.2020 12.30 - 15.45
23.11.2020 08.00 - 14.00
24.11.2020 08.15 - 14.00

Further information

Master-studies, not for bachelor-studies. From Avoin AMK max. 3 students, who has passed the course Health Promotion Management I.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Task 1 evaluation scale is 1-5
Task 2 evaluation scale is pass - fail
Task 3 evaluation scale is 1-5