Study Guide

Objective

The student is able
- to describe current challenges of population’s health and well-being as well as factors affecting them
- to describe the indicators of health and well-being as well as the meaning of knowledge when identifying and organizing services
- to describe social and health services organization and legislation
- to describe social security system,
- to search for information of social and health services to clients in different life situations
- to recognize the meaning of multiprofessionality in the perspective of service needs
- to act more securely and understand the responsibility for promoting security

Content

1. The status of the population’s health and well-being
- current challenges and factors affecting them
- promotion of health and functional ability, prevention of illnesses and accidents
- registers and statistics

2. Social and health services
- social and health care organization and development of it, funding, responsibilities, control/monitoring and client’s and patient’s rights
- social and health services
- income security
- searching information about social and health services and benefits

3. Security in social and health care

Materials

Material announced in Itslearning.

Teaching methods

Independent online study.

Exam schedules

The course is open from June 1st 2024 to August 9th 2024.

Learning tasks can be completed at your own pace 24/7 on the principle of Itslearning.

International connections

Online pedagogy / innovation pedagogy

Completion alternatives

None.

Student workload

The learning assignments will be described more specifically in ItsLearning. 2 credit corresponds to 54 hours of student work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

FAILED:

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
- does not work according to the instructions of the course
- does not justify his/her own actions using the knowledge base of his/her profession

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
- does not recognize physiotherapy as a discipline
- does not identify current challenges to the health and well-being of the population and is unable to identify the factors influencing them
- does not recognize the indicators of health and well-being of the population and the role of information in identifying and organizing the need for services
- does not recognize the overall context of social and health services and the legislation governing them
- cannot independently search for information on social and health services for clients in different life situations
- does not recognize the importance of multi-professionalism from the point of view of service needs
- not able to act independently and/or in an information-safe manner, not understanding their own responsibility in promoting information security
- is unable to reflect on his/her learning or performance and does not take into account feedback received.
- compromises patient safety and/or the safety of the working and learning environment

PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT
- fails to recognize and/or comply with ethical principles, laws, regulations and agreed codes of practice governing the work of a physiotherapist
- does not act and interact in a respectful, trustworthy and/or honest manner and does not take responsibility for his/her actions

APPROVED:

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
- use key physiotherapy concepts with limited content and/or quantity
- uses randomly provided sources of information
- inadequate evidence-based information retrieval and inability to critically evaluate information retrieved
- the knowledge base is fragmented and the relationships between issues are unclear
- in learning tasks, demonstrates the ability to produce factual information in a readable and comprehensible form, but the reflection on the information is superficial; and no synthesis is achieved

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
- be able to describe in general terms the current challenges and factors affecting the health and well-being of the population
- be able to describe at a general level indicators of population health and well-being and the role of data in identifying the need for services, and
organization
- can describe at a general level the overall context of social and health services and the legislation governing these services
- can describe social protection as a whole at a general level
- can independently search for information on social and health services for clients in different life situations
- can describe at a general level the importance of multidisciplinary in terms of service needs
- can work more securely with information and understand their own responsibility in promoting information security
- is able to self-reflect but does so in a superficial and/or unrealistic way
- is able to receive feedback and tries to change his/her actions on the basis of this feedback

PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT
- recognizes the ethical principles guiding the work of a physiotherapist
- acts in accordance with laws, regulations and agreed codes of conduct
- explains and identifies the conditions and consequences of his/her professional competence and activities
- can work as a member of a team, but not in a self-directed manner
- act and interact in a respectful, reliable and honest manner

Content scheduling

The content and schedules are specified on the Itslearning platform.

The course is open from June 1st 2024 to August 9th 2024.
All communication of the course takes place on the Itslearning platform. Please contact the teacher of the course if you cannot access the Itslearning platform.

This course is open in a certain time and all the sections should be done on schedule.
Teachers will check that you have done all the sections acceptably and then give you a grade (approved/failed) in Peppi.

To pass this course:

To complete the course, all of sections materials must be studied and the assignments should be done in the given order (first section 1, then section 2 etc.).

Remember to fill in the feedback form.

Themes:
1. Population`s Health and Well-Being
2. Organizing wellbeing Services
3. Social and health services
4. Income support
5. Comparison

(Sections: Information security, Rehabilitation and Client guidance and counseling case work are not included in this implementation)

You will have all the needed materials and assignments linked in this Itslearning platform.

After studying all the sections, go to “tila ja seuranta” – “arviointikirja” (eng. status and follow up – assessment record) and make sure to check that you had done all the sections acceptably.

Further information

All communication of the course takes place on the Itslearning platform. Please be contact with the teacher of the course if you cannot access the Itslearning platform. Itslearning will open when the registrations have been approved.

QUOTAS:
1. Quota of Turku University of Applied Sciences' own students: 10 students
2. Quota of students from other universities of applied sciences: 5 students.
3. Open University of Applied Sciences quota: 15 students

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment: approved - failed

The teacher will award a credit for the course when all the assignments of the course have been successfully completed. The student's competence in the course will be assessed in relation to the stage of studies. The teacher issues the credit within four weeks of the end date of the course as indicated in the Peppi.

The assignments for the course must be returned in accordance with the instructions and timetable given by the teacher. Failure to return the assignment by the required deadline will result in a failing grade. Late return of an assignment or re-submission of a failed assignment will be done in accordance with the instructions and timetable given by the teacher.

The final grade for the course will be the average of the following sections:
1. Population`s Health and Well-Being
2. Organizing wellbeing Services
3. Social and health services
4. Income support
5. Comparison

The contents and learning tasks are described in more detail on the Itslearning platform. Under each content topic there are one or more returnable learning tasks. More detailed assessment criteria are indicated for each task on Itslearning in the assignment.