Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student is able to:
- work as an expert in the social and health care services
- solve problems in health promotion and develop innovative solutions
- understand and participate to the societal decision-making
- explain the structure, decision-making and financing system of a service system and develop the service system to meet the population's needs

Content

- Social and Health care services and their current challenges
- Promotion of health and well-being in the societal decision making
- Policy work, management and leadership related to health promotion

Materials

Materials of the course are available in the online learning-platform such as https://filecache.itslearning.com/prod.eu-central-1.filerepo/1d2f/e698-c9fb-49a9-9f32-d424ea221a22?response-cache-control=max-age%3D899&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22building-capacity-for-evidence-informed-policymaking.pdf%22%3B&version=1&isDownloadRequest=0&expires=2024-10-16T06%3A16%3A56Z&sign=UviyBGFm4HyDMgau0R4m%2F2I%2BPDg9LjlbLvfpeLY0E%2F8%3D

Teaching methods

Individual tasks (orienting tasks and end tests of the modules)
Collaborative group working (during contact meetings)
Pairworking (writing a policy brief)

Exam schedules

No exam.

International connections

Teaching in Turku University of Applied Sciences is based on innovation pedagogy approach: https://innopeda.turkuamk.fi/language/en/home/

Completion alternatives

No alternative methods available.

Student workload

Tasks and working in the online environment of the course 3.5 ECTS
Contact teaching 1.5 ECTS

Content scheduling

Fist and last meeting of the course are at the campus, the middle meeting is a contact-meetings via Zoom.

Further information

Master-studies, not for bachelor-studies. Open UAS max. 3 places.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

From 0 to 5 assessment scale is used. Assessment is based on points collected through the tasks of the course as follows:

Pairwork: max. 75 points
Orienting tasks: max. 8 points
Small Group Assignments: max. 8 points
Module Recap Tests: max. 9 points

Grade Calculation:
The total points accumulated from the course components are summed up, and the final grade is determined based on the following scale:

0–49 points = Grade 0
50–59 points = Grade 1
60–69 points = Grade 2
70–79 points = Grade 3
80–89 points = Grade 4
90–100 points = Grade 5

If a student has absences from contact meetings, substitute assignments need to be done. If the student does not meet the deadlines of the assignments, next trial to pass the course will be on next semester.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Student has not returned all assignments or attended to contact teaching sessions. The returned tasks are superficial or do not correspond to the assignment.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Student has returned all assignments and participated in contact teaching sessions. Student demonstrates basic understanding of the contents of the course.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Student has returned all assignments on time and participated in contact teaching sessions. Student demonstrates good understanding and application of the contents of the course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student has returned all assignments on time and participated in contact teaching. Student demonstrates profound understanding and application of the contents of the course.