Steering and Decision Making of the Service Systems (5 cr)
Code: 7151120-1002
General information
- Timing
- 01.08.2016 - 31.12.2016
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 30
- Teachers
- Kari Salonen
- Sini Eloranta
- Course
- 7151120
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The student shall understand the social and health care service system, the significance of their control and decision-making in planning and developing activities in the work community.The student shall be able toexplain social and health care as part of economic, social and cultural systemsexplain decision-making mechanisms in social and health care and social policies and interpret their effect on controlling decision-making in social and health care nationally and internationallyexplain 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 needsinterpret the future needs for development and change in the administration and structure of social and health care as well as future scenarios.explain social and health care as part of economic, social and cultural systemsexplain decision-making mechanisms in social and health care and social policies and interpret their effect on controlling decision-making in social and health care nationally and internationallyexplain 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 needsinterpret the future needs for development and change in the administration and structure of social and health care as well as future scenarios.
Content
The main objective of the course is for the students to understand that social and health care are inseparable from the economic, social and cultural policies. The students are introduced to the basic mechanisms and the political decision making procedures in order to provide health care services based on the national and international perspectives. The students know the structure of the Finnish health care system, the decision making mechanisms and the financial systems. The students know the current situation and are aware of the future challenges.