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Master's Degree in Social Services and Health Care, Development and Management: YKEJO23

Code: YKEJO23

Degree:
Master of Social Services and Health Care

Degree title:
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care
Master of Social Services

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
2 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2023

Descriptions

PROFILE OF THE PROGRAMME
This Master's degree programme aims at creating development, management and evaluation competences to meet changing needs in social work and health care practice. The studies are linked to work community development through innovative practices and models. Students also gain knowledge in entrepreneurship, international collaboration and sustainable development. The programme offers students new competences and career opportunities.

The studies are working life-oriented and multi-professional. Multimodal teaching and learning methods are used, including national and international expert networks (e.g. for occupational health). Students and teachers stay organized via email and an online learning platform. It is possible to study while at work, as the studies include 2 days of contact teaching per month on average. Each student will have an individualized study plan, which will take previous learning into account.

Career prospects in the public sector: demanding client work in social and health services, service planning and management
• Career prospects in organizations: development, education and management
• Career prospects in the private sector: first line management, management, development of intersectoral practices and service models

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES
Upon completion of the degree programme students will be qualified to work in expert positions in health and social services. Their competence will focus on ability to develop and manage practice in the health and social field. The graduates may work in development and managerial positions, as consultants, experts, entrepreneurs or in first-line management in the public, private or third sector. Graduates are eligible for positions which require a Master's degree.

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
A variety of pedagogical practices are used, specifically defined for each course

Development

Students come from the working life, giving possibilities to link studies to development of working life. Close collaboration with other Master's degree Programmes within SeAMK and also working in national networks will be included in the studies.

Objective

Students will increase their knowledge and skills in development, leadership and evaluation of social and health care. The programme gives tools to develop work communities in the field of social and health care, and to innovate new operational models and ways of working.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2023-2024 2024-2025 Autumn
2023
Spring
2024
Autumn
2024
Spring
2025
1. / 2023 2. / 2023 3. / 2024 4. / 2024 5. / 2024 1. / 2024 2. / 2024 3. / 2025 4. / 2025 5. / 2025
YKEJO23-1001
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

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BG00DL10 Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
BG00DL09 Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
BG00DL11 Management of Expertise and Knowledge 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
5E00DL17 Leadership Skills of the Future 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
BG00DL12 Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
YKEJO23-1002
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN A WORLD OF WORK

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15
BG00CR84 Qualitative research methods 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
BG00CR86 Quantitative research methods 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
BG00DL13 Evaluation methods and evaluation research 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
YKEJO23-1003
Developing practices in work environments

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15
BG00DL14 Research-based Development Process 5 5 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8
BG00DL15 Practices and models in development activities 5 5 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8
BG00CR90 Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
YKEJO23-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

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KG00CR94 Outline for the master's thesis 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
KG00CR96 Implementation of the master's thesis 10 5 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.5 2.5
KG00CR98 Master Thesis Report 15 15 5 10 2.5 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.3
YKEJO23-1005
ELECTIVE STUDIES

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5
KG00CS02 Development and management of occupational health care 5 2 3 2 3 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.5
BG00DL50 International Collaboration in Health Care and Social Work 5
XX00DT89 Exercise and cardiac rehabilation 5
YKEJO23-1006
Selection from the Master Level Free Choice Studies

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Total 90 52 38 25 27 23 15 12.6 12.6 9.1 9.1 9.1 11.5 11.5 5 5 5

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Development and Management of Health Care and Social work Master’s Degree competencies

1 Development and management competence

- Student masters the basic concepts of management and understands the importance of strategic personnel management in developing a work community.
- She/he develops, manages and revises structures and systems of health care and social services ethically and responsibly, in a target-oriented manner and looking to the future.
- Student knows how to define the company's/organization's aims, core competences and strategies, and how to apply them in development and management in changing situations.
- Student knows how to assess and develop the economic aspects of the activity and recognizes the importance of financial management.
- Student masters central methods for developing the well-being of the work community and personnel.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Research-based Development Process
Practices and models in development activities
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
International Collaboration in Health Care and Social Work
2 Research and evaluation competence

- Student evaluates knowledge critically, perceives wholes, and creates knowledge which generates new practices.
- Student masters methods of research and evaluation and implements and evaluates research and development projects in the field.
- Student is competent in project work and sees it as a development tool.

Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
Evaluation methods and evaluation research
Research-based Development Process
Practices and models in development activities
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
3 Competence in developing work community practices

- Student develops practice by means of innovation, taking social change as well as national and international guidelines into consideration.
- Student develops work communities and practices in the field of health care and social work in a client-oriented, multi-professional and multidisciplinary manner.
- Student develops practical work methods and models, quality and effectiveness.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
International Collaboration in Health Care and Social Work
Not grouped
Exercise and cardiac rehabilation

Shared Competences of Universities of Applied Sciences(Master’s Degrees), 2022

Shared Competences of Universities of Applied Sciences(Master’s Degrees), 2022, Arene

1. Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own
and their community's continuous learning and
competence development, drawing on
knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their
expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of
their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess
and produce information while taking
into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goaloriented, continuous learning in their
community

Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
Evaluation methods and evaluation research
Research-based Development Process
Practices and models in development activities
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
2. Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and
manage their work community and reforms
working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work
communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the
comprehensive well-being of a work
community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development
and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work
community.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Development and management of occupational health care
3. Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and
values of their field of profession, taking
equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of
ethical reflection in their different
operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their
field.
- Makes decisions taking individual,
communal and societal perspectives
into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity
and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work
community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
Evaluation methods and evaluation research
Research-based Development Process
Practices and models in development activities
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
4. Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages
sustainable and responsible operating methods
in their work and promotes sustainable change
in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for
sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic
dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions

- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work community.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Evaluation methods and evaluation research
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
5. Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and
manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods
that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and
opportunities of global development
and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and
develop activities internationally in
their own field.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
6. Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the
development of new solutions that anticipate
the future and produces new information using
different research and development methods.
? Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining
competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and
apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically
viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation
and anticipate the future of their field
and changes in the operating environment.

Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being
Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Management of Expertise and Knowledge
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
Evaluation methods and evaluation research
Research-based Development Process
Practices and models in development activities
Outline for the master's thesis
Implementation of the master's thesis
Master Thesis Report
Development and management of occupational health care
7. Entrepreneurial competence

promotes entrepreneurial action in their working community
• develops interaction between a company and its operating environment
• is able to analyse the operations and risks of a business, and develop its operations systemically

Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work
Leadership Skills of the Future
Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector
Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change
Not grouped
International Collaboration in Health Care and Social Work
Exercise and cardiac rehabilation

Code Name Credits (cr)
YKEJO23-1001
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

25
BG00DL10 Dialogical leadership and development of working community and occupational well-being 5
BG00DL09 Management of expert professional organizations in health care and social work 5
BG00DL11 Management of Expertise and Knowledge 5
5E00DL17 Leadership Skills of the Future 5
BG00DL12 Business competence and legislation in the social and healthcare sector 5
YKEJO23-1002
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN A WORLD OF WORK

(Choose all)

15
BG00CR84 Qualitative research methods 5
BG00CR86 Quantitative research methods 5
BG00DL13 Evaluation methods and evaluation research 5
YKEJO23-1003
Developing practices in work environments

(Choose all)

15
BG00DL14 Research-based Development Process 5
BG00DL15 Practices and models in development activities 5
BG00CR90 Guidelines and norms in social work and health care and social change 5
YKEJO23-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

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30
KG00CR94 Outline for the master's thesis 5
KG00CR96 Implementation of the master's thesis 10
KG00CR98 Master Thesis Report 15
YKEJO23-1005
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose one)

5
KG00CS02 Development and management of occupational health care 5
BG00DL50 International Collaboration in Health Care and Social Work 5
XX00DT89 Exercise and cardiac rehabilation 5
YKEJO23-1006
Selection from the Master Level Free Choice Studies

(Choose 0)

0