Study Guide

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2024.
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

This course is a online learning course. At the beginning of the course Orientation takes place via e-mail and with the help of a recording. The student familiarizes herself with the Orientation material at a time that suits her during the first week of the course.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Multi-form learning option.

Student workload

135 hours.
This Option: Web-learning

- independent web-learning 135 hours

Further information

The course presented here is the web-learningcourseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Web-learning option: Active participation in web-learning discussions and other different assignments done in web-learning environment Moodle. One of those assignments will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2024. https://sosiaaliturvaopas.fi/
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Multiform-learning involves classroom-learning, visiting in worklife and independent learning in web-learning environment Moodle.

Employer connections

Guest lectures by working life.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Online implementation as online studies.

Student workload

135 hours.
Multiform learning:
- contact instruction 32 hours and
- web-learning in Moodle environment 103 hours.

Further information

The course presented here is the multiform learning courseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiform-learning: Active participation in contact-learninglessons and also one assignment will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2024. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

This course is a online learning course. At the beginning of the course there are orienting lectures online.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Multi-form learning option.

Student workload

135 hours.
This Option: Web-learning
- orientation 4h hours
- independent web-learning 131 hours

Further information

The course presented here is the web-learningcourseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Web-learning option: Participation orientation lessons (4h), active participation in web-learning discussions and other different assignments done in web-learning environment Moodle. One of those assignments will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2023. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Multiform-learning involves classroom-learning, visiting in worklife and independent learning in web-learning environment Moodle.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Student workload

135 hours.
Multiform learning:
- contact instruction 32 hours and
- web-learning in Moodle environment 103 hours.

Further information

The course presented here is the multiform learning courseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiform-learning: Active participation in contact-learninglessons and also one assignment will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Multiform-learning involves classroom-learning, visiting in worklife and independent learning in web-learning environment Moodle.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Student workload

133 hours.
Multiform learning:
- contact instruction 32 hours and
- web-learning in Moodle environment 101hours.

Further information

The course presented here is the multiform learning courseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiform-learning: Active participation in contact-learninglessons and also one assignment will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

This course is a online learning course. At the beginning of the course there are orienting lectures online.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Multi-form learning option.

Student workload

133 hours.
This Option: Web-learning
- orientation 4h hours
- independent web-learning 129 hours

Further information

The course presented here is the web-learningcourseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Web-learning option: Participation orientation lessons (4h), active participation in web-learning discussions and other different assignments done in web-learning environment Moodle. One of those assignments will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Multiform-learning involves classroom-learning, visiting in worklife and independent learning in web-learning environment Moodle.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Student workload

133 hours.
Multiform learning:
- contact instruction 32 hours and
- web-learning in Moodle environment 101hours.

Further information

The course presented here is the multiform learning courseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiform-learning: Active participation in contact-learninglessons and also one assignment will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) (2020) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä.
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

This course is a online learning course. At the beginning of the course there are orienting lectures online.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Multi-form learning option.

Student workload

133 hours.
This Option: Web-learning
- orientation 4h hours
- independent web-learning 129 hours

Further information

The course presented here is the web-learningcourseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Web-learning option: Participation orientation lessons (4h), active participation in web-learning discussions and other different assignments done in web-learning environment Moodle. One of those assignments will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Performance does not reach level 1.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Havakka, P., Niemelä, M. & Uusitalo, H. (toim.) 2017. Sosiaalivakuutus. Finva Finanssi- ja vakuutuskustannus.
- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä. 2020. 1. painos
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. Saatavana: http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s web sites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

This course is a online learning course. At the beginning of the course there are orienting lectures online.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

Multi-form learning option.

Student workload

133 hours.
This Option: Web-learning
- orientation 4h hours
- independent web-learning 129 hours

Further information

The course presented here is the web-learningcourseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Web-learning option: Participation orientation lessons (4h), active participation in web-learning discussions and other different assignments done in web-learning environment Moodle. One of those assignments will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Havakka, P., Niemelä, M. & Uusitalo, H. (toim.) 2017. Sosiaalivakuutus. Finva Finanssi- ja vakuutuskustannus.
-- Hiilamo H., Laitinen H. & Laaksonen H. (toim.) Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä. 2020. 1. painos
- Sosiaaliturvaopas Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2022. Saatavana: http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi
- Recommended also the web sites of Kela ja STM and other needed organizations´s websites.
- In addition material introduced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Multiform-learning involves classroom-learning, visiting in worklife and independent learning in web-learning environment Moodle.

International connections

-Students have the opportunity to study Kela's brochures written in English or other languages.

Completion alternatives

15 students will be accepted to study at the web-learning-course -3025.

Student workload

133 hours.
Multiform learning:
- contact instruction 32 hours and
- web-learning in Moodle environment 101hours.

Further information

The course presented here is the multiform learning courseoption.
Students choose between this course and the course called Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiform-learning: Active participation in contact-learninglessons and also one assignment will be evaluated.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the course Social Security from Client Perspective. The optional study course is not allowed to include in Free Choice Studies.