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Evaluation, Development and Quality Management in Elderly Care Services (4 cr)

Code: GERAJO200-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.05.2021 - 13.12.2021

Timing

07.12.2021 - 11.03.2022

Credits

4 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology

Teachers

  • Tua Niemelä

Student groups

  • MGERO19

Objective

Students will learn to evaluate, plan and implement development processes in elderly care and assert themselves as experts. They will learn to interpret and evaluate development targets in elderly care and services and use quality management methods to develop and manage the work with the elderly. The student has the competence to evaluate and develop activities also from the perspective of sustainable development,

Content

- evaluation and development methods
- evaluation of a service process
- quality of services and quality management
- different quality systems in general
- quality management systems
- collaboration in quality development
- supervision of documentation
- sustainable development perspectives in development work

Student workload

104h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name development processes in elderly care. They will learn to name development targets in elderly care and services and quality management methods.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students have qualities to participate in elderly care development processes. They are able to analyze development processes in elderly care and view at quality management methods. good knowledge of the contents as defined in the learning outcomes. . Students reflect on current and future development challenges related to their individual competences.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to evaluate, plan and implement development processes in elderly care and express their professional knowledge. They are able to evaluate and look forward at development targets in elderly care and services. They are able to apply quality management methods to develop and manage the work with the elderly. Students reflect on and critically evaluate current and future development challenges and use it to support their professional growth,taking into account the perspectives of sustainable development in development work .

Qualifications

most part of the basic and professional studies