Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
fysioterapeutti (ylempi AMK), Master of Health Care
geronomi (ylempi AMK), Master of Social Services and Health Care
jalkaterapeutti (ylempi AMK), Master of Health Care
naprapaatti (ylempi AMK), Master of Health Care
sairaanhoitaja (ylempi AMK), Master of Health Care
sosionomi (ylempi AMK), Master of Social Services
terveydenhoitaja (ylempi AMK), Master of Health Care
Liikunnanohjaaja (ylempi AMK)
yhteisöpedagogi (ylempi AMK), Master of Humanities
Degree programme description
The basis of the education is a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional viewpoint emphasizing the development needs of the social and health care environment. Critical thinking, problem solving skills, self-direction, initiative and co-operative skills are emphasized in your studies.
Objectives
You can update, deepen and extend your expertise acquired in a basic degree and working life. You will deepen your understanding on the reforms of social and health care. Furthermore, you are prepared to develop customer- and research oriented services. You can work in multidisciplinary networks and lead development projects in the working life. You can work target-orientedly and productively in the immediate supervisor work. Thus you will get abilities for the management of changes and reforms.
You are able to work in the expert and management tasks in the social and health care organisations. The Master's degree produces the same competence to public offices and tasks as the similar higher academic degree taken from the university (except the qualifications for the position of social worker).
RDI and cooperation with world of work
As a student, you have possibility to participate in research and development work by combining your learning tasks with working life. In your thesis work, you can also work in co-operation with the Xamk RDI projects.
Implementation of studies and flexible learning tracks
Studies part-time and you can study on the side. Some courses are carried out oneline. There are 2 - 3 contact learning days per month. Between the contact lessons, you study independently or online. It is possible to complete the degree programme within 2 - 3 years. The learning tasks are linked to the working life. The studies include the Master’s thesis which is carried out in working life. You will start your thesis work in your first study year and go on working with the thesis during the third study year.
Your personal study plan is built in the beginning of your studies.
Career opportunities
After graduation, you are able to work as an immediate supervisor, staff nurse, team chief or expert in different projects and development tasks. After having taken the degree, you are able to apply t to the doctor studies to the university. You can also apply to a vocational teacher training.
Learning environments
Master's School is a learning community for Master’s degree students at Xamk. It provides you with the opportunity to build your personal career path and expand your professional network.
Enrollment
04.08.2023 - 03.09.2023
Timing
11.09.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tarja Turtiainen
- Kati Vapalahti
Teacher in charge
Tarja Turtiainen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You become familiar with and can describe concepts related to research-oriented development, processes and approaches.
You can search, analyse and apply relevant research data.
You know different research and development methods and can apply them in research-oriented development in your field.
You know and can apply principles of research ethics and reliability.
Content
What is the process of research-oriented development and what are the approaches behind it?
How do you search information systematically and evaluate the reliability and usefulness of research and development data?
How do you prepare a literature review?
What relevant research-oriented approaches can you apply in social and health care?
What qualitative, quantitative and agile development methods can you use in data collection and analysis in research-oriented development?
What are the ethical principles and how to take them into account in research-oriented development?
How do you ensure reliability in research-oriented development?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
08.01.2024 - 28.01.2024
Timing
01.03.2024 - 31.07.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tarja Turtiainen
- Kati Vapalahti
Groups
-
SJMI24KYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You become familiar with and can describe concepts related to research-oriented development, processes and approaches.
You can search, analyse and apply relevant research data.
You know different research and development methods and can apply them in research-oriented development in your field.
You know and can apply principles of research ethics and reliability.
Content
What is the process of research-oriented development and what are the approaches behind it?
How do you search information systematically and evaluate the reliability and usefulness of research and development data?
How do you prepare a literature review?
What relevant research-oriented approaches can you apply in social and health care?
What qualitative, quantitative and agile development methods can you use in data collection and analysis in research-oriented development?
What are the ethical principles and how to take them into account in research-oriented development?
How do you ensure reliability in research-oriented development?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tiina Luukkainen
- Veli-Matti Malinen
Teacher in charge
Veli-Matti Malinen
Groups
-
SJSA22SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can recognize the elements of successful interaction and are able to apply them in your own work and in marketing customer-oriented services.
You can evaluate and develop your own skills in oral and written communication both in Finnish and in English.
You can evaluate and develop a multidisciplinary organization's communication and communication in change both in Finnish and in English.
You can evaluate and develop communication in an international work community.
Content
What are the theoretical approaches to and practical tools of communication and interaction and how do you apply them to your work?
How do you evaluate and develop organizational communication?
How do you evaluate your industry and use the Finnish and English language source material for the development of your work?
How do you communicate within an organization and make know-how visible in Finnish and in English?
How do you communicate successfully in negotiation and conflict situations in a work community?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
14.08.2023 - 03.09.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tiina Luukkainen
- Veli-Matti Malinen
Teacher in charge
Veli-Matti Malinen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can recognize the elements of successful interaction and are able to apply them in your own work and in marketing customer-oriented services.
You can evaluate and develop your own skills in oral and written communication both in Finnish and in English.
You can evaluate and develop a multidisciplinary organization's communication and communication in change both in Finnish and in English.
You can evaluate and develop communication in an international work community.
Content
What are the theoretical approaches to and practical tools of communication and interaction and how do you apply them to your work?
How do you evaluate and develop organizational communication?
How do you evaluate your industry and use the Finnish and English language source material for the development of your work?
How do you communicate within an organization and make know-how visible in Finnish and in English?
How do you communicate successfully in negotiation and conflict situations in a work community?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Timing
08.01.2024 - 17.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Päivi Lifflander
- Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge
Päivi Lifflander
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can develop and evaluate customer-oriented social and health services and methods in cooperation with different actors.
You can use foresight data and information in the development of services.
You can apply quality management methods and processes to the evaluation and development of client-oriented services.
You can reform and carry out customer-oriented services as part of strategic and integrative management.
Content
What does customer orientation mean in the development of services and how do you collect and evaluate this data and information?
How do you use development and evaluation methods in social and health services?
How do you reform and carry out customer-oriented services as part of strategic and integrative management?
How do you use foresight data and information in the development of services?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Foundations and principles of health and welfare policy 5 op
Basics and methods of research-oriented development 5 op
Enrollment
06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Timing
05.02.2024 - 31.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Perttu Noponen
- Anna Makkonen
Teacher in charge
Perttu Noponen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You know the principles of finance in service production from the perspective of welfare services.
You are able to marshal your business strategy as part of service production and strategy.
You will be able to prepare and monitor the implementation of the unit’s economic and operational plan.
You will be able to estimate and develop the unit’s performance from the the point of view of economy, productivity, cost-effectiveness and operational result.
You know the principles of procurement law.
Content
How are welfare services funded?
How is the business strategy implemented and ensured as part of the overall strategy for service production?
How do you draw up and monitor the economic and operational plan of the unit?
How do you evaluate and develop your unit’s performance from the point of view of economy, productivity, cost-effectiveness and operational results?
How do you implement a small acquisition tender?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
04.08.2023 - 03.09.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Maijaterttu Tiainen
- Tarja Turtiainen
- Johanna Hirvonen
Teacher in charge
Tarja Turtiainen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can describe societal, social and economic mechanisms of social and health care as well as their connections with the changes of welfare and health policy and strategies.
You can apply current health and well-being information to social and health care management and development.
You can justify and analyze the decisions and their ethical implications and possible value conflicts at an individual, community and societal level.
You can monitor and foresee national and international future trends and developments in your professional field.
Content
What is the essential health and welfare data steering policy and service production?
What are the goals and challenges of welfare and health promotion and their connections with the changes and strategies of social and health policy?
What is included in the politico-administrative planning, supervision and decision-making and how is it applied to social and health care management and development?
What is the legal and ethical basis of social and health care and how do you justify and analyze decisions and their ethical implications taking into account the individual, community and society at large as well as possible value conflicts?
What is meant by international social policy and health care in the EU and what are the effects of the policy on service production?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
08.01.2024 - 28.01.2024
Timing
14.02.2024 - 31.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tarja Turtiainen
- Tuula Tarhonen
Groups
-
SJMI24KYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can describe societal, social and economic mechanisms of social and health care as well as their connections with the changes of welfare and health policy and strategies.
You can apply current health and well-being information to social and health care management and development.
You can justify and analyze the decisions and their ethical implications and possible value conflicts at an individual, community and societal level.
You can monitor and foresee national and international future trends and developments in your professional field.
Content
What is the essential health and welfare data steering policy and service production?
What are the goals and challenges of welfare and health promotion and their connections with the changes and strategies of social and health policy?
What is included in the politico-administrative planning, supervision and decision-making and how is it applied to social and health care management and development?
What is the legal and ethical basis of social and health care and how do you justify and analyze decisions and their ethical implications taking into account the individual, community and society at large as well as possible value conflicts?
What is meant by international social policy and health care in the EU and what are the effects of the policy on service production?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023
Timing
01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Tarja Turtiainen
- Perttu Noponen
Teacher in charge
Tarja Turtiainen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You will be able to identify the needs for change due to social change in your field.
You will be able to utilize the principles of experimental culture in a renewed operating environment and in your work community.
You will be able to apply the principles of renewing, coaching, information management in the changes of the operating environment and your work community.
You will be able to utilize individual learning, development and expertise in innovation management.
Content
How will the social and health environment change in the future?
How do you use the principles of experimental culture in a renewed operating environment and work community?
How do you apply the principles of renewing, coaching, knowledge management in change?
What is innovation management and how can you take advantages of its principles?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
04.08.2023 - 03.09.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Leila Pekonen
- Anna Makkonen
Teacher in charge
Anna Makkonen
Groups
-
SJSA23SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can identify the different stages of the development of management thinking, and recognize their impact on today's management.
You know what leadership and management expertise means and how it can be improved.
You are able to assess and define your own leadership skills and you recognize the related development needs.
You know how to make your own leadership development plans.
You know how to structure the societal, social and economic mechanisms of your operating environment and their implications for management.
You know how to lead and promote the well-being of a work community.
You know the main labor law and its importance from the viewpoint of leadership.
You can apply the value systems and ethical principles of your field from the perspective of management and social responsibility.
Content
How has management thinking evolved and what influence does it have today?
What do leadership and management skills mean and how can they be improved?
How can leadership skills, self-management and related development needs be assessed and improved?
What does a leadership development plan consist of and how to prepare it?
What kind of societal, social and economic mechanisms and impacts are associated with management in your operating field?
How to lead and promote the well-being of a work community?
What is the key labor law and what does it mean from the management's point of view?
What are the values and principles in your own field from the viewpoints of management and sustainability?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
08.01.2024 - 28.01.2024
Timing
01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
4 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Perttu Noponen
- Anna Makkonen
Groups
-
SJMI24KYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You can identify the different stages of the development of management thinking, and recognize their impact on today's management.
You know what leadership and management expertise means and how it can be improved.
You are able to assess and define your own leadership skills and you recognize the related development needs.
You know how to make your own leadership development plans.
You know how to structure the societal, social and economic mechanisms of your operating environment and their implications for management.
You know how to lead and promote the well-being of a work community.
You know the main labor law and its importance from the viewpoint of leadership.
You can apply the value systems and ethical principles of your field from the perspective of management and social responsibility.
Content
How has management thinking evolved and what influence does it have today?
What do leadership and management skills mean and how can they be improved?
How can leadership skills, self-management and related development needs be assessed and improved?
What does a leadership development plan consist of and how to prepare it?
What kind of societal, social and economic mechanisms and impacts are associated with management in your operating field?
How to lead and promote the well-being of a work community?
What is the key labor law and what does it mean from the management's point of view?
What are the values and principles in your own field from the viewpoints of management and sustainability?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Enrollment
06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services
Teachers
- Perttu Noponen
- Anna Makkonen
Teacher in charge
Anna Makkonen
Groups
-
SJSA22SYDevelopment and Leadership in Health Care and Social Services, master studies
Objective
You know the importance of feeling, trust and commitment in managing networks.
You can create the starting points for interaction and partnerships between people and organizations in a genuine dialogue.
You will be able to organize projects that encourage enthusiasm, motivation and commitment of the actors towards a common goal.
You can acquire and evaluate information for managing multichannel customer relationships.
You will be able to lead partnerships and multicultural partnerships in a entrepreneurial way.
You will be able to plan and implement marketing in the deepening of customer relationships as part of strategic management.
Content
How do you implement the importance of feeling, trust and commitment in network management?
How do you implement interaction and partnerships between people and organizations in genuine dialogue?
How do you organize projects that encourage enthusiasm, motivation and commitment towards a common goal?
How do you acquire and evaluate information for managing multichannel customer relationships?
How do you lead partnerships and multicultural partnerships with an entrepreneurial approach?
How do you plan and implement marketing in the deepening of customer relationships as part of strategic management?
Evaluation scale
1-5