Network-based maintenance of preparednessLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

- You are familiar with the preparedness networks, responsibility structures and decision-making processes that involve social welfare and healthcare actors and identify your own potential to participate in these networks.
- You have an understanding of how national situation awareness is built in healthcare and social welfare activities and know the limits of different information channels and information processing roles.
- You understand the starting points and the network-based nature of preparedness planning and identify roles of interest to you in practical preparedness planning activities.
-You are familiar with existing international preparedness cooperation structures in the field of healthcare and social welfare and are able to identify international networks that may be relevant for your future expert role.

Content

- What type of preparedness networks and responsibility structures involving healthcare and social welfare actors exist at national level?
- What decision-making processes are associated with preparedness?
- How is national situation awaress built in healthcare and social welfare activities?
- How is preparedness planned?
- What type of international preparedness cooperation structures exist in the field of healthcare and social welfare?

Evaluation

Students can:
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data associated with preparedness networks
b. solve demanding development problems
c. independently evaluate operations involving individuals
d. be responsible for operations and develop them independently
e. evaluate different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of development
f. work independently in the expert duties of their professional field
g. communicate proficiently and systematically in spoken and written Finnish and English
h. develop their continuous learning skills