Client-oriented evaluation and development of social and health servicesLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know how to evaluate the social, health and rehabilitation services by producing new knowledge in cooperation with different actors.
You know how to describe and define methods of evaluation, which you take advantage of in the development of social, health and rehabilitation services and you can justify their suitability to the evaluation of service effectiveness.
You know how to take advantage of foresight and evaluation information as well as economics in developing client-oriented services.
You know how to apply welfare and rehabilitation politic knowledge in strategic development of social, health and rehabilitation services.

Content

What does evaluation mean in social, health and rehabilitation services and where can you use evaluation knowledge?
How do you assess effectiveness and service processes?
How do you apply foresight knowledge in client-oriented evaluation of social, health and rehabilitation services?
How do you find and how do you take advantage of national and international welfare and rehabilitation policy knowledge in strategic development?

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Master school evaluation criterions (level 3). Grade 1-5.
You can
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data of social-, health- and rehabilitation services.
b. solve demanding problems of client-oriented services in research, development and innovation.
d. be responsible for client-oriented services and develop them independently.

Materials

In accordance with your personal study plan, you may choose supplementary competence courses.