Proactive risk assessment and managementLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

- You understand the nature of social disruptions and emergency conditions and master the associated key concepts.
-You know the contents of the national risk assessment and are able to apply it in the context of healthcare and social welfare.
-You are able to systematically assess the key risks affecting healthcare and social welfare activities and know how to expand your risk assessment skills.
- You understand key statistical terms related to risk management and can use basic statistical methods to support risk assessment.
- You understand the implications of the human factor in risk assessment and management.

Content

- What is the nature of social disruptions and emergency conditions?
- What risks may affect healthcare and social welfare activities, according to the national risk assessment?
- What methods can be employed to assess the risks affecting healthcare and social welfare activities?
- How can risks be assessed with statistical methods?
- What are the human factors?

Evaluation

Students can:
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data related to healthcare and social welfare
b. solve demanding development problems
c. independently evaluate operations involving teams
d. be responsible for operations and develop them independently
e. evaluate different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of development
The course assessment scale is 0-5 (0=fail, 1-2 = satisfactory, 3-4 = good, 5 = excellent).
The following Xamk-level criteria apply to course assessment:
Students can:
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data related to healthcare and social welfare
b. solve demanding development problems
c. independently evaluate operations involving teams
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