Study Guide

Objective

You become familiar with research and development processes and you are able to gather and analyse research data
You can use innovative methods in developing health and social services
You are capable of drawing up a project and assess the outcomes of it
You know your development tasks when counselling the development process

Content

What kind of research processes exists in social services and health care in practice?
What are the ethical principles and how to take account of them in development work?
How to assess the reliability in research strategy and methods?
How do you choose your research and development methods and how do you argue for or against them?
How to plan and realize a project process?
What kind of community-based methods you can use in development processes in practice?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Master school evaluation criterions (level 3). Grade 1-5.
You are able to gather research data and evaluate different research and development orientations as well as the research outcomes
You can argue for and against your methodological choice in your thesis
You can resolve demanding problems using innovative development methods

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

You can
a. find, study, produce and evaluate data comprehensively in their field of expertise.
b. solve problems in research, development and innovation
c. evaluate and manage operations involving individuals and teams.
d. be responsible for operations and develop them.
e. use different strategic approaches in management.
f. work in the expert duties of their professional field or as entrepreneurs
g.communicate accurately both in spoken and written native language and use foreign language data.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

You can
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise.
b. solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation
c. evaluate and manage independently operations involving individuals and teams.
d. be responsible for operations and develop them independently.
e. evaluate different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.
f. work independently in the expert duties of their professional field or as entrepreneurs.
g. communicate proficiently and systematically in their spoken and written native language and in one foreign language.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

You can
a.evaluate and make critical use of multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise by producing new points of view.
b. solve creatively complex problems in research, development and innovation
c. evaluate and manage independently and successfully operations involving individuals and teams.
d. be responsible for operations and develop them independently and systematically
e. use new strategic approaches as management tools in complex and unfamiliar situations.
f. work independently in demanding expert duties of their professional field or as entrepreneurs
g. communicate and interact in demanding international contexts of their field of expertise