Management and entrepreneurship in health care (5 cr)
Code: SH00AD01-3004
General information
Enrollment
15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019
Timing
02.09.2019 - 30.11.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Health Care
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Riitta Riikonen
- Leila Pihlaja
Teacher in charge
Leila Pihlaja
Groups
-
SHMI17KMNursing, part-time studies
Objective
Management and entrepreneurship
• you are able to manage your own actions and understand the meaning of internal entrepreneurship
• you are able to assess the resources of a team, and prioritize tasks and related responsibilities
• you understand the meaning of leadership/management in nursing
• you understand the basis or entrepreneurship in health care and its role as part of the service system
• you understand the meaning of changes in health care and you are able to act in changing situations according to your responsibilities
Quality and safety of social and health services
• you show responsibility for the quality of your nursing work
• you are able to prevent and identify quality deviations in all phases of the treatment process
• you are able to evaluate the quality and methods of nursing in all phases of the treatment process
Content
Management and entrepreneurship
• internal entrepreneurship
• self-management and competence management
• critical self-reflection
• differences between leadership/management styles and theories
• prioritization of tasks and work group leader’s responsibilities and duties
• changes within the health care sector and their influence on the work of an individual employee
• entrepreneurship as a line of work
• possibilities for entrepreneurship in social and health care
• cost-consciousness and cost-efficiency
Quality and safety of social and health services
• legislation, national quality recommendations and requirements; best practice and ethical guidelines
• quality systems and quality control
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
You have proven your competence in the following studies:
Quality and safety of social and health care services 5 ECTS