Management and entrepreneurship in health care (5 cr)

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

Assessment criteria level 3, competence during the completion phase.
You know how to
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way
c. work as a team member in expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
f. promote the team’s goal-oriented operation

Course material

Laaksonen Hannele ja Ollila Seija (2017). Lähijohtamisen perusteet terveydenhuollossa. Edita. Helsinki. Kokonaan.
Moodlessa oleva opiskelumateriaali.

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Verkko-opinnot

Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Verkko-opinnot

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Verkko-opinnot

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Verkkotentit 1 - 6 arvioidaan (1 - 5). Essee tehtävät (3) arvioidaan hyväksytty täydennettävä.

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following studies:

Quality and safety of social and health care services 5 ECTS