Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- explain the key national and international health care policies related to changes in the social welfare and health care operating environment
- evaluate the impact of services promoting health and well-being and the needs for reform from the perspective of individuals and society
- analyse the good practices of transformational organisations, well-functioning work communities and leadership
- lead and coordinate their own and their team’s activities
- evaluate quality management, cost-effectiveness and patient safety as well as the factors that affect their execution and results
- identify the special features of entrepreneurship in the social welfare and health care sector and the significance of entrepreneurship to the service system
- develop and describe a new business idea (product or service) related to social welfare and health care services
- plan, implement and evaluate an innovation project in the context of a multidisciplinary expert community and network
- employ applicable research, project-work and service-design methods in an innovation project
- evaluate the process of an innovation project and the project’s outcome with regard to the goals set

Grading scale

H-5