TYDI19SY Master's Degree Programme in Digital Health
Basis of Education
Degree programme in Digital Health leads to a Master's degree in several fields, the qualification title is Master of Health Care or Master of Social Services. The master programme fits for persons who work within the fields of social services, health care, engineering or business and administration. Connector between different fields is the both health and digitalisation.
Both national and European government strategies have expressed the need for professionals in social and health area with digital health education and training. Ageing populations, new therapeutic possibilities and rising expectations of citizens have made the provision of social and health care much more complex than in the past. Huge amount of available information, digital devices, assistive devices, service design, and e/m/r/uHealth solutions have the potential to anticipate health challenges and to improve lives in many ways. Simultaneously persons from various fields and working in the social and health care field need to acquire a range of new skills. Some are related to usability and service design, and some technical, such as how to get the most from new digitalised systems or advances in technology. Some are organizational, such as how to work in multi-disciplinary teams, and how to manage professionals from different fields. Furthermore, the change also demands new attitudes, innovative working manner, finding ways in which the multi-professional persons can engage in effective partnerships in national and international context with both service users and the organizations that purchase social and health care on their behalf.
Innovation in digitalised health field has a great potential to create large impact on modern social and health care. The high bandwidth connectivity provided by the Internet enables new services to support citizens in their daily lives. The essential tenet of this programme is that both person’s health and wellbeing, and patient care outcomes can be improved and costs reduced through the effective use of digitalisation in the social and healthcare transformation process. The Master’s Programme is based on combination of modern working in health tech environments, encouragement of patient-centric solutions, leadership and information management, and privacy and data security issues.
The degree produces the comprehensive and in-depth digitalisation knowledge required in work life of the social and health care, and provides the theoretical knowledge needed for the demanding and leadership tasks of the relevant field. The Master´s degree gives the same eligibility for public office tenures as Master´s degrees completed in other universities and other higher education institutes of science. Master degree (in Finnish ylempi AMK) is in English Master of Health Care, Master of Social Services, Master of Engineering, Master of Business and Administration. (Polytechnics decree 352/2003). In accordance with the government proposal of 7/2009 (34 §) a student which has completed an appropriate Master´s degree can be admitted for postgraduate scientific or artistic studies.
Competence Standards
The Master's degree corresponds to level 7 on the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) of reference.
Competence means wide individual professional capability: know how, skills, attitude and potential to work. The content of studies and methods of studying are planned in order to provide students with general and core competences needed in the special but wide field of digitalised Health.
The master programme fits for persons who work in digitalisation related to (social and) health care.
Master in degree programme in Digital Health is both European and National Qualification Framework (NQF) level 7.
Master in degree programme in digital health profile is composed of following competences
The Master’s Programme is based on combination of management, leadership, modern working ways in digitalised environments, especially in (social and) health care field. The work of digital health expertise takes place from tertiary care to primary care and in homes or assisted living places. The learning process in Master Programme is based on Open Innovation Space –model (OIS) in which students together with teachers and other experts develop or solve authentic working life tasks. OIS approach encourages actors from different sectors to get new information for the needs of working life. The student is an active doer and he or she studies in various studying environments in different teams, communities and eLearning environments. In this way the theory and the practical assignments are combined with the studies. Students plan their own studies based on a personal study plan.
Education offers expertise to work in both national and international professional-, development- and managerial tasks.
Master of Digital Health expertise degree program’s competence profile is composed of competencies.
Structure of Studies
Master level studies are 90/60 ECTS credits (one ECTS = student work 27 hours). In accordance with the curriculum of a full-time student one year of study produces 60 ECTS credits which is equivalent to 1600 hours of student work. The study time for Master´s studies varies because of different educational and work backgrounds as well as because of the timetable of the individual studying. A Master´s degree program of 90 ECTS could be executed in 1.5 years; however it usually takes 2 - 3 years. Previously acquired competence and its accreditation can affect the length of the studies. The studies consist of advanced professional studies, joint studies, optional studies and thesis.
Below is the structure of the degree program.
Development of Expertise
Savonia curricula are composed of courses. They are not unconnected: rather they support the overall progress of the student and his/her development of expertise. At the same time it makes possible the connecting of teaching and research- development- and innovation work originating from work life. Today’s workers move from one job to another within the organisations and between organisations. This emphasises the many-sided competences and capabilities. Also the workers must react to changing environments e.g. the work of digitalised health expertise takes place from tertiary care to primary care, specialised care, private health care, enterprises, and in homes or assisted living places. The theory and the practical assignments are combined with the studies.
Curriculum of degree programme in digital health has been drawn up, so that
- the degree produces the degree of competence required in work life
- the education ensures the development of the student’s expertise
- the education enhances lifelong learning
The student
- draws up to support his/her studies an individual study plan in which earlier acquired competence is identified
- is responsible for the progression of his/her studies.
Savonia’s teachers and other personnel facilitate and support in the defining and achieving of individual goals. The student starts the planning of the thesis in during the first semester. The students begin already at the early stages of their studies the planning of their thesis. The thesis is supported with virtual courses in the methods of developing work life. For example a Master degree programme in digital health expertise: The themes for the first year are the Developing the Digital Health competence and Health Promotion competence. The competence objectives are that after the first year the student is able to evaluate and develop digital health, new tech-environments for the benefit of both patient/citizen and multidisciplinary personnel. He/she understands the importance of planning and strategic thinking as a resource for promoting and building personalised eHealth, and well-being promotion based on evidence, qualified information. The theme of the second year is Interdisciplinary Partnership competence. The competence objective is that the student is able to evaluate and make use of national and international networks. In addition, she/he creates multiprofessional partnerships in Digital Health and health tech environment. She/he is able to direct and develop partnerships and brings one’s expertise in interdisciplinary networks/groups.
Methods and implementation
Savonia is guided by the OIS way of thinking. The key is the constructing of information as a collaborative process. Learning isn't confined to one place, work experience is deepened according to the competency objectives with expert knowledge and practice-oriented teaching methods. The student is self-directed, reflective and critical as well as being responsible. The overall teaching methods is realised via virtual way. Students are in connection with teachers in a new way: teachers offer virtual teacher—help-desk service regularly.
All studies are in a virtual format. For those students who want to participate in the intensive contact learning period, for example the Service Design course, the course starts as a summer course in June 2019. The exact dates will be published later in Autumn 2018.
The central competence networks of Savonia are an Applied Welfare Technology, Innovative Engineering and Energy Industries, Responsible Food Production and Water Safety. Master of Digital Health expertise degree program connects to the Applied Welfare Technology. The competence networks reshape the teaching of Savonia as well as the work of research-, development- and innovation (RDI-work) and strengthen the profile as well as the intellectual capital.
Savonia supports the student´s learning process. Student Service Center including Student Services e.g. Student Advisors, and Library and Information Services help in the student´s learning. The education s carried out in compliance with the principles of impartiality and sustainable development.
The student reflects on his/her own skills and competences, and selects courses according to personal development objectives. Savonia offers all Master students joint courses (each 5 ECTS) in total which respond to the general competence demands of work life. The courses to be selected are Digitalised Working Environment, Business in Digital Health, Research-based Development, Successful Organisation, Innovation knowledge, Expertise and Supervisory Work, Project Management, Strategic Thinking and Future Orientation, Service design (not virtual course), for instance. Joint study modules are also produced in co-operation with neighbouring University of Applied Sciences such as Karelia UAS.
Course Table
Code | Name | 1 S | 1 K | 1 KS | 2 S | 2 K | 3 S | 3 K | |||
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Advanced Professional Studies | |||||||||||
Specialised Professional Studies | |||||||||||
4 TYDI01 | Leadership and Technology in Supporting Staff and Client Participation | 5 | |||||||||
4 TYDI02 | Integration of Mobile and IoT Applications | 5 | |||||||||
4 TYDI03 | Managing Digitalised Health Services, Procurement Contracts, Protocols, Certified Devices and Health Care Law | 5 | |||||||||
4 TYDI04 | Security and Ethical Approaches in Digitalised Health Services | 5 | |||||||||
4 TYDI05 | Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Entrepreneurship | 5 | |||||||||
4 TYDI06 | Use Cases and Personalised Health | 5 | |||||||||
Elective studies, master level | |||||||||||
Common Professional Studies | |||||||||||
4 X991008 | Working and Studying in International Environment | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991012 | Digitalised Working Environment | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991050 | Business in Digital Health | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991054 | Successful Organisation | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991056 | Innovation Knowledge | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991058 | Expertise and Supervisory Work | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991060 | Strategic Project Knowledge | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991062 | Strategic Thinking and Future Orientation | 5 (NonStop) | |||||||||
4 X991064 | Service Design | 5 | |||||||||
Final Thesis | |||||||||||
Thesis | |||||||||||
4 SAVMONT | Thesis | 30 |
Opintojaksokuvaukset
4 TYDI01 Leadership and Technology in Supporting Staff and Client Participation
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to use digitalisation and emerging technologies to make social and health care more effective, efficient and client-centered - is able to integrate digitalisation and technology to transform healthcare practice from both leader, staff and client viewpoint - knows how to access and utilise information when integrating technology in health practice and client/patient education - understands utilisation of shared responsibility - assess national and international challenges and opportunities for health promotion utilising ICT tools |
Content | - modern leadership - models of technologies supporting leaders, staff and client participation - policies and effectiveness of health and wellbeing promotion in information society - national and international policies, challenges and opportunities for health and wellbeing promotion |
Requirements | Virtual lectures, assignments, networking, seminars |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be agreed at the beginning of the course. |
Contact | Lane Bryn |
4 TYDI02 Integration of Mobile and IoT Applications
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to know possibilities of mobile and IoT (Internet of Things) applications to solve problems and make living easier in different fields of working life, personal life and wellbeing, hobbies and home - is able to understand the usage of mobile phones in applications by going through typical examples - is able to know the restrictions and capacities of technology used - is able to specify development projects where mobile technologies are used such as using of sensors to measure human body, infrastructure, environment and buildings with IoT technology is familiar to the - is able to know how Internet and national background systems with databases and servers are working in Digital Health applications - is familiar with most common business models with mobile applications and IoT - is able to create a simple application for a mobile phone and he/she tests IoT applications in a lab |
Content | Mobile applications IoT technologies including sensors and examples Social and health care national ICT systems integration and applications Big Data analytics applications |
Requirements | Students will innovate own applications from IoT and mobile application. They show the project results in a forum. |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Application examples and typical projects |
Prerequisites | Should own pc/tablet with internet connection, mobile phone |
Contact | Turjamaa Riitta, Kaija-Kortelainen Minna |
4 TYDI03 Managing Digitalised Health Services, Procurement Contracts, Protocols, Certified Devices and Health Care Law
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to manage digitalised services based on versatile statutes - is able to utilise latest national and international procurement contracts - knows CE-certification procedures with health/medical devices - can apply medical ICT interface standards like HL 7 and its newest versions as FHIR |
Content | National and international legislation related to digitalised health services (who owns, who can access, under what circumstances) Standardization, ‘Fast Healthcare’ Interoperability Resources |
Requirements | Exams, study visits |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be announced later. |
Contact | Kouri Pirkko, Toppinen Arto |
4 TYDI04 Security and Ethical Approaches in Digitalised Health Services
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to recognize both the professionalism and the privacy, security, cyber security and legal issues related to the digitalized health services - is able to understand security standards and systems to protect personal health information - is able to evaluate the impact of e-Health technologies through the use of ethical principles - is able to reflect on the solutions to security and privacy issues arising from the introduction and use of e-Health technologies |
Content | Ethical behaviour in digitalized health services, ethical implications of e-Health technologies as they apply to citizens and e-Health technology professionals, legal, social and ethical perspectives on the use of e-Health technologies through issues of privacy, security, cyber security and reliability. |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be announced later. |
Contact | Klemola Liisa, Savela Sanna |
4 TYDI05 Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Entrepreneurship
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to define the terms multi-/ inter-/ transdisciplinary and collaboration - knows the principles and framework of interdisciplinary collaboration - is able to examine factors that may influence interdisciplinary collaboration and consequently service user outcomes - is able to work in interdisciplinary relationships and intercultural groups - is able to share one’s own expertise in mentorship relations - adopts an entrepreneurial attitude and skills |
Content | - Concepts of multi-/inter-/transdisciplinary and collaboration - Principles and framework of interdisciplinary collaboration - Entrepreneurship and project work, entrepreneurial operating methods of the community, i.e., how aspects of entrepreneurship are realised in the community (initiative, persistence, collaboration skills, creativity, responsibility and risk-taking) - Interdisciplinary working in service design - Collaboration and integration in social and health care, integration of services/eServices between stakeholders/organizations, changing job descriptions and new professions - Integrated service management - Mentoring |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be agreed at the beginning of the course. |
Contact | Lane Bryn, Multamäki Mauno |
4 TYDI06 Use Cases and Personalised Health
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - understands the qualified and useful elements of personalized technology - gets a holistic picture of the digitalized health service systems from home the hospital - knows how to build use case related to the personalized health care technology - is able to formulate and plan his/her case study - is able to identify the types of methods best suited for investigating different types of problems and questions - is able to describe interaction between end-user and digitalised service, product or/and user interface - is able to provide meaningful case, content-related experiences through which she/he discovers and imagines abstract principles in real world settings - is able to present his/her work in scientific documented format |
Content | Use case modelling related to versatile personalised health solutions. Furthermore, use cases and testimonials are types of content that harness the development of personalised health and preventive health care. Student builds realistic case or model related to personalized health care based on technological solutions. |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be announced later. |
Contact | Toppinen Arto, Kouri Pirkko |
4 X991008 Working and Studying in International Environment
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | The student strengthens his/her communicative skills and professional expertise in an international learning environment. The student will gain experience to work and learn effectively as a team member in another cultural environment. The implementation of the course may vary according to destination and the role of the international co-operative partners. |
Content | - Content varies according to topic of the course. - Internationalisation in another country, or with international group visiting Finland. - Concepts and definitions for acting and communicating in an international working life - Orientation in the working life of the chosen country (managing teams, projects, professional ethics) |
Requirements | Active participation, reflective report, written and/or group assignments |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Other considerations | Self-financing of the student (travel costs), if the course includes travels. The teacher in charge is responsible for the evaluation of the course. In some cases the grading scale can be 0 - 5. |
Contact | Klemola Liisa |
4 X991012 Digitalised Working Environment
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student is able to describe how digital working environment has developed (local to global), what is the meaning of digitalisation in a her/his working area/field and what are the future trends. Student recognises the benefits and obstacles of digital change. Student is able to choose digital tools which support her/his own working field. Student is able to recognize changes and describe internet accessible working environment, which facilitates collective action, communication and networking. Student knows principles of safe information sharing and has adequate information management skills. Student can coordinate distant work, group working and can participate in discussion forums. |
Content | - Basics of international and national information society policies - Digitalised working environment permitting the completion of virtual participatory processes - Key factors related to the success of digitalised working processes - Main deficiencies of digitalised working environment - Future trends in digitalised working life in own professional field of the students |
Requirements | - Active participation via own virtual learning path, exercises and peer/student discussions. - Tasks: 1. Citizen in a digitalised society 2. Networking: way of working 3. Utilisation of digitalised working platform/environment. - Virtual environment designed for students and teaching staff provide access to a range of information tools to suit everyone. |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | A Direct link to the course http://webd.savonia.fi/home/kasirti/digitalised_working_environment/ |
Contact | Tolppi Veli-Matti, Klemola Liisa, Sirviö Timo |
4 X991050 Business in Digital Health
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - Is developing digital health care business in his/her working place or is having own digital health care service or product or business idea and is motivated to develop it. - The main point is to analyze, make decisions and develop the business from economical point of view. Meaning product, service or total business must be profitable using economical calculations. - Do it independently, using Moodle, or/and meeting teacher using Skype or some other handy tools to communicate. - Is motivated to study and develop with his/her own idea or working place idea - Has skills to do as a project mode. |
Content | Economical elements in business. Business idea, macro-economic analyse, Business Model Canvas Main development processes in business Entrepreneurship in digital health care Sales role in business Cost calculations and cash flow calculations Own project development |
Requirements | Students will develop business from own/working places application/service/product/business. |
Grading Scale | Passed - 0 |
Course material | Basic economical material from teacher and students own reports, presentations and articles |
Prerequisites | Should own pc/tablet with internet connection, mobile phone |
Contact | Niemelä Jari |
4 X991054 Successful Organisation
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to describe how the quality of successful organisation is composed - is able to choose tools for quality management and is able to implement them as part of the goals of organisation - recognises different organisational cultures, which can either enable or disable each organisation’s quality and success. - is developing his/her competences in order to support organisation’s success |
Content | - Quality thinking - Quality management - Quality in working life - Organizational culture - Organisation and organizing - Multi-professionality - Rewarding incentive schemes |
Requirements | Active participation in web-working, discussions, assignments |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Morgan, G. Images of Organization. The Executive Edition Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications Inc, 2006 |
Other considerations | This course has an equal content with the course Menestyvä organisaatio. |
Contact | Hoffrén Minna |
4 X991056 Innovation Knowledge
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to work in multi-disciplinary and innovative way at over the fields of professions in reforming the networked communities and their processes. - is able to create a flow of ideas which encourages and develops an atmosphere of the working community and understand the importance of sharing ideas in maintaining an innovative organizational culture. - uses knowledge and innovation tools fluently to help stimulate the development process and is able to lead to refinement of ideas into new products and services. - is able to take advantage of national and international innovation communities as development tools. |
Content | Innovation process Innovation methods and tools Sources of information Pitch video |
Requirements | Students will innovate own applications from IoT and mobile application. They show the project results in a forum. |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Materials are in the Moodle. Other material agreed at the beginning of the course |
Other considerations | Should own pc/tablet with internet connection, mobile phone This course has an equal content with the course Innovaatio-osaaminen. |
Contact | Laitinen Matti |
4 X991058 Expertise and Supervisory Work
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student is able to find and utilize new knowledge towards professional expertise development with the help of experiential learning methods. Student will gain knowledge to anticipate the changes in both working environment and in working processes. She/he knows how to support and share expertise in working life as well as is able to develop knowledge management practices. Student understands the different roles of a manager in different working communities. She/he is able to assess personal managerial readiness as well as evaluate own managerial competences and define development needs. |
Content | - Development of professional expertise, and shared expertise - Development of know-how and leadership/management practices - Leadership and managerial know-how and skills - Roles of manager in changing working life - Identification and evaluation of personal managerial skills and practices |
Requirements | Online learning activities and written exercises, reflection of own working environment, working habits, and work life development |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | To be announced |
Other considerations | This course has an equal content with the course Asiantuntijuus ja esimiestoiminta. |
Contact | Virolainen Ilkka |
4 X991060 Strategic Project Knowledge
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | The student is able to develop the organization’s project activities, taking into account organization's strategy and changes in the operating environment. The Student is able to support succeeding projects in the work community and to act as a developer of project knowledge. The student knows the benefits of agile methods in project work. The student is able to take into account the challenges and opportunities of international co-operation in project work. |
Content | Project management updated Strategic perspective for projects New requirements for project work skills Internationality and projects |
Requirements | E - learning assignments |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Related Topics and Literature. Clarify when the studies begin. |
Other considerations | This course has an equal content with the course Strateginen projektiosaaminen. |
Contact | Jääskeläinen Ari |
4 X991062 Strategic Thinking and Future Orientation
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to describe both the meaning of strategic thinking and continuous renewal in relation to the vision of organisation and in development of competitiveness - is able to choose new strategic approaches during organisational changes and renewal processes. - is able to recognize/anticipate the changes happening in the organisational environment. - has readiness to adapt methods of anticipation, and foresees the future trends of (working) organisation. |
Content | - Strategic thinking and visioning - Analysis of industry and anticipation of the future as part of strategic thinking - Scenarios as working method - Future information as part of leadership and management, and in decision making |
Requirements | Learning tasks, short presentation |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Relevant, topical literature and articles, Moodle environment. |
Other considerations | This course has an equal content with the course Strateginen ajattelu ja toimialan tulevaisuus. |
Contact | Haapakoski Markku |
4 X991064 Service Design
Credits | 5 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 5 cr |
Objectives | The student will obtain a general idea of the service design thinking and methods. Specific techniques, guidelines and examples are used to emphasize the practical aspects of service design in a ways that are both user centric and socially and culturally appropriate. Students will learn to understand important factors to consider when developing and applying service design processes. |
Content | - Service design thinking methods and processes. - Understanding the service design challenge: the users, business environment and applicable technologies - Observing, profiling, creating empathy for the users, participating with the users and being visual during the whole process - Creating ideas, prototyping, evaluating and improving including the clients and the users in the process - Implementing, maintaining and developing the services - Operating with business realities. |
Requirements | This course is based on practice-oriented education. |
Grading Scale | Passed - 0 |
Course material | STICDORN, M. & SCHNEIDER, J. (ed.) 2010. This is Service Design Thinking. Basics - Tools - Cases. Amsterdam: BIS Publishers. Dorst, K. 2015. Frame innovation: create new thinking by design. Cambridge: MIT Press. |
Other considerations | Intensive course at the beginning of June |
Contact | Sirviö Timo |
4 SAVMONT Thesis
Credits | 30 cr |
Credits in Foreign Language | 30 cr |
Objectives | Student - is able to identify a working life related topic connected to future technologies - understands the difference between applied and basic research and knows applied scientific research approach, and understands the differences in research purpose, context and methods - is able to utilise the tools and skills required to understand research terminology and assess published research - is able to formulate research aims and objectives - is able begin initial preparations for embarking on a new research/development project - is able to present his/her work in oral and scientific written format |
Content | Selection topic of thesis, R&D&I process, oral presentations, scientific report. |
Requirements | Independent studies, seminars, workshops on methodology |
Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
Course material | Moodle Thesis environment contains materials related to thesis |
Prerequisites | Advanced professional studies and majority of the joint studies |
Contact | Turjamaa Riitta |
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