Professional in Social and Health Care (5cr)

Objective

The student: - is familiar with the social and healthcare system and the responsibilities of different actors - is aware of the key legislation governing social welfare and healthcare - is familiar with the ethical foundations of the social and healthcare sector - understands the significance of promoting wellbeing and health in narrowing wellbeing and health inequalities - is aware of the fundamentals of structured documentation - understands the importance of digital services in social welfare and healthcare services - is familiar with the basic principles of customer and patient safety - understands the key practices related to infection prevention and asepsis and is able to act in accordance with them - understands the fundamentals of first aid and is able to act in the most common situations involving acute illness and accidents

Content

- The social and healthcare system and responsibilities - Key legislation in social and healthcare - The ethical foundations of the social and healthcare sector - Promoting wellbeing and health - Fundamentals of structured documentation and legislation related to documentation - Digitalisation of social and healthcare services - Customer and patient safety - Infection prevention and the fundamentals of asepsis - First aid