Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the most common terminology and concepts of data analytics
- knows the principles of data mining, storing and analysis mehtods
- knows the most common data management and visualisation methods
- understands the importance and use data in health care process
- knows the concepts, principles and use of machine learning in health care

Content (course unit)

Key concepts: definition of healthcare data, Big Data, data visualization, algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Categories of health care data
Introduction to Big Data and its utilization in healthcare
Data recovery methods
The most common Big Data systems
Introduction to algorithms, basics of machine learning and artificial intelligence

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows the basics and main concepts of artificial intelligence as well as the main applications in the field of healthcare.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows the basics and main concepts of artificial intelligence
- is able based on examples to create artificial intelligence applications in the field of healthcare
- understands the importance of data in health care management processes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows well the basics of artificial intelligence and the most important concepts
- is able to create appropriate artificial intelligence applications in healthcare
- understands the importance of data in health care management processes.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Student
• is able to perform the learning tasks of the course
• demonstrate that they are in control of the core content of the course
• is able to apply the lessons learned in working life situations, but there is much to improve in sharing knowledge

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Student
• performs the course as a whole fairly well
• An active learner and as an individual and in a team can demonstrate the applicability of knowledge and practices acquired from literature, lectures, and other sources to tasks analyzing and developing working life

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Student
• is able to perform all the parts of the course commendably
• she has shown interest and motivation to learn as an individual and in a team and is able to share her knowledge with others
• master the curriculum and apply the skills learned from literature, lectures, and other sources in analyzing and developing work-life skills

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to analyze and develop his / her own activities in project work

Content (course unit)

Working in TAMK's external financing project or other project.
1 credit = 27 h of student work.
The student agrees on the project work and its reporting with the teacher working in the project or his / her own teacher tutor.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and health care context
- understands the specifics and key standards of health information and is able to analyse their meanings in different health information systems
- knows the key architectures, use of electronic patient records and personal health records and is able to analyse them in health care system
- understands the most important interoperability issues related to patient records and is able to resolve them
- knows the typical eHealth applications and is able to evaluate their benefits.

Content (course unit)

Roles of the different stakeholders. Cases: Finland and some other countries.
Introduction to Health Care Processes.
Healthcare operations management and health economics.
Health information management, an overview.
Structured and unstructured clinical data. Data quality. Medical knowledge management. Handling of personal sensitive medical data.
Clinical and departmental information systems.
Standards and regulation overview and Electronic Health Record.
Health ICT system development and delivery process.
Personal Health Informatics.
Future trends in health ICT and Health Care ICT market.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, but is not able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• is able to name some key standards of health information systems
• understands some architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record
• knows some eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare users, but is not able to assess their benefits for them
• can weakly apply the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work
• is not able to make ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the main key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument some of the chosen solutions
• knows and is able to make some ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument chosen solutions
• knows and is able to innovate the future trends and technologies

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to analyze the company's internal level of readiness and its importance for entering the market of products and services
- is able to select the target market and identify and assess the factors, threats and opportunities for market entry in the selected market
- is able to use tools related to the assessment of business opportunities and analyze their benefits
- is able to make a marketing strategy based on analyzes and other accumulated information

Content (course unit)

- Concepts and contents related to marketing strategy
- Product features, benefits and value creation
- Customer segmentation
- Customer-related research and its analysis
- Utilization of different analytical tools in placing on the market
- Developing a marketing strategy

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- understands the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services, but is not able to analyze them
- is able to perform target group analysis and choose a possible target market, but does not justify his/her choices
- is able to identify only a few factors influencing demand and identifies irrelevant threats and opportunities in the selected market
- describes customer target groups based on information, but they are not justified
- combines random information that is used in the content of the marketing strategy
- describes his/her conclusions and their impact on the company's growth and internationalization
- use only a few different tools at different stages of the marketing strategy
- develops a marketing strategy using only a part of the collected information.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- knows the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services, but is not able to analyze them
- is able to choose the target market, but gives little justification for the choice
- identifies the factors influencing demand, threats and opportunities in the selected market
- identifies and justifies the most important customer target groups based on the information
- combines and applies the information obtained, using it in the content of the marketing strategy, but the conclusions remain limited
- analyzes his/her own conclusions and their usefulness, risks, effects on the company's growth and internationalization
- utilizes and in some respects evaluate different tools at different stages of marketing strategy formation
- develops a marketing strategy on the basis of analyzes and information.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- analyzes the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services
- chooses and justifies the target market
- identifies the factors influencing demand, threats and opportunities in the selected market
- identifies and justifies the most important customer target groups based on information
- combines and applies the information obtained appropriately, using it in the content and conclusions of the marketing strategy;
- critically examines his/her own conclusions and their usefulness, risks, effects on the company's growth and internationalization
- utilizes and evaluates various tools in various stages in the formation of marketing strategy
- develops a marketing strategy on the basis of analyzes and information.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

3. Reporting and Evaluating the Thesis (after gate 5 and final evaluation), 5c
Goals and contents
- producing a Master’s thesis and relevant materials, which follow TAMK’s instructions and research ethical principles
- presenting orally the justification and evaluation of the research methods, implementation, and the results of the thesis.

Content (course unit)

Implementation parts depend on the degree programme
- finalising and publishing the Master’s thesis
- creating a poster
- checking for plagiarism – Turnit
- maturity test
- presenting the thesis in the evaluation situation
- written peer evaluation (will there be time for oral evaluation during the presentations also)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

3. Reporting and Evaluating the Thesis (after gate 5 and final evaluation), 5c
Goals and contents
- producing a Master’s thesis and relevant materials, which follow TAMK’s instructions and research ethical principles
- presenting orally the justification and evaluation of the research methods, implementation, and the results of the thesis.

Content (course unit)

Implementation parts depend on the degree programme
- finalising and publishing the Master’s thesis
- creating a poster
- checking for plagiarism – Turnit
- maturity test
- presenting the thesis in the evaluation situation
- written peer evaluation (will there be time for oral evaluation during the presentations also)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to analyze and develop his / her own activities in project work

Content (course unit)

Working in TAMK's external financing project or other project.
1 credit = 27 h of student work.
The student agrees on the project work and its reporting with the teacher working in the project or his / her own teacher tutor.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to analyze the company's internal level of readiness and its importance for entering the market of products and services
- is able to select the target market and identify and assess the factors, threats and opportunities for market entry in the selected market
- is able to use tools related to the assessment of business opportunities and analyze their benefits
- is able to make a marketing strategy based on analyzes and other accumulated information

Content (course unit)

- Concepts and contents related to marketing strategy
- Product features, benefits and value creation
- Customer segmentation
- Customer-related research and its analysis
- Utilization of different analytical tools in placing on the market
- Developing a marketing strategy

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- understands the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services, but is not able to analyze them
- is able to perform target group analysis and choose a possible target market, but does not justify his/her choices
- is able to identify only a few factors influencing demand and identifies irrelevant threats and opportunities in the selected market
- describes customer target groups based on information, but they are not justified
- combines random information that is used in the content of the marketing strategy
- describes his/her conclusions and their impact on the company's growth and internationalization
- use only a few different tools at different stages of the marketing strategy
- develops a marketing strategy using only a part of the collected information.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- knows the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services, but is not able to analyze them
- is able to choose the target market, but gives little justification for the choice
- identifies the factors influencing demand, threats and opportunities in the selected market
- identifies and justifies the most important customer target groups based on the information
- combines and applies the information obtained, using it in the content of the marketing strategy, but the conclusions remain limited
- analyzes his/her own conclusions and their usefulness, risks, effects on the company's growth and internationalization
- utilizes and in some respects evaluate different tools at different stages of marketing strategy formation
- develops a marketing strategy on the basis of analyzes and information.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- analyzes the importance of the company's internal readiness to enter the market of products and services
- chooses and justifies the target market
- identifies the factors influencing demand, threats and opportunities in the selected market
- identifies and justifies the most important customer target groups based on information
- combines and applies the information obtained appropriately, using it in the content and conclusions of the marketing strategy;
- critically examines his/her own conclusions and their usefulness, risks, effects on the company's growth and internationalization
- utilizes and evaluates various tools in various stages in the formation of marketing strategy
- develops a marketing strategy on the basis of analyzes and information.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Student
• is able to perform the learning tasks of the course
• demonstrate that they are in control of the core content of the course
• is able to apply the lessons learned in working life situations, but there is much to improve in sharing knowledge

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Student
• performs the course as a whole fairly well
• An active learner and as an individual and in a team can demonstrate the applicability of knowledge and practices acquired from literature, lectures, and other sources to tasks analyzing and developing working life

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Student
• is able to perform all the parts of the course commendably
• she has shown interest and motivation to learn as an individual and in a team and is able to share her knowledge with others
• master the curriculum and apply the skills learned from literature, lectures, and other sources in analyzing and developing work-life skills

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and health care context
- understands the specifics and key standards of health information and is able to analyse their meanings in different health information systems
- knows the key architectures, use of electronic patient records and personal health records and is able to analyse them in health care system
- understands the most important interoperability issues related to patient records and is able to resolve them
- knows the typical eHealth applications and is able to evaluate their benefits.

Content (course unit)

Roles of the different stakeholders. Cases: Finland and some other countries.
Introduction to Health Care Processes.
Healthcare operations management and health economics.
Health information management, an overview.
Structured and unstructured clinical data. Data quality. Medical knowledge management. Handling of personal sensitive medical data.
Clinical and departmental information systems.
Standards and regulation overview and Electronic Health Record.
Health ICT system development and delivery process.
Personal Health Informatics.
Future trends in health ICT and Health Care ICT market.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems, but is not able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• is able to name some key standards of health information systems
• understands some architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record
• knows some eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare users, but is not able to assess their benefits for them
• can weakly apply the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work
• is not able to make ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the main key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument some of the chosen solutions
• knows and is able to make some ideas of the future trends and technologies

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• knows definitions, terminology and basic concepts of health information systems and is able to apply them in social and healthcare context
• understands the key standards of health information systems and is able to analyze their use in different applications and solutions
• knows the key architectures and electronic patient record and personal health record in that architecture
• knows eHealth platforms and mobile applications for different social and healthcare stakeholders and users and is able to assess their benefits for them
• can apply all the previously mentioned information into practicality in the project work and argument chosen solutions
• knows and is able to innovate the future trends and technologies

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the most common terminology and concepts of data analytics
- knows the principles of data mining, storing and analysis mehtods
- knows the most common data management and visualisation methods
- understands the importance and use data in health care process
- knows the concepts, principles and use of machine learning in health care

Content (course unit)

Key concepts: definition of healthcare data, Big Data, data visualization, algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Categories of health care data
Introduction to Big Data and its utilization in healthcare
Data recovery methods
The most common Big Data systems
Introduction to algorithms, basics of machine learning and artificial intelligence

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows the basics and main concepts of artificial intelligence as well as the main applications in the field of healthcare.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows the basics and main concepts of artificial intelligence
- is able based on examples to create artificial intelligence applications in the field of healthcare
- understands the importance of data in health care management processes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to process data
- is able to analyze and make data visualizations
- knows well the basics of artificial intelligence and the most important concepts
- is able to create appropriate artificial intelligence applications in healthcare
- understands the importance of data in health care management processes.

Assessment scale

0-5