DIAK online courses

People-centred evidence-based practice

Learning Outcomes: The student

• is able to identify a practical problem based on an accurate assessment and formulate the practical problem into a question that can be answered.
• is able to acquire the most suitable evidence to answer the relevant questions related to practice and transforming and restructuring health care.
• is able to act independently and integrate critically appraised and most suitable evidence with professional judgment, expertise and client preferences to deliver quality health care.
• is able to critically evaluate the changes and outcomes of decisions made on the basis of evidence to ensure the provision of high-quality health care.
• is able to commit to a consistent evidence-based practice to increase favourable outcomes.

Managing change and diversity

Learning Outcomes: The student

• is able to analyse national and global change needs in organisations and networks.
• is able to analyse transformative leadership paradigms in a diverse social and health care sector.
• is able to analyse how service delivery in diverse systems connects management and leadership.
• is able to develop their strategic thinking in development processes, teams, organisations and networks.
• is able to advocate for ethical and sustainable management and leadership in diverse social and health care contexts.

Social justice in global perspective

Learning Outcomes: The student

• is able to critically analyse the impact of globalisation on communities.
• is able to analyse the interconnectedness of global challenges.
• is able to analyse the concepts and theories related to social justice and human rights from a global perspective.
• is able to explain and analyse the impact of inequality, migration and humanitarian crisis on communities.
• is able to apply the elements of social justice and wellbeing to community development.

Sustainable development in communities

Learning Outcomes: The student

• is able to analyse the concepts and theories of multidimensional sustainable development.
• is able to analyse the interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental perspectives.
• is able to analyse the opportunities and obstacles of sustainable development in urban and rural contexts.
• is able to promote integrated action to combat social, economic and environmental challenges in communities.
• is able to apply sustainable developmental goals to community development in practice.

Eco-social Approaches: Theoretical foundations and Controversies

On completion of this course, the student:

• has advanced knowledge of key perspectives and central theoretical debates on the complex relations and interconnectedness between ecological and social conditions and challenges.
• has in-depth understanding of past and current debates about sustainability, green growth, and human behavior and responsibility towards nature.
• is able to identify transformative changes from anthropocentricity to eco-social views.
• is able to understand key perspectives, past and current debates about the eco-social and to apply them in communication with specialists and public.

Strategic approaches to complex eco-social issues in different contexts 

On completion of the course, the student is able to:

• analyze key elements related to global and local eco-social issues and relate these to policies, political processes, local alternatives, and to eco-social initiatives.
• apply theoretical perspectives of eco-social changes in local and global situations.