Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Introductory Practicum I
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Teaching staff
Students can contact their academic tutor through email, also the holder of the subject, ptari15@uic.es, and the person responsible for the management of the practicum, mvera@uic.es, whenever they need to.
You can also contact the practicum coordinator, by appointment (if not urgent), via email. pfuster@uic.es
Introduction
Professional practices in health centers include a compulsory, continuous and structured course along the four-year degree. It is the backbone of the curriculum from which the student integrates the theoretical knowledge, allowing it to generate practical knowledge useful for their future professional life.
Each student is supervised by one of the professionals of the center during their placement (clinical mentor). In addition, there will be a continuous monitoring of the process by a professor of the University through visits to the training center and a weekly tutoring. This will be carried out in order to ensure learning and student satisfaction during their practical experience (academic mentor)
The Initiation Practicum lasts for 6 weeks and is in the 2nd half of the first year.
Pre-course requirements
- Updated Vaccination (according to the rules laid down in the Degree Guide)
- Having the appropriate uniform
- Having done the Basics of Care course
- Having completed the necessary credits of the Basic Simulation Laboratory
- Not be on leave for health reasons , accident or any other contingency related to health.
Objectives
- Care context knowledge
- Communication with the patient, family and healthcare team
- Assessment of the child /healthy adult/the sick
- Guided participation in the care for the child / healthy adult / the sick in Primary Care
- Guided participation in the care for the child / hospitalized adult
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 12. B - Know and observe the ethical code of conduct of Spanish nursing, understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
- 15. B - Work with the team of professionals as a basic unit in which uni or multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary professionals and other staff of health care are organized.
- 1. G - Ability to provide technical and professional health care appropriate to the health needs of the people they treat, with full technical and scientific autonomy, according to current and available scientific knowledge and to the quality standards and safety requirements set forth in the applicable legal standards and code of ethics.
- 22. G - Use and management of information and research
- 23. B - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
- 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
- 26. G - Ability to generate knowledge from practice.
- 2. E - Plan and provide nursing care for individuals or groups, taking health outcomes into account and their impact, through guidelines for clinical practice and care, which describe the four processes by which a health problem is diagnosed or treated.
- 4. B - Understand the interactive behavior of the person according to their gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
- 7. B - Understand people without prejudice, considering their physical, psychological and social aspects, as autonomous and independent individuals, ensuring respect for their opinions, beliefs and values, ensuring their right to privacy through confidentiality and professional secrecy.
- 9. E - Promote healthy lifestyles, self-care, as well as the maintenance of therapeutic and preventive behaviors.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- Participate in the assessment and monitoring of the adult in the field of primary care and hospitalization, detecting and communicating signs and symptoms indicating impairment of health of the patient-user
- Propose contacts with different members of the interdisciplinary team based on the problem with the patient
- Demonstrate knowledge of the indications and undesirable effects of administered medications
- Show respect for cultural values and beliefs of individuals and their families even though they may differ from your own
- Apply ethical and moral principles in the nursing profession
- Participate in the care of children and adults under the supervision of the clinical tutor, demonstrating responsibility and good work ethics in the execution of procedures
- Share the use of health documentation responsibly
- Formulate nursing diagnoses and identify medical and interdisciplinary problems
Syllabus
- Care Context
- Role of nurses in different hospital settings
- Communication with the patient, family and healthcare team
- Assessment of healthy children and adults
- Assessment of pediatric and adult patients
- Introduction to nursing procedures
- Introduction to the application of the methodology of Nursing
Teaching and learning activities
In person
- Clinical tutoring: it focuses on the accompaniment of the student, by the nurse assigned to the internship center, and on the follow-up of the learning process that the student is involved in.
- Academic tutoring: it is a learning and evaluation activity developed by a professor of the University, individually and / or in small groups, in the context where the students carry out the practices. It is based on Reflective Learning and is carried out every week, with an average dedication per student of 30-45 minutes per session. According to the recommendations of the Department of Health in force at all times, these tutorials could become online. This information will be specified at the beginning of each period by the ownership and /or coordination of practices.
- Report of practices: At the end of the practicum, the student must deliver a work that will conform to the objectives and contents of the period and that will be included in the dossier of practices of the asignatura (moodle)
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
- Tutoring Clinic: 25%
- Academic tutorial: 20%
- Reflective Journal: 50%
- Self - Assessment: 5%
The documents and evaluation criteria, which specify the expected learning outcomes for the student and the regulations that regulate it, are available in the practicum dossier and / or within the moodle of the subject.
The deadlines of delivery of the evaluative documents, as well as the way to deliver them is also available in the moodle of the asignatura.
To overcome the subject it is necessary to approve the evaluation of the clinical tutor, academic tutor and memory of the practium, in case of suspending any section this will be recovered in second call.
Students who fail a practicum in 1st call because they have not passed the portfolio, if they are in 4th course, they will not be able to process the title until the closure of records in 2nd call.
Honor Matrix Assignment Procedure (MH)
- No honors will be granted in practical subjects
Procedure for Non-presented Assignment (NP)
- To register an NP in the student's file, it must not have been submitted to any of the evaluation tests throughout the assignment.
- If a student has submitted to one of the evaluation tests, the corresponding percentages in the teaching guide will be applied, with a 0 in those not presented.
Procedure for plagiarism or academic fraud
Any assignment or activity (including exams) in which plagiarism, falsification or academic fraud is detected, will result in a failure of the activity and an academic sanction that will entail from the loss of enrolment rights in this subject, to the opening of a file process.
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- Dossier de Laboratorio de Simulación