28410 - ADVANCED PRACTICUM I

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Carolina Chabrera Sanz

Trimester: First term

Credits: 20

The external internships within the degree in Nursing of the ESCS Tecnocampus are carried out in the following subjects:

• Introductory Practicum I - II - III, in the second academic year of the Degree in Nursing.
• Clinical Practicum I - II - III, in the third academic year of the Degree in Nursing.
• Advanced Practicum I - II - III, in the fourth academic year of the Degree in Nursing.

These subjects guarantee the credits and clinical training hours as set out in Directive 2013 / 55EU of 20 November 2013.

External internships include all teaching-learning activities aimed at acquiring skills in the different environments where Nursing develops its practice. For the follow-up and evaluation of the students in the different periods of the Practicum there are three relevant figures: the academic tutor, the clinical tutor and the follow-up tutor. The three tutors accompany and ensure the achievement of the competencies (both generic and specific) of each of the Internships through continuous and formative assessment.

The subject of Advanced practicum has a total of 50 ECTS between the three subjects that form it: Advanced Practicum I, II and III. The student who can take these subjects has passed the other theoretical subjects of the three degree courses, for this reason, is a student with a high level of achievement of skills that is willing to develop in a much more professional existing health challenges.

That is why the ESCST is committed to a more integrative practical model in the last year and that allows the student a holistic view, not so much of the specific pathologies, but of the care processes, as they are addressed from of the different levels of care that our health system has.

The Advanced Practicum has a design based on itineraries in which the student will be able to follow pathological processes in all their complexity. The itineraries will have different structures depending on the availability of services and units of each of the health institutions where the students carry out the clinical stays.

Important:

This subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the case of being necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. 

The TecnoCampus will make available to teachers and students the digital tools needed to carry out the course, as well as guides and recommendations that facilitate adaptation to the non-contact mode.

LO4. Demonstrate the abilities of observation, critical analysis and self-learning in the gerontological and palliative processes in the various areas of care.

LO7. Act in accordance with the ethical principles and legal rules governing the practice of care.

LO8. Recognize the elements of care management involved in the different clinical processes.

LO10. Develop educational interventions that contribute to maintaining healthy lifestyles and improving people's quality of life

LO11. Build new knowledge about care from reflection in action and reflection on action.

LO16. Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes involved in nursing care in complex and specialized situations

LO17. Acquire methodologies and work habits appropriate to the field where pre-professional practices are developed and apply the appropriate clinical guidelines

LO20. Develop a critical spirit and ability to make decisions

LO22. Identifies and is able to analyze the structural causes and effects of violence against women and other gender-based violence

LO23. Identifies and problematizes deviations, stereotypes and gender roles in their discipline and profession

LO24. Get to know and use the contributions of women and gender studies in their discipline

LO25. Knows how to make inclusive and non-sexist use of language

LO27. Is able to perform a medical history, physical examination, psychological examination, or nursing diagnosis, specifically for women and men

LO28. Apply knowledge of the sex / gender system in the analysis of the behavior of men and women and in the evaluation or counseling of patients in healthy groups and populations.

LO29. Communicates effectively with patients by demonstrating awareness of the difference in professional-patient power including the use of language that minimizes power imbalances, validates the experiences of people who suffer, and eliminates gender stereotypes

RA30. Knows how to make critical information (differences by sex in morbidity and mortality, deviations and gender gaps) and adopt practices that incorporate knowledge of gender differences and gender inequalities

LO31. Incorporates tools to assess and monitor gender equality in health-related interventions

RA32. Knows how to identify cases of gender violence and knows the protocols for dealing with situations of suspicion and / or abuse (physical, psychological or sexual).

MD2. Seminars.

MD4. Individual work

MD5. Presentations by topics by students.

MD6. Face-to-face tutorials in groups or individually

MD9. Directed practice.  

MD 11. Self-employment.

The contents that will be worked on in the Practicum are related to the following axes of knowledge:

• Reflective practice 
• Prevention and health promotion.
• Care procedures and protocols. 
• Communication and relationship with the user.
• Teamwork and interprofessional relationship.
• Ethical and legal principles that guide the profession.
• Self-awareness and self-knowledge.
• Management of emotions and conflicts.
• Patient safety.  
• Roles and tasks of nursing professionals in the different areas of care: hospital, social health, primary care.

The following table shows the training activities and the methodology used in them:

The evaluation will be carried out continuously based on the assessment of the competencies achieved by the student.

Individual follow-up:

The individual follow-up of the student is developed in the health institutions with the accompaniment and support of a clinical tutor and a follow-up tutor, both of whom are nursing professionals who look after the improvement and the acquisition of skills by the student during his clinical practice.

The evaluation is carried out jointly taking into account the evolution of the student during the practical period.

Seminars:

During the period of the Advanced Practicum I, four face-to-face seminars are held, in synchronous or mixed online format. The seminars are facilitated by the academic tutor, and the group consists of a maximum of 10 students. "Additionally, the evaluation of the seminars includes the completion of the Practicum Satisfaction Survey."  

Final work:

Students, during their practical stays, carry out a group evaluable written work that they will have to expose during the last face-to-face seminar.

Important information:

Attendance at external internships and seminars is mandatory and are subject to the "Regulations for External Internships in Healthcare Institutions for UPF Students" and the "Regulations for External Internships for Students of the Degree in Nursing of the ESCST" approved on July 10, 2019.  

It will be necessary to pass the written work of the Practicum, as well as the evaluation of the clinical tutor in order to make an average. In case of suspension of written work the student will be able to do it again and deliver it to the recovery period. In case of suspension of the evaluation by the clinical tutor, the subject of the Practicum will be suspended and will have to recover during the months of June-July. The evaluation of the seminars is not likely to recover.

In case of suspension of external internships, the grade of the approved parts for recovery will be saved and only the suspended part will be evaluated. A quantitative (from 0 to 10) and qualitative (suspended, approved, excellent, honors matriculation) qualification system will be used according to RD 1125/2003. 

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean naked "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to appear in the proof of recovery and without prejudice of the opening of a file for this reason.

Registration requirements:

Have passed the subjects of the introductory practicum and the clinical practicum

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