28423 - ADVANCED PRACTICUM III

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Carolina Chabrera Sanz

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 15

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 practices include all teaching-learning activities aimed at acquiring skills in the different environments where Nursing develops its practice. There are three relevant figures for the monitoring and evaluation of students in the different periods of the Practicum:
the academic tutor, the clinical tutor and the monitoring tutor. The three tutors accompany and ensure the achievement of the skills (both generic and specific) of each of the Practicums through continuous and formative assessment.

The subject of Advanced practicum it has a total of 50 ECTS between the three subjects that make it up: Advanced Practical I, II and III. Students who can take these subjects are those who have passed the rest of the theoretical subjects of the three Bachelor's courses, for this reason, they are students with a high level of achievement who are able to develop a much more professional way the existing health challenges. This is why the ESCST is committed to a practical model in this last year that is more integrative and that allows the student a holistic view, no longer so much of the specific pathologies, but of the care processes, as they are approached from of the different levels of assistance that our healthcare system has.

In the Advanced Practicum, students have the option of doing specialized practices with or without rotation and/or itineraries. The structures can be different according to the availability of services and units of each of the health institutions where the students carry out their clinical stays.

LO 7. Act in accordance with the ethical principles and legal norms that govern the practice of care.

LO 8. Recognize the elements of care management that are involved in the different clinical processes.

LO 10. Develop educational interventions that contribute to maintaining healthy lifestyles and improving people's quality of life. 

LO 11. Build new knowledge about care from reflection in action and reflection on action.

LO 16. Develop knowledge, skills and attitudes involved in nursing care in complex and specialized situations.

LO 17. Acquire methodologies and work habits appropriate to the field in which pre-professional practices are developed and apply the appropriate clinical guidelines.

LO 18. Develop attitudes of self-analysis and self-evaluation in the context of the activities carried out.

LO 20. Develop a critical spirit and the ability to make decisions.

LO 22. Identify and be able to analyze the structural causes and effects of violence against women and other gender-based violence.

LO 23. Identify and problematize gender deviations, stereotypes and roles in their discipline and profession.

LO 24. Know and use the contributions of women and gender studies in their discipline

LO 25. Know how to make inclusive and non-sexist use of language

LO 27. Be able to perform a medical history, physical examination, psychological examination, or nursing diagnosis, specifically for women and men.

LO 28. Apply knowledge of the sex / gender system in the analysis of the behaviors of men and women and in the evaluation and counseling of patients, groups and healthy populations.

LO 29. Communicate 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

LO 30. Know how to make critical information about information (differences by sex in morbidity and mortality, deviations and gender gaps) and adopt practices that incorporate knowledge of gender differences and gender inequalities.

LO 31. Incorporate tools for assessing and monitoring gender equality in health-related interventions.

LO 32. Know how to identify cases of gender-based violence and know 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.

MD11. 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 monitoring of the student is carried out in health institutions with the accompaniment and support of a clinical tutor and a follow-up tutor, both are Nursing professionals who ensure the improvement and acquisition of student skills during their clinical practice. The evaluation is carried out jointly taking into account the student's progress during the practical period.

Seminars: During the Advanced Practical III period, five seminars are held. 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 addition of the Internship Satisfaction Survey."

Final work: Students, during their practical stays, carry out an evaluable written work that they will have to present.

Important information:

Attendance at external internships and seminars is mandatory and are subject to the "Regulatory Regulations for External Practices in Health Institutions for UPF students" and the "Regulatory Regulations for External Practices for ESCST Nursing Degree Students" approved on July 10, 2019. It will be necessary to approve the written work of the Practicum, as well as the evaluation of the clinical tutor to be able to make an average. In case of suspension of written work the student can do it again and hand it in during the recovery period.

In the event of suspension of the evaluation by the clinical tutor, the subject of the Practicum will be suspended, in the case of the Advanced Practicum, it will not be possible to recover it for reasons related to the academic calendar, but partial recoveries will be assessed for justified reasons according to "Regulatory regulations for external internships for ESCST Nursing Degree students" approved on July 10, 2019." The evaluation of the seminars is not subject to recovery.

 A quantitative (from 0 to 10) and qualitative (failed, passed, excellent, honor roll) grading system will be used according to RD 1125/2003.

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean a "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to present 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.