Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Specialisation in Anaesthesia, Surgery and Resuscitation Nursing
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
Teaching staff
By e-mail: coordinacion.muues@uic.es
Introduction
The internships are in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 1707/2011, of 18 November, which regulates external academic internships for university students, as well as the provisions of the Internal Regulations governing internships in companies and institutions approved by the Executive Committee of the Governing Board of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) on 14.10.2013.
Pre-course requirements
No prerequisites are required
Objectives
- Integrate and implement the theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom
- Acquire and improve specific technical skills
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CB7 - Students should be able to apply the knowledge acquired and have the ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- CB8 - Students should be able to integrate their knowledge so that they can deal with the complexity involved in making judgements based on information that may be incomplete or limited, and may therefore require considerations of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge or judgement.
- CE01 - To have the ability to communicate with patients suffering from a disease that requires urgent treatment, managing resources for a patient-doctor conversation that is initially focused on the most important medical aspects.
- CE02 - Planning emergency care, assessing the psychological dimension of the suffering of patients and family members
- CE03 - When a patient has an intense or worsening condition, students should know how to identify and assess clinical indications of a risk to their life or a serious danger to their functions, establishing priorities for their treatment.
- CE05 - To use a patient's medical history and physical examination to identify the signs and symptoms of the most common serious conditions and serious complications to chronic conditions, correctly interpreting the information.
- CE06 - To demonstrate their knowledge and flexible and decisive handling of protocols and guidelines for clinical practice when dealing with the most serious or common conditions in urgent and emergency care.
- CE07 - To carry out a continuous re-evaluation of the patient in urgent and emergency care in order to readjust the provisional diagnosis and consequent change to the treatment plan when necessary.
- CE08 - To act decisively, accurately and efficiently when applying the invasive and non-invasive treatment techniques used in emergencies.
- CE09 - To recognise the risks associated with operation procedures and the diagnostic techniques and treatments employed in emergencies, and to carry them out as safely as possible in terms of the safety of the student, other professionals and the patient.
- CG1 - To know how to work in a multidisciplinary team in an independent way, and how to take the initiative to resolve any disputes or problems that arise between different professional perspectives.
- CG2 - To act fairly, making sure to offer equal opportunities and universal access to patients who require medical attention, encouraging respect for human rights and a social and sustainable coexistence.
- CG3 - To practice effective timekeeping and to manage activities so as to ensure efficient organisation and the best possible ability to adapt to unforeseen circumstances.
- CG6 - To apply current healthcare legislation related to both pre-hospital and hospital care.
- CT01 - To respect the ethical standards and laws that govern healthcare and the relationship with the patient in urgent and emergency care, as well as the ability to provide information on basic aspects of the same when required.
- CT02 - To continuously adapt and prioritise available resources to cover the needs of every patient and to maintain the quality of their care.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- It manages care in the critical area of medical, surgical and traumatological emergencies attended in a hospital, as well as in the intensive care unit and anesthesia units.
- Knows and uses biosafety medical equipment and self-protection measures against risks and patient safety.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in situations of cardiological, vascular, respiratory, neurological, digestive, nephrourological, infectious, endocrinometabolic, mental health and the patient in palliative care.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive care of the patient and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in gynecological and obstetric emergency situations, including eutocic delivery assistance.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in paediatric emergency situations.
- Knows and is able to appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in analgesia, sedation and relaxation in emergencies and emergencies.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in musculoskeletal trauma emergency situations.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in situations of general surgical urgency or digestive system.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in emergency situations by physical and chemical agents: burns, electrocution, almost-drowning, acute poisoning, drug deprivation, pathology by expansive wave, crushing pathology, heat pathology, cold pathology.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in the main emergency situations of other medical-surgical specialties: otorhinolaryngological, ophthalmological.
- Knows how to perform patient care under mechanical ventilation or assisted ventilation, invasive or non-invasive.
- Knows how to perform: peripheral venous channeling, intraossia channeling.
- Knows how to prepare and assist in the realization of the technique of channeling the central venous pathway.
- Knows how to perform: bladder sounding, nasogastric and orogastric sounding, gastric lavage.
- Knows how to perform: anterior nasal blockage.
- Knows how to perform: Pulsioximetry, capnography, gasometry, electrocardiography.
- Knows how to perform: sample extraction for laboratory determinations in the emergency room: haemogram, coagulation study, plasma biochemistry, urine systematics, urinary sediment, determination of toxics.
Syllabus
This matter consists of a rotating in the intensive care service with the following temporary load:
- Anaesthesia/Resuscitation Unit: 4 ECTS
Teaching and learning activities
In person
On site modality through rotation in health services.
The teaching methodology combines:
- Problem-based learning
- Practical learning by doing,
- Practical learning by model observation.
- The individual effort of the student
The rotations are developed following an individual program in a network of healthcare centers specifically selected for their care and research activity and their potential for the training of professionals.
This individual program is communicated to the student at the beginning of the academic year, and changes may be made at the request of the student under certain conditions and requirements.
In each practical rotation the student is tutored by a Internship Tutor, who will be a health professional adequately qualified for clinical practice and teaching, who will be in charge of guiding the student in their practical learning.
The Internship Coordinator will carry out an individualized and continuous follow-up of the student during the development of the practices. As long as the pandemic circumstances derived from COVID advise the limitation of personal contact, the Internship Coordinator will maintain continuous contact with the centers and internship tutors, as well as with the students electronically and through online meetings via Meet; to guarantee the student's learning and satisfaction during practical experience, as well as consulting doubts and/or resolving conflicts.
Daily attendance at the practices is mandatory. If for justified reasons it is not possible to go to the practices one day, the student must notify the Internship Coordinator, who will evaluate if the lack is justified and if it is such a case if necessary and it is possible to reschedule it.
Similarly, if for reasons arising from the Covid-19 pandemic it is necessary to suspend or interrupt any rotation, the Internship Coordinator will reschedule this rotation to the affected students whenever possible.
In any case, a maximum of 10% absences in rotations will be tolerated.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
In general terms, the practices will be evaluated taking into account the individual activity of the student, the evaluation in the workplace by the tutors / professionals, as well as the elaboration by the student of the Report of Practices.
During the practices the student will have to prepare the Internship Report that will be delivered the day he finishes them. The delivery will be telematic through the virtual classroom.
The student will have to prepare and deliver a Report of Internships, which must contain the following information related to the different types of service for which he has rotated (hospital emergency services, intensive care unit and anesthesia):
- Description of the tasks carried out in each service over the time of rotation.
- Evaluation of the tasks carried out with the knowledge and skills acquired.
- List of the problems posed and the procedures followed to solve them.
- Identification of the contributions that in terms of learning have meant the practices.
- Evaluation of practices and proposals for improvement.
On the other hand, each internship tutor of the student will carry out the evaluation of the students by him tutored according to some evaluation criteria adapted to each specific rotation, aligned with the objectives and learning criteria established in the academic report.
The final grade will be determined by:
- 60%: Average mark of all the evaluations carried out by the Internship Tutors in each of the rotations.
- 30%: Average mark of the Internship Report.
- 10%: Assistance and individual effort.
Bibliography and resources
They will be found on the Moodle Virtual Platform, including specific instructions for each rotation related to calendar, schedules, location, instructions, uniformity, contact person, etc.