Practicum Profile in Advances Clinical Nursing I
Module: Module MINORS (Choose one minor)
Matter: Advanced Clinical Care
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan,
Head instructor
Dra. María de los Ángeles CEREZUELA - cerezuela-alumni@uic.es
Office hours
The subject of Profile Practicum is a new course aimed at 4th year degree students which may be extended to 4th year students of any specialization. It is designed to help students complete their practical curriculum and go into depth in those areas related to the specialization chosen by the student in his final year. It can be developed in hospital or social health settings, as in the community field or solidarity projects, depending to the chosen specialization. It takes place in the 1st half of 4th year and lasts 8 weeks. In the middle of the period, there will be a rotation so that students can diversify their learning in different contexts.
Work placement in different contexts (hospitals, social care , community or Health and Cooperation), treating patients in critical condition, chronic patients, healthy people and risk groups.
Evaluation documents, where the learning results expected for the student are specified, are available on the Intranet, in the dossier of the practicum, section "Teaching materials" of the Course
Description (Guía Docente) of the subject. The document through which the academic tutor evaluates, will be shown to the student during the first tutorial of the practicum.
The evaluation documents of the internship dossier must be submitted signed and sealed. The presentation without this requirement will entail the withdrawal of 1 point of the final mark.
Unexcused absence at the introductory session of the course will be penalized with a 0.5 point deduction in the overall mark for the course.
Justified reasons for absence (have to be recovered):
There will be no option to recover unexcused absences (work placement or mentoring sessions).
These will be reflected in the student's mark as follows:
In both cases the final decision on the student's mark will be taken by the work placement evaluation board.
The first day of work placement the student must present the internship dossier to the clinical mentor and submit the internship agreement in the assigned Health center, this is a prerequisite to star the internship.
The evaluation documents of the internship dossier must be submitted, signed and sealed. The presentation without this requirement will entail the withdrawal of 1 point of the final mark.
First Class of Honors is a special mention in addition to the final mark, granting this special mention will be decided by the evaluation board of the subject, according to the merits of the student.
Honors will not be awarded in the first resit.
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.